PURA VIDA!

Helloooo everyone!


Sorry it has taken me soooo long to write, but as you can imagine, leaving the sun to come into an internet cafe hasnt been a tempting idea. Dont worry though, I got a cheap cell phone so I could call my mom and keep her sane.

Day 1:

Interesting. After being exhausted while I was travelling all day, I had a hard time bouncing back and adjusting right away. Mercedes and Flor (my host grandma and momma) are real gems though, so that definitely helped. I never realized how lonely it is to not understand anyone and have nobody understand you. Either way, a few tears here and there and the plaque Thomas gave me  with the help of Jordan´s spanish phrase book have helped a lot. One quick pep talk to myself and I´m good to go! My room is tiny which was expected, my bed..not comfortable, also expected. AND its so hot here - expected.  I miss home already, but I know this is going to be an AMAZING 7 weeks.

weird things:
-they have a rooster in the back yard
- mosquito eating salamander things everywhere - they freak me out

Day 2:

So far I´ve only experienced half a day of the simple life. If I can say anything about it, its that its UNREAL! I´m sooo in love with this place and SO grateful to everyone who helped get me here! There´s a McDonalds down the street and Im so tempted to go get a nice greasy cheeseburger :) BUT I will not..yet. The only thing stopping me if the fact that my brother would kill me for eating McDonalds in Costa Rica...which is fair I guess.

Since Day 2:

I´ve met all the volunteers! We meet at the pool everyday after work and then again at 8:30pm at the park. From there we either go to the supermarket and buy some beer that we can it in the park and drink or walk around with. Its the weirdest feeling walking around the city with bottles in my hands. There are volunteers from all over the world! Canada, US, England, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands etc...Lucklily they all speak decent English which is really nice! I´ve already made a bunch of friends and we´ve already planned weekend trips!

Easter in Central America is like a week long event, so school hasnt been running on a normal schedule this week. I went to the school I´ll be working at yesterday. Its only 3 classrooms big I think, and obviously completely different than what Im used to, but I like it. My first day is tomorrow!

A new volunteer is coming to live in my house today! So Im excited to go home and meet them!

Anyways, sorry for such a scattered post. I´ll try and organize my thoughts better next time and hopefully I´ll have more things to tell you about that arent just describing my jitters and excitement! Im just having a hard time keeping it together! haha

I LOVE this place! I´m a little homesick in the mornings when I wake up, but I´m already having the best time!

Love and miss you all. Hope everything is going great at home!! xoxox