Older and wiser?

Jan 8, 91 degrees

Today Mandy tries her hand in surfing after our morning classes.  She signs up and she is off with an instructor.  I hang under a tree on the beach.  I am not yet ready for surfing after my ankle surgery in October.  I read and do a little homework on the beach.  Homework is almost laughable when you are doing it on the beach.  It doesn't feel like work at all.

Almost 2 hours later, I see Mandy and the instructor walk in front of me.  The look on her face said it all.  Surfing kicked her ass and she was ready to be done.  Her only comment to me today was, "Now, I know why there are no fat surfers".

As we continue Spanish classes,  we seem to be becoming friends with a couple of girls from Oregon/Washington state.  We see them near the beach and agree to have dinner together.  Over dinner we discover that these girls are in there mid 20s, smart, funny and enjoyable. They tell us of their goals to stay in Costa Rica until their money runs out.  They especially want to stay until April when they have friends coming to visit.  They plan to stretch EVERY dollar.  We then continue the discussion about life in general.  Life goals, kids, jobs, responsibility, pets, etc.  this is where it hits us!  We find ourselves giving these girls advice and wanting greatly to nurture them through life's lessons.  We've done it. We've crossed the line! We have a bad case of O.L.D. Syndrome.