Today was a mess. Completely unproductive. Lots of drinking last night for people ended up resulting in an arrest which basically turned everyone's day upside-down.
I just wasn't feeling going out last night, and I guess it's a good thing that I just went to bed...around 8:30...as per usual.
Everyone is ok physically but this really throws a wrench into the semester that we don't need. Meetings all day with individuals and groups and everyone...it just made it harder to concentrate on anything and to get work done not to mention the already difficult time I'm having of it. I'm completely designer's-block right now...and the worst part about it is there's no cure but to wait it out...but what happens when there isn't any time to wait and you need to present a final project in less than a week and a half?
I guess we'll see.
Dessert with Sam, Tuona, and Lins at Johnny's was good. Then we went to the gym to watch some soccer games for free entertainment that was completely unrelated to drinking...go team.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
It's Raining, It's Clouding.
Up early, looking nice out.
Day started out great-with a spider climbing on Daisy, my host mom, and her literally jumping out of her seat yelling to get it off. This is not to say that I found joy in her suffering, only that I find joy in the fact that we both do suffer...when we must deal with insects. haha.
Spent the morning in spanish class. Did my presentation on regueton then back to the grind with studio. Had an informational meeting with an engineer about septic systems...which I missed half of because I was in the library and it wasn't on the schedule. Then we had our client meeting in the afternoon with Chepe (Jose Francisco). It went really well. He's very mild-mannered and seemed pretty content with all of the projects. After her left, we decided that the best way to progress to give them fewer options to choose from is to split into two groups. Will and I are going to work together to create a scheme which is more compact and includes the police station within the same building as the offices, while Keith and Josh work on a scheme which includes the police station as a separate building.
Our debriefing clearly took place at the Cheese Factory (better known as icecream and brownie haven of Monteverde Institute students...).
It was almost the end of the day, but Will and I sat and tried to gather our mjor ideas and goals for our new design. This is definitely going to be tough because Chepe was so vague and didn't have many negatives, and no SUPER-positives to give too much direction. We're kind of on our own...I guess we'll take this as an opportunity to live the architects dream? Design what you know works and includes the program, but how you want to envision it? Here goes, right?!
Before we left..."the" scorpion that people saw earlier in the week was spotted...and THIS time we were all prepared...with one goal: catch the scorpion. Everyone ran up the stairs...except Linsey, who fled her desk as if a puma was crawling through the wall! I chased it into a crack...which was not open the the floor below, and the capture ensued. Once in a box, it was transferred to the plastic garbage can at which point Keith re-verbalized his desire to catch another so that they could fight...and within seconds Dan informed us that he found another one near our desks...so we went running (again) and this time I got to catch it! Threw it in...they both played dead...
and then...we found another one. That's right...that made 3 scorpions, by our desks, in 45 minutes and when we got bored of watching them and taking pictures and were on our way out to walk home, they found another. 4. Haha. Welcome to Costa Rica.
The rest of the night was pretty lame in comparison...just dinner and listening to Daisy and Marlen talking about perfumes, makeup, and purses. Everyone else was meeting up at 8 either at the Pizzeria or to go on a hike but I got sleepy in the past half hour. Shower then bed.
Day started out great-with a spider climbing on Daisy, my host mom, and her literally jumping out of her seat yelling to get it off. This is not to say that I found joy in her suffering, only that I find joy in the fact that we both do suffer...when we must deal with insects. haha.
Spent the morning in spanish class. Did my presentation on regueton then back to the grind with studio. Had an informational meeting with an engineer about septic systems...which I missed half of because I was in the library and it wasn't on the schedule. Then we had our client meeting in the afternoon with Chepe (Jose Francisco). It went really well. He's very mild-mannered and seemed pretty content with all of the projects. After her left, we decided that the best way to progress to give them fewer options to choose from is to split into two groups. Will and I are going to work together to create a scheme which is more compact and includes the police station within the same building as the offices, while Keith and Josh work on a scheme which includes the police station as a separate building.
Our debriefing clearly took place at the Cheese Factory (better known as icecream and brownie haven of Monteverde Institute students...).
It was almost the end of the day, but Will and I sat and tried to gather our mjor ideas and goals for our new design. This is definitely going to be tough because Chepe was so vague and didn't have many negatives, and no SUPER-positives to give too much direction. We're kind of on our own...I guess we'll take this as an opportunity to live the architects dream? Design what you know works and includes the program, but how you want to envision it? Here goes, right?!
