Twice a year, will keep

This fellow away.

Twice a year, we take two pills with breakfast for three mornings. These pills, which we can get at any pharmacy, are to keep the parasites away and out of our system.

If you're going to be living in Costa Rica, then you need to take these pills to avoid getting sick. We know some folks who have been laid low for quite a while with the intestinal bug.

Since Lucy's birthday is in October and mine is in April, we just take them around our birthdays, since they're six months apart and that's the recommended time that you're supposed to take the drug.

Yes, even the people who were born and raised here take the pill twice a year, so it's something that we figure we shouldn't miss.