{"id":1023,"date":"2011-08-01T17:29:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T22:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2015-05-05T16:10:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T23:10:35","slug":"castles-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/castles-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Castles in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fair warning. This post leans toward the sentimental, and reading it exposes you to the risk of catching cooties.<\/p>\n

“Well, the weather sure is great here, that’s for sure” Tom remarked.<\/p>\n

This is one of the reasons I love Tom so much, and one of the reasons I know we are so well suited. Standing in the 98 degree heat, roughly 98% humidity, with a ball of sweat lazily moseying down my face, I was thinking the exact same thing.<\/p>\n

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I think there are lots of people out there who don’t like it this hot, or this humid. People who prefer to not have their t-shirts sticking to them damply with sweat, or their sunglasses hopelessly sliding down the greased plane of their nose every few seconds. These are the type of people who describe a heat as “dry” as though that could possibly be considered a benefit. As if it is preferable to have a bloody nose, cracked lips and a tight, dry throat while being surrounded by arid baking earth.<\/p>\n

Nosiree, I prefer being steamed to baked any day, and luckily Tom feels the same way.<\/p>\n

The decision we made about 5 1\/2 months ago to sell nearly everything we owned and start a trip of undetermined length and destinations looked a little like this:<\/p>\n

Two days after defending my Master’s thesis Tom and I left the states to go on a three week trip to Costa Rica and Panama. This was about 6 months after our first date, and a mere 3 months after deciding to “go steady”. Three weeks of 24\/7 time together really could have gone either way.<\/p>\n

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