I'm more afraid of our government than I am a virus at this point.

Amen. That's exactly what I'm saying, too. I guess I'll never see the U.S. again. Not that my heart is breaking. But I had so hoped to just disappear into these mountains and live life on pura vida time... even if Michel pushed through with the purchase of the land in Esperanza, once we left the country on a border run to Nica or Mexico, we'd never get to come home again. The chance of permanent separation for Michel and me is quite real. So yeah, taking off to Nicaragua is suddenly less terrifying than living in any first world country, or even in paradise like Costa Rica. Ortega is too busy trying to win another illegal election to worry about whether or not I've had a dang vaccine.