Before we left..."the" scorpion that people saw earlier in the week was spotted...and THIS time we were all prepared...with one goal: catch the scorpion. Everyone ran up the stairs...except Linsey, who fled her desk as if a puma was crawling through the wall! I chased it into a crack...which was not open the the floor below, and the capture ensued. Once in a box, it was transferred to the plastic garbage can at which point Keith re-verbalized his desire to catch another so that they could fight...and within seconds Dan informed us that he found another one near our desks...so we went running (again) and this time I got to catch it! Threw it in...they both played dead...
and then...we found another one. That's right...that made 3 scorpions, by our desks, in 45 minutes and when we got bored of watching them and taking pictures and were on our way out to walk home, they found another. 4. Haha. Welcome to Costa Rica.
The rest of the night was pretty lame in comparison...just dinner and listening to Daisy and Marlen talking about perfumes, makeup, and purses. Everyone else was meeting up at 8 either at the Pizzeria or to go on a hike but I got sleepy in the past half hour. Shower then bed.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The rain comes instead of our client
Tico time.
Worked all morning and early afternoon on some presentation materials for our client, Jose Francisco who was supposed to come today at 1. He didn't show and called us about an hour into our "self-review" to reschedule for tomorrow. Review went all the way until 5. There will only be a few hours between Spanish and lunch and the review tomorrow so I may start on the report that we have to do.
It poured. When it pours here, you can't hear a word anyone is saying outside of 2 feet from your ears because the rooves are so thin that it drowns everything out. It's incredible! Does not help production at all and it has become a major design issue that we are going to work on for our proposals.
After review the net wasn't working and I hadn't been on in a few days so Tuona and I hauled it to the "white castle" cafe, as she calls it, in order to get on. It was slow there, and two hours resulted in very little progress but it was better than nothing. Arturo was supposed to be at the institute to fix the computers and internet today but he didn't show...two tico no-shows! Life in a place where transportation depends mostly on your own two feet!
After the cafe I headed home and was going to go see if I could borrow Ali's computer for the morning and instead I totally forgot why I had even gone in the first place because we sat down on her wooden floor and talked until midnight. She's a world traveler and I lvoed hearing about all of the places she'd gone and people she ran into and fidning that she did that despite being a lot like me, shy to approach but happy to talk when someone initiates conversation. Of course sharing stories about life and studying here was fabulous bonding time too! It's really nice to know that other people think about the same things...like how we all get full from a meal and are hungry again within 30 minutes...what is that about?! haha.
Walked home at midnight and decided that I was still awake enough to shower...I FINALLY figured out how to get hot water in the shower...score. There's a ginormous spider living behind the lightbulb fixture on my ceiling...which i JUST noticed. At least he kills other bugs? I guess? I'm going to try to pretend that I didn't jsut see him before he disappeared into his home...
Up early to do spanish research that didn't get done at the cafe!
Skype date with Malte this weekend!!!
Worked all morning and early afternoon on some presentation materials for our client, Jose Francisco who was supposed to come today at 1. He didn't show and called us about an hour into our "self-review" to reschedule for tomorrow. Review went all the way until 5. There will only be a few hours between Spanish and lunch and the review tomorrow so I may start on the report that we have to do.
It poured. When it pours here, you can't hear a word anyone is saying outside of 2 feet from your ears because the rooves are so thin that it drowns everything out. It's incredible! Does not help production at all and it has become a major design issue that we are going to work on for our proposals.
After review the net wasn't working and I hadn't been on in a few days so Tuona and I hauled it to the "white castle" cafe, as she calls it, in order to get on. It was slow there, and two hours resulted in very little progress but it was better than nothing. Arturo was supposed to be at the institute to fix the computers and internet today but he didn't show...two tico no-shows! Life in a place where transportation depends mostly on your own two feet!
After the cafe I headed home and was going to go see if I could borrow Ali's computer for the morning and instead I totally forgot why I had even gone in the first place because we sat down on her wooden floor and talked until midnight. She's a world traveler and I lvoed hearing about all of the places she'd gone and people she ran into and fidning that she did that despite being a lot like me, shy to approach but happy to talk when someone initiates conversation. Of course sharing stories about life and studying here was fabulous bonding time too! It's really nice to know that other people think about the same things...like how we all get full from a meal and are hungry again within 30 minutes...what is that about?! haha.
