Costa Rica Here I Come! But first...

On Leap Day Friday, Feb. 29, I'm departing for beautiful Costa Rica where I'm visiting the awesome and amazing Cindy. So between now and my flight early-early Friday I've got so much important stuff to attend to:

• I must watch tonight's Academy Awards. I've seen but one nominated film (Juno, which I loved). I refuse to see long, violent films these days. There Will Be Blood might be the best movie ever, but I cannot possibly watch a movie that lengthy or that bloody without falling into a popcorn-induced coma.
• I've already packed two bottles of sunblock, but I'm a dab worried that's not enough. I'm not used to equatorial sunshine and this February in Chicago has been very cloudy and very cold leaving me unprepared for tropical temps. So, I'm on a mission to obtain the perfect amount of sunblock.
  
• I'm dining at One Sixty Blue tomorrow as part of Chicago's First Restaurant Week! Restaurant Week is a fun way to try places you'd never go (since they're expensive) and try three courses. I'll report back on One Sixty Blue and if it lives up to its weird name.
  
• Buy fruit snacks for me and for Cindy.
• Buy flip-flops! I love Teva flip-flops and I'm buying yet another pair. I wear Tevas no-stop in flip-flop season and walk in them until they're worn thin.
  

There's other stuff, which of course I can't even think of, but I'll remember eventually. Right now I'm trying to see straight with all these Oscar gowns...