Tuesday 11/18/08

The morning began with a workout on the elliptical while watching Wall-E. Unfortunately, it has been raining non-stop which makes it nearly impossible to go for a nice run in the mornings, so the elliptical will have to do. Today at school I worked with the 4th through 6th graders because my younger classes were taking final exams all morning. I had a small gap of time that I used to catch up with Wes and Becca via Skype. After the school day, I came home and watched Blade with my brothers. The afternoon was as the ticos would say “tranquilo”. Later in the evening my uncle Alvaro came over and talked our ears off about every conversation topic imaginable. Much of the time was spent listening to his perspective on the US. It was interesting to hear his perspective and the assumptions he was making about all the US based on his short trip to Florida. It was also a good opportunity to simply be quiet and listen to an opinion, rather than get defensive (our natural human response). We watched some of CSI: NY and Grey’s Anatomy and headed off to bed.