Thursday 9/4/08

I woke up well-rested after almost 10 hours of sleep (ahhh) and began my usual weekday morning routine (getting dressed and pampered, eating a bowl of Corn Flakes and catching the bus at 6:30). Before class, I was the shoulder to cry on for a classmate going through a rough time. Emotions are definitely a difficult thing to handle as of now (due to the fact that our friendships are still very new and we do not have the people from back home we know and love to confide it) The hurricanes are definitely taking their toll on us here in Costa Rica. It was pouring rain all morning. My Spanish class meets on an outside covered patio and the rain was so strong that at times we couldn’t hear each other even though we were just inches away from one another. Due to the intense rain, rather than walking to LASP (where we have our afternoon class) we had to break up into groups and catch taxis. After class I made the long bus trip home. Since I don’t get out of LASP until 4ish, I don’t get home until around 6 pm (that makes for almost a 12 hour day away from home) This is the second bus ride home from LASP where I’ve gotten stuck in the seat behind to love birds who are in desperate need of a room. The seats are so close together that it’s rather difficult to attempt to do my reading about Latin American history with such “passion” two inches away. Even though I was completely exhausted from such a long day of classes and transportation, I hit the books before our every day 8 o’clock dinner. After some studying, I took a shower (my first official hot shower since being here). Our shower head has quite the attitude and never wants to give me hot water, but tonight I got lucky.