Sunday 11/23/08

This morning I woke up to the heavy rain pounding against our metal rough. It is such a loud noise that you cannot even carry on a conversation. It has been pouring rain for quite some time now and unfortunately ruined our hopes of making a trip to the river this weekend. We ate pinto and watched the Mulan and the Lion King. When my family popped in Lion King 2, I decided to go for a walk (as the rain had somewhat stopped). I came home and they were already done with Lion King 2 and watching Over the Hedge. We had lunch and the rain began pouring again (thank goodness I took advantage of my short gap of time to walk). I helped my youngest brother, Jose Manuel, study for his English test (as he is also my student). Licho, my dad, came home from a work party and had won a blender. My family here is extremely lucky when it comes to winning things. Earlier in the week my mom, Maria, won 50,000 colones (approx 100) worth of products at a beauty shop in Puerto Viejo. She is claiming all her winnings and then selling everything to people here in La Virgen. She also won a karaoke contest (but that wasn’t luck, but her amazing mariachi/ranchero skills). In the late afternoon we made a pudding/yogurt-ish treat made from pineapple (including the outside parts!) and lemon bars that Maria had wanted to make while watching Bruce Almighty. Baking with me has become one of her favorite past times. In the evening we had yet another night of great conversations. While showing everyone some more pictures on my computer a gecko managed to land on my head. Just a little later while climbing in bed I found a cockroach stuck in my mosquito net. It also jumped on me and almost managed to fall into my sweatshirt. Apparently all the baking must have made me a sweet target for small creatures.