OK – I am really ready to move

The last couple of weeks at work have been very unusual.  I have noted before that I sometimes wish I could have had the detachment that I now feel the entire four years I have been here so that I would have not become so caught up in the nonsensical politicals and small mindedness of what is going on.  There are truly some of the most wonderful people I have ever met working at the University of Idaho as well as some of the most annoying and irritating people I have yet encountered.  I know that it will be not too long after I leave that I will completely forget the annoying, irritating ones and only remember those who I really admire and respect.  I will miss them – but I will not miss the others.  I will never cease to be amazed at the time these people (that I won’t miss) spend working on trying to “one-up” everyone else.  What a waste of time!!  I will take the earthquakes, volcanoes, torrential rains, bugs, heat, humidity, as well as the wonderful birds, animals, flauna, flora, no stress free existence in Puerto Viejo any day…………