Walked home at midnight and decided that I was still awake enough to shower...I FINALLY figured out how to get hot water in the shower...score. There's a ginormous spider living behind the lightbulb fixture on my ceiling...which i JUST noticed. At least he kills other bugs? I guess? I'm going to try to pretend that I didn't jsut see him before he disappeared into his home...
Up early to do spanish research that didn't get done at the cafe!
Skype date with Malte this weekend!!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Work Work Work! Faster!
Got up later than I´d hoped today. Setting the cell phone didn´t work...not quite sure why not.
Spanish class went well. Except three women tend to dominate and intimidate a certain male in our class...eh hem..Fernando! Not that I blame him too much because there aren´t any other males to help him defend against us. After this disaster of a weekend I still hadn´t gotten my music project done for class so it´s due Wednesday. With our client meeting tomorrow I still won´t have time for it until tomorrow night.
The internet situation here is really really tough. One, because it´s spotty to begin with, but two because I don´t have a laptop yet (the fam is being awesome and bringing one over break to help me out)! Not having a laptop would be totally fine if the two comps they set up for us were a) logged in without the missing password and username and b) connected to the net. Since they aren´t, though, it means that my options are a) library between 8 and 5...when I am not allowed to use skype, b) depend on my awesome friends to let me borrow laptops for research etc during the day and for skype at night, c) pay to use internet cafes, or d) go old school and just go without it...which I do. No complaints at all, just thoughts.
Spent the rest of the day working on my site plan-floor plans for our meeting tomorrow. Amazing how long hand-drawings take!
Had dinner at home with Marlen and Daisy. Raul had a fever...he was dressed up for winter in Buffalo and it was approximately 70 degrees...just to give you an idea of what ¨winter¨is like here.
Met up with Tuona at Johnny´s and just chatted for a few hours. Our bartender-waiter Randall came to say hello. Linsey showed up too for an escape from the family for a bit. I really enjoyed just hanging out with them and NOT going to bed at 8pm. When I told Daisy I was going out for coffee she said ¨going out on the streets again...¨ oh goodness. It equates to Gram´s ¨dirty little stayout¨ label I suppose! It´s amazing that going out at 8pm and staying out until 10 is a late night!
On the way home there weren´t any clouds...it was incredible. I think this was the first time I really saw the stars and it was gorgeous. I wish I had someone to walk up to the radio towers with to get away from the ¨city lights,¨ if you could call them that. Managed to look down just in time to avoid stepping on a tarantula...yep. That´s correct. It was running around so I decided to use my foot for scale instead of my hand.
Sleep...it sounds like there are bugs in every direction...I´m learning to sleep with my head out from underneath three blankets, though, so I guess I´m making steps in the right direction...
Not quite tica yet!
Spanish class went well. Except three women tend to dominate and intimidate a certain male in our class...eh hem..Fernando! Not that I blame him too much because there aren´t any other males to help him defend against us. After this disaster of a weekend I still hadn´t gotten my music project done for class so it´s due Wednesday. With our client meeting tomorrow I still won´t have time for it until tomorrow night.
The internet situation here is really really tough. One, because it´s spotty to begin with, but two because I don´t have a laptop yet (the fam is being awesome and bringing one over break to help me out)! Not having a laptop would be totally fine if the two comps they set up for us were a) logged in without the missing password and username and b) connected to the net. Since they aren´t, though, it means that my options are a) library between 8 and 5...when I am not allowed to use skype, b) depend on my awesome friends to let me borrow laptops for research etc during the day and for skype at night, c) pay to use internet cafes, or d) go old school and just go without it...which I do. No complaints at all, just thoughts.
Spent the rest of the day working on my site plan-floor plans for our meeting tomorrow. Amazing how long hand-drawings take!
Had dinner at home with Marlen and Daisy. Raul had a fever...he was dressed up for winter in Buffalo and it was approximately 70 degrees...just to give you an idea of what ¨winter¨is like here.
Met up with Tuona at Johnny´s and just chatted for a few hours. Our bartender-waiter Randall came to say hello. Linsey showed up too for an escape from the family for a bit. I really enjoyed just hanging out with them and NOT going to bed at 8pm. When I told Daisy I was going out for coffee she said ¨going out on the streets again...¨ oh goodness. It equates to Gram´s ¨dirty little stayout¨ label I suppose! It´s amazing that going out at 8pm and staying out until 10 is a late night!
