Awesome.

Life is Sweet!

Last weekend I left school early on friday and took a bus to san jose. i had to get myself to our San Jose Apartment alone which was quite the adventure but as most of you know, that was just exciting for me. I got to our home there and crashed and at 5 in the morning i left to go meet my friends Zach and Gunnar Downtown in order to take a bus to Jacó, a beach town about 2 hours away. We met up, went to the bus stop, ate some food, and were on our way. We got to Jacó and hung out for 5 hours jus swimming and chilling and then we took a cab back to San Jose. (Cabs here are super cheap) Me and Gunnar went back to my town for a dance so we got home at about 7 (in San Marcos) and went to the dance at 9 and didnt get home til a little before 2. One of the best, most busy days in my life. Today I am skipping some school and my school friends and I are taking a mini bus to san jose for a concert. They are called Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and they are really good.

I forgot to mention my birthday! It was yesterday and Alicia invited Erla, Ingrid, and Tessi over (the other exchange students) and some other family friends came and we had great food, funny conversations, and an all around good time. It was a small party but it was with a lot of cariño y amor.

Today marks exactly 7 more weeks here. 49 days is not enough time. But i am excited for Hawaii and the Lair when i get back!

Weekends

Last weekend my friend Gunnar came to San Marcos for Saturday and Sunday. He´s from Oregon and speaks perfect spanish. We went to the dance with Ingrid and Erla and it was SO much fun. It was cool to chill with him and this next weekend Im headin over to his town to go to a dance there. I dont have school today because all the teachers have a training day. I want to get to the beach soon, maybe we will for my birthday weekend because SO many of us have a birthday that weekend.
May19-Gunnar turns 18
May23-Helen (Iceland) turns 18
May 25- My birthday
May 27- Magdelena (Austria)

Also, the weekend after my birthday, everyone is coming to our area and we are all doing a canopy/ adventure course near my house and after we are all (about 13 people) going to a dance and most of them will crash at a hotel in Santa Maria.

the weekends are the best here.

Pura Vida

May

So I know I have been slacking a little with the blog entries and I am sorry. I didnt really think anyone read this thing, but my dad recently informed me that there are people who try to keep up with my life here. So lemme give you some recent news. This past friday we didnt have school so thursday afternoon Alicia and I left for San Jose. We stayed at their house there and it was a blast! Alicia, Laura (my older sister), and her boyfriend all went to Volcan Irazú. It was so much fun. Afterwards we went to the biggest mall in Costa Rica called Terramall. I bought some stuff and then we went to Alicias sisters house for coffee. When we got there we did the usual pleasantries of first meetings, and then we all sat down and had coffee and bread with natilla. I didnt understand a some of it because her sister talks at a latin 18 year old woman´s speed with a mountanous accent, but it was all about their teenage years and stories about how their life was back then. They could not stop laughing the entire time. The stories were really funny and it was cool seeing them remember the same stories at the same time. Then we went to ANOTHER mall because Laura needed to find shoes for a wedding. Saturday we hung out for a while at the house then we went home.

My (Our) birthday is in 22 days and I realized that however weird it is that I wont have my birthday at home, it wont actually be my first birthday in Costa Rica. When my family and I came here to visit my dads old host family and such I turned 5 and all i remember of it was dalmations decorations.

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