costa.

it was our reunion.
me and 2 really close friends were off to our favorite foreign country. where you go when you want guaranteed adventure. guaranteed good time. good weather. we LOVE costa rica. we knew what to expect for the most part. our "plan" was to meet up sunday, looking cute and ready to have fun. i think we all had high expectations. and we tend to get a little too excited, because of course we got our hopes up when we didnt make it on the flight to atlanta.
plan b.
we get on the next day and arrive in san jose around 9pm. we stayed at our favorite hostel...tranquillo! i was ready to play big booty and walk around san jose (trying to reenact the last time we were there), but there was something a little different about this trip. my friends were both in relationships now and they were writing their significant others. which was fine. they are allowed to do that. this is their vacation too. i just found myself getting annoyed and reminding myself that yes, it is possible to travel without your boyfriend or girlfriend. BUT if there is any unresolved drama going on back home..you cant really escape the drama by going to a different country for a couple days. maybe you need to get away to think and clear your head, but if you are going to TRAVEL. to discover. to BE somewhere else. it makes it difficult when you are constantly thinking about someone else. or course this is my opinion. and of course i realize there are somethings that might happen that cant be fixed and are no longer in your control. in which case i just know that it doesnt matter if im on the beaches of bora bora or in the jungle of peru - if there is something on my mind, something going on back home. im not fully there. and traveling is not hard. 80% of your experince is merely showing up (well...and staying). being present. open minded. engaged. and if im not, i tend to completely miss out on what is directly in front of me.

the placenta ladies.

this post is long overdue.
but one day (back in novemeber) my sister and i were sitting around, thinking about how fun it would be to start our own business (totally normal).

the problem is never the lack of ideas, but the lack of money to finance our brilliant ideas :)...and so we did some brainstorming...

what is something we are passionate about? that we believe in. Something that we can be qualified for with out getting a degree. Something we know and love.

me: oh oh! i know! we could open up a frozen yogurt place!

my sister: OR...we could put placentas into pills for people?

me: or...we could do that.

yes. this would be our new business. we will call it...
"Fruit of the Womb"
we would be the placenta ladies.

the next week our new business was up and running. and although it may seem strange or gross to some...it has become completely normal and exciting to us. so if you (or someone you know) is interested in knowing their options regarding their placenta - check it out! :)
placentapills.com

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"well," said Pooh, "what i like best --"
and then he had to stop and think. because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didnt know what it was called.