As I approached the room where my dad sleeps, the noise got louder and louder. I stepped into his room to discover there was a whole lot of water on the floor near the window. As I approached the window, it became very evident there was a powerful spray of water coming through the screen and trying to permeate the wood blinds. Of course, it had to be squarely in the direction of our laptop, mouse, printer, and my husband's important work papers! I quickly closed the window and yelled for backup with towels. I opened the back door to discover the sprinkler head was going full blast right toward the bloody window. Crap!
So there we are mopping up about 1/2 inch of water off the bedroom floor, drying off the laptop and printer and praying that the equipment is not ruined.
How perverse is it that we have been conserving water so carefully only to have water wasted to spray our valuable electronics in the middle of the night. Naturally, this morning when we woke up we didn't have any running water. Double crap!!
However, the sun came up at 6:00 am and after we assessed the overall situation, we decided to look at the glass half full instead of half empty...excusing the pun. As it turns out, water started flowing around 7:00 am and we only have one dead mouse to replace. Mr M's papers are drying outside along with a dozen towels and a myriad of other wet things.
On a high note, we did have good things happen over the course of the last week. Mr M and I took a nice drive on Feb 15th to Esterillos Este on the coast to visit a dear friend whose husband is in the US due to the passing of his mom. We had a very nice drive, highlighted by seeing a couple of wonderful, majestic, and colorful Red Scarlet Macaws flying above us as we drove near the Tarcoles bridge. Most tourists stop there to gawk in awe at the big crocodiles that are always sunning on the banks of the river. Pretty neat that you can look down from the bridge and see these big crocs and then look up in the sky to see the spectacular Macaws! As it turned out, it was our friend's 21st wedding anniversary. We shared a laugh at how pitiful we were spending her anniversary and our belated Valentine's Day date together!
On Saturday we took my mother-in-law and dad to see our first Tope (dancing horse parade) in Sabana Larga, a suburb of Atenas. We arrived around 3:00 pm to join some friends at a bar named Don Gregos. The street was pretty lined up already with cars parked on both sides and people jockeying for places to sit and watch the parade. The parade started about 4:30 pm and was comprised of some impressively beautiful horses that pranced and danced before a very appreciative crowd. I was struck at how many people we saw dressed in cowboy hats, Wrangler jeans and Justin brand clothing. Gosh darn, felt like we were in Texas, except for the Mariachi and other great spanish tunes blaring from the speakers of the nearby DJ. I think someone mentioned there were over 300 horses. Topez are very popular in Costa Rica and it is easy to see why. Beautiful horses, people gathering to share food, drinks, and just a fun event for the whole family.
The best news of all though was that Friday after returning from the coast, we had an email from our immigration lawyer with our Comprobante Expedientes attached, which means we are now officially legal to stay past our 90 day tourist visas until while our residency applications are being processed. Now we just sit back and keep our fingers crossed while we wait for our temporary residency papers. We have heard approval can take anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Just like the lottery, there is no way to predict how soon it will be for our papers to be approved.
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