Today was a very good day :) Classes went well – we started the eighth graders on the Medieval Model project (which I helped put together!), but mostly it was a good day because a lot of exciting personal things happened! First of all, I got an email from Sunny – which definitely started me off on the right foot for the day! I listened to my own advice and once I was done doing everything I wanted to do online I took my world history book (the ONE that we use for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade – YESSS!) and I sat out in the courtyard to start my planning in the sunshine.
At lunch I talked to Beth, and plans are already in the works for the weekend. Apparently one of the other girls’ host parents own some cabins in Cahuita – on the Caribbean shore! So, a bunch of us are going to go there for a weekend and we are going to get to stay there for SUPER cheap – like, $7 a person! I’m so excited to go to the beach!
After school I was talking to Floria about some of the things that I wanted to do while I am here and I mentioned the fact that I need to buy Mama Naab a nativity scene. Apparently, near Floria’s house is a whole street market pretty much dedicated to souvenirs! And she said that she knows of another big market on the weekends in San Jose! So…next weekend I am going to stay with Floria Friday night and we are going to go market shopping and sightseeing in San Jose! Yayyy! I already have my next two weekends planned with fun things to do. :) And I’m sure I will have LOTS of pictures to post from both trips!
And, can you imagine?, the night got even better! Floria took me to a party/get-together for all of the 9th grade teachers, students and parents. The fact that the students at my school are upper-class really started to sink in when we came into this gated community and pulled up in front of a HUGE house.
It was honestly one of the most beautiful houses I’ve ever seen (why doesn’t my host family live there?! Lol). And, to top it off, in the courtyard of this gorgeous house was a priceless historic artifact! Much like the "great heads" of the Olmecs, whose building materials have yet to be found anywhere near their location, there was an ancient Costa Rican culture who left behind mysterious, large, perfectly spherical boulders. It was amazing.
And the cherry on top was the fact that I was with adults, speaking Spanish, and I felt comfortable, and they could understand me – even when I had to introduce myself to the whole group!
It was a GREAT day!
Haha…and funny story because I said I would put it in here. Earlier today I was telling Floria about how one of my first observations in this country was how horrible and crazy the driving is – which they all seem perfectly aware of, and yet…
Anyway, as we are leaving the party tonight, Floria completely blew a stop sign – it was so funny and so ironic I yelled out “Aggh, you typical Costa Rican and your ‘No Rules’ driving!”
You probably had to be there, but we both about died laughing.
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