Here You Go, Dad

So this update is for  my dad : ) He complained that I only update about once a week, so here is my boring mid-week update.


Monday was bible study day! A group of about 8 girls went to a park near campus and had a nice bible study for about an hour.  Hope had a great bible study - "All We Like Sheep". After bible study, Bridget and I walked to Pequeno Mundo, where I bought a pillow! Yay! Oh wait, I think I updated my blog Monday. So you've already read this.... skip to Monday night.
I had planned on going to El Observatorio, which has a great salsa band on Monday nights and tons of people just go and dance (and they are amazing) but then I found out about this tropical ecology assignment. The due date was Thursday, October 16. Hmmm..... I did it Monday night anyway, and it took SUCH a long time! It was hard to find legit sources about seed dispersal patterns in 5 tropical plants. My paragraphs are not very long, and the whole assignment is barely over a page. I also worked on a presentation for my Spanish class on la salsa.


Tuesday I had class from 1-3. It was during this class that I found out we have a makeup class on Thursday (because at Veritas, every class needs to be made up, even if the professor cancelled class). So we have a makeup Thursday, 3-5 (Thursday just happens to be the day before the Spanish final and now I will be at school from 8-8, with 10 hours of class). It's funny because I used to be at the school ALL the time when I was in high school, but now 10 hours seems like sooo long. During my break between classes, I walked with Ben and Kelsey to the Auto Mercado, which is like a grocery store with a lot of extra things in it. I bought some really delicious clementines. I have already eaten like 4 of them : ) I had my class at 6, so Bridget and I ate dinner then I walked to Veritas, only to find out that this class has been cancelled. I was a) happy because I could go do homework b) upset because now we have to make class up and c) a little annoyed that I had to walk there for nothing. I met some girls in my class walking home, and we talked about the whole boots issue, which, if I haven't told you before, is the fact that my prof wants us to wear boots on our fieldtrip but no one has them or wants to buy them. So I think we might all just wear our tennis shoes (no boots at Pequeno Mundo, I checked...). So I came home and did some more work on my presentation and had a fairly nice, relaxing night.


Wednesday, today, was a good day. Wednesdays are always good, relaxing days.  I gave my presentation in class, and I think it went well. I have 3 new life goals: Learn to dance the salsa (actually dance it), the bachata, and the tango (get ready for dance classes, Josh!). After class five of us went to a Chinese restaurant, Mey Bein. It is awesome! Its really cheap, and you get tons of food, including soup and a roll before and a scoop of ice cream afterward. We just hung out for awhile until Kels had to go to classes. We are big fans of riddles, so we did a couple of those and just goofed around. After lunch  Hope and I decided that we were NOT going to go back to our houses and just do homework, so we went to Pequeno Mundo. Yep, third time in three days lol. This time I actually bought some clothes, though! They had some really cute tops for $5-7, so I got a couple of those. Then we walked back to mi casa (house) and were studious for awhile (she studied, I addressed a million postcards). After she left, I did some homework and ate a clementine deliciouso. Bridget and I ate dinner, then I went back to the alternating between homework and reading/relaxing. I am getting a little stressed out about my honors thesis lit review, which I need to submit in about 2 weeks (especially because I haven't heard back from my advisor about much of anything since I left the states). I am also excited for when my parents come in 2 weeks. AND I just found out today that Josh is coming! He bought his tickets today, so we will officially be celebrating our 4 year anniversary in Costa Rica : )


That's pretty much my weekdays right now... homework and school, trips to Pequeno Mundo and grabbing random fun time with friends. I am excited for next month when I don't have Spanish in the morning (because I can only take 3 months and am here for 4). I feel like I will have so much more time and will be able to volunteer at a couple of orphanages in San Jose.
Thats about it -
Pura Vida!