On the way home there weren´t any clouds...it was incredible. I think this was the first time I really saw the stars and it was gorgeous. I wish I had someone to walk up to the radio towers with to get away from the ¨city lights,¨ if you could call them that. Managed to look down just in time to avoid stepping on a tarantula...yep. That´s correct. It was running around so I decided to use my foot for scale instead of my hand.
Sleep...it sounds like there are bugs in every direction...I´m learning to sleep with my head out from underneath three blankets, though, so I guess I´m making steps in the right direction...
Not quite tica yet!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Let down
So today was more charetting for the first half of the day and then a presentation in the afternoon around 3. Went well, got some good feedback from Kevin and Jajean and learned a bit from seeing the stuff from the group, too. Tomorrow I'll look over the two designs I have that are more master-planned and see if I can better them a bit with the advice I was given.
After our crit I watched Pan's Labyrinth in Spanish at the auditorium. It was a really weird movie. I'm still not sure what I think of it. The gore definitely gave me flashbacks to getting sick watching The Kingdom at Keith's. The movie didn't end until 6:30 or so at which point I needed to hurry home to eat before meeting up with Cristian and co. for the soccer game at the gym.
When I got home, Daisy told me she thought he'd said we were meeting at 7:30, so I took a little bit of extra time eating with her and lef the house around 7:10. Didn't see anyone so I sat on the steps. Luckily I brought my book with me, so I just sat and read, waiting for them to show. It had been quite some time since I'd gotten to the steps so I headed home, pretty sure that I'd missed them...which I had. It's 8 and the game starts at 8:10 so they must have met up at 7:00 like I originally thought. Bummer.
I'm not really in the mood to keep reading so I'm just going to sleep...8pm. go team.
After our crit I watched Pan's Labyrinth in Spanish at the auditorium. It was a really weird movie. I'm still not sure what I think of it. The gore definitely gave me flashbacks to getting sick watching The Kingdom at Keith's. The movie didn't end until 6:30 or so at which point I needed to hurry home to eat before meeting up with Cristian and co. for the soccer game at the gym.
When I got home, Daisy told me she thought he'd said we were meeting at 7:30, so I took a little bit of extra time eating with her and lef the house around 7:10. Didn't see anyone so I sat on the steps. Luckily I brought my book with me, so I just sat and read, waiting for them to show. It had been quite some time since I'd gotten to the steps so I headed home, pretty sure that I'd missed them...which I had. It's 8 and the game starts at 8:10 so they must have met up at 7:00 like I originally thought. Bummer.
I'm not really in the mood to keep reading so I'm just going to sleep...8pm. go team.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
"Jungle Fever?"
Woke up at 6 this morning to go running with Keith. He's been going a ton and after a weekend at the beach with plans to return I've decided it's time to get back on the workout wagon. Made it down to the corner and didn't see him in either direction...waited a minute or two then decided that if he passed, I shouldn't wait for him to get back or I wouldn't get a run in, and if he wasn't there yet he would catch me...so I headed toward the Insitute...realistically a short run but it's legitimately uphill-both ways.
I did pretty well. I'm glad that I knew the route because it allowed me to push myself up the hill, aware of where the end of the run would be before stretching and turning back. It was a short workout. I got to MVI in 7:10 and walked around looking for my running buddy (who I'd caught a glimpse of at a corner on the way up). He was nowhere in sight so I asked a girl on the street and she said he'd kept running (that skilled kid), so I just waited and stretched until he came back by on his way home. The overall run isn't too bad, it's the really steep hill on the way back to my house that's the real killer. It's a curve AND steep, AND the entire run is on unpaved roads...makes for a good workout for the brain while it tries to rapidly calculate where to step to avoid landing on your face!
Had a great fruit breakfast with Daisy before hitting up the institute again for Spanish class. Nothing too big today. Our assignment for next week is to learn the different genres of latin music...easy right? Except not. I know that different dances/types exist, but I can't distinguish them, which will make this quite a learning experience for me...part of our assignment is to go dancing this weekend! Like I said, Cristina is great! Friday we are meeting at her house for breakfast before we check out her husband's art studio which should be really neat. Yay!
