Friday 9/19/08

TGIF! After a nice day of classes and taking the first steps in arranging my internship (in November I will move to another part of Costa Rica for four weeks and do an internship for school credit) I headed home. I spent my afternoon doing homework because tomorrow I’m going to go to Irazu Volcano with some friends. At 7, we all took Pamela to her Friday night dance class and then headed to Papi’s work. We hung out at Papi’s work, dropped David off at an aunt and uncles house for a sleepover, picked up Pamela from dance and headed home for dinner. While dinner was cooking I successfully conquered the biggest challenge I’ve had so far here in Costa Rica….international phone calls. I finally got Skype to work, unfortunately none of my wonderful family members answer their telephones, but I did get a chance to talk to the famous rock n’ roll legend, Mr. Rikter-Vieyra (aka Wes). We ate dinner and got into great conversations about a wide variety of things. They were intrigued by the idea of Thanksgiving and want to celebrate it this year. The only problem is that turkey here costs a fortune (as do my favorite Fuji apples, cereal, and other U.S. imported products. I took a quick shower and Pamela snuggled in my bed and watched some cheesy made-for-TV Disney movie (a common nighttime activity of ours).