LYCHEE: Avoiding coming back to reality

How is it that vacations require vacations to recover? One of the luxuries of teaching is that I have time for this. Yet, four days after returning from Belize, I still wish I was back in the balmy paradise, brewing revolution and all (see: Army on Belize's streets after riots, one dead). It was surprisingly not very disconcerting to be cut off from communication with the rest of the world in this small Central American country. Look for upcoming essays and poems about another angel (see: Lessons from the Desert) who saved us from destititution and about the mysticism of caves, waterfalls, and snorkeling in beautiful Belize. Maybe I'll even post a few pictures that do not give away my secret identity. If you are traveling to Belize, feel free to email me for tidbits about places to see, to stay, or about getting around. I should be figuring out what I will do with my classes next week when I go back to work (whatever that is!). In the meantime, I have to take care of important business like writing this entry and emailing my pictures to family and friends.