My day started at 4am local time listening to all the morning sounds and watching the sun brighten the sky slowly. One of the things I’ve noticed between today and yesterday is that it appears you hear specific sounds from different critters at certain times of day (including the odd car sound but no highway hum like we had back home).   It’s almost as if the rain forest keeps a schedule.  I will continue to observe and make note whether this continues.  Stay tune! 

Most of the sounds were quite foreign but on the whole soothing – we are in a rain forest, right? There was one sound however which hit a nerve.  Not sure what critter it was but it was a high pitched squeal which went on for quite some time.  I readjusted – coaching myself to embrace the creatures sharing their voices with us.  I remind myself to “accept things I cannot change” – allow! 

Our landlords departed from the house today.  The past few days I witnessed what appeared to be a similar level of angst with time ticking away and a myriad of things left to be done – seemingly insurmountable.  They were even putting things into boxes as they were getting in the car to go to the airport location – similar I believe to us returning bins of stuff we could not pack back to our storage locker.  

During a lull in their crazy run around of packing in the house today, I had a conversation with one of the owners.  Mixed in with advice and guidance were comments about things she found frustrating, things which may have not been totally to her liking.   

I sit here and remind myself that each person will look at a situation in front of them through their personal experiences and their “blue print” of social and cultural memes.  So what they may have found frustrating, we may find totally acceptable, what they found challenging, we may find exciting. What happens next (based upon being frustrated/acceptable or challenged/excited) will depend upon how each of us chooses to label it – what feelings we choose to associate it to. 

While we have been here for 48 hours, tomorrow will be the first day we are here on our own in the house we’ve rented.  Our landlords have been with us most of yesterday and most of today. I then remind myself that yesterday we met a room filled with a slew of other expats – most of whom seem to be happy and well adjusted.  Spending 2 days with someone in their home while they pack may not be considered an optimum situation for either of us. 

I choose to readjust this evening. I remind myself it is better to be an optimist and right a portion of the time rather than a pessimist and right all the time.   I choose optimism. 

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