Just Let Go

My doctor tells me I'm obsessive compulsive.  At first I was like "Whoooaaa...What does that mean?"
It means you have to take "Lexapro".  I thought about it for some time.  I usually don't go to the doctor but am now realizing I've been there 3 times in a month.  Suffering from what I thought was extreme anxiety.  I've been on this "Lexapro" for almost 2 years now...noticing little subtleties concerning my mood when I'm here on Maui and when I'm away in Costa Rica.  I realize that the grind of a working life can make you batshit crazy.  Life for me here in Maui is like watching someone else celebrating Christmas through their living room window.  Tourist come and go...Everyone is happy except the people working 2 jobs 6 days a week to glimpse "Payadise".
In order to get what and where you want...you have to work your tail off...I get that.  This is not living..It's merely existing.  It's like a sleepless slumber of wake up, go to work..pay your bills...to see whats left.  I'm done with that life..It's taken me almost 50 years to "Just Let Go" and figure out the rest as it comes...When you are ready to "Just Let Go"...Remember Villa Almendro ...Hey that rhymes....Ciao

The Next Step

Wow.  It's been a long time since my last entry and so much has happened.  We found and purchased our place in the Caribe Sur.  It' called Villa Almendro after the beautiful almond tree wood which was used to make the floors.  The road has been long and foggy...In more ways than one but we did it.  I know my blogspot is Maui2Malpais, it now must change to Maui2PuertoViejo :) After some back and forth, we decided the Caribe Sur was better for us due to its better roads, Afro-Caribbean Culture & beautiful beaches.  Don't get me wrong, Mal Pais will always draw me back at some point but its something special about the caribbean side of Costa Rica which helped to finalize our decision.  This process began when we approached our tenant about buying our Maalaea condo here on Maui.  He immediately got pre-approved, went into escrow the next day and closed 3 months later.  It just so happened that the closing coincided with our annual trip to Costa Rica.  I'd been searching the internet daily and kept going back to the real estate website Villa Almendro was listed on.  It turned out that the vacation rental we were staying in was right next door to the property...Who Knew ;)
Jose who'd we have been working with in our search showed us the property the next day.  An offer was rejected, counter offer countered, price accepted and 3 weeks later sealed the deal after some stressful if not down right painful Apostile process in order to verify the $$ that are wired to Costa Rica.  They don't show you that part on House Hunters International.. :/ Fees out the yin-yang...both closing our property here on Maui and wiring money and buying in Costa Rica..but it was all worth it...I wouldn't change a thing.