Just after class we found out that not only were we going to San Luis, but we were also meeting with the client! ARGH! Little notice is very difficult to deal with and is an added stress. We've only really had a day or two to design and didn't have many questions. When we got to the site we came up with a few more things on the spot which should help us out a bit, so the stress ended up being unnecessary (as always).
We checked out some different construction types before heading to the institute including the women's coop for paper product recycling, which has a bamboo structure that was re-constructed by a previous Sustainable Futures group, as well as some sort of wood-framed home that had walls made of a plant and mud-clay combo. It was the first time I've seen something like that in person.
Back at school we ate lunch, I almost fell asleep in the rocking chair on the porch then we attended Kevin's lecture on Natural Building. It's so frustrating that we DON'T all build this way...it just. makes. sense.
Once again, we jumped in the back of the truck and headed out, this time to see the AYA (acqueduct association) building in Santa Elena. It was bigger than the one we need to design for our site, but it was good to get a sense of size and required spaces to design, including a room for shelves which store the paper trail for ten years.
We got some diesel (which is what most cars take here)...totally not illegally stored in someone's garage since the nearest gas station is a good 40 km away or something...yeaaa....'bout that.
Got back to studio with about an hour left...I was not able to be very productive. Got to talk to Dad on skype for a bit, and read more of my spanish book before heading home for dinner with Daisy. I saw Cristian on the way and he said I can catch a ride on a moto down to watch their game tomorrow--coolio. I may try to catch some of the hockey game before I meet them near my house...we'll have to see how the timing works out.
I did pretty well. I'm glad that I knew the route because it allowed me to push myself up the hill, aware of where the end of the run would be before stretching and turning back. It was a short workout. I got to MVI in 7:10 and walked around looking for my running buddy (who I'd caught a glimpse of at a corner on the way up). He was nowhere in sight so I asked a girl on the street and she said he'd kept running (that skilled kid), so I just waited and stretched until he came back by on his way home. The overall run isn't too bad, it's the really steep hill on the way back to my house that's the real killer. It's a curve AND steep, AND the entire run is on unpaved roads...makes for a good workout for the brain while it tries to rapidly calculate where to step to avoid landing on your face!
Had a great fruit breakfast with Daisy before hitting up the institute again for Spanish class. Nothing too big today. Our assignment for next week is to learn the different genres of latin music...easy right? Except not. I know that different dances/types exist, but I can't distinguish them, which will make this quite a learning experience for me...part of our assignment is to go dancing this weekend! Like I said, Cristina is great! Friday we are meeting at her house for breakfast before we check out her husband's art studio which should be really neat. Yay!
Just after class we found out that not only were we going to San Luis, but we were also meeting with the client! ARGH! Little notice is very difficult to deal with and is an added stress. We've only really had a day or two to design and didn't have many questions. When we got to the site we came up with a few more things on the spot which should help us out a bit, so the stress ended up being unnecessary (as always).
We checked out some different construction types before heading to the institute including the women's coop for paper product recycling, which has a bamboo structure that was re-constructed by a previous Sustainable Futures group, as well as some sort of wood-framed home that had walls made of a plant and mud-clay combo. It was the first time I've seen something like that in person.
Back at school we ate lunch, I almost fell asleep in the rocking chair on the porch then we attended Kevin's lecture on Natural Building. It's so frustrating that we DON'T all build this way...it just. makes. sense.
Once again, we jumped in the back of the truck and headed out, this time to see the AYA (acqueduct association) building in Santa Elena. It was bigger than the one we need to design for our site, but it was good to get a sense of size and required spaces to design, including a room for shelves which store the paper trail for ten years.
We got some diesel (which is what most cars take here)...totally not illegally stored in someone's garage since the nearest gas station is a good 40 km away or something...yeaaa....'bout that.
Got back to studio with about an hour left...I was not able to be very productive. Got to talk to Dad on skype for a bit, and read more of my spanish book before heading home for dinner with Daisy. I saw Cristian on the way and he said I can catch a ride on a moto down to watch their game tomorrow--coolio. I may try to catch some of the hockey game before I meet them near my house...we'll have to see how the timing works out.
After dinner I met up with Keith and we walked down to a different Pizzeria where we got a crepe and cappuchinos before the gang showed up for a rousing game of Jungle Speed...which I heard incorrectly the first time as "Fever." A whole bunch of us met up and the game was huge which was cool. Will was hilarious...losing almost every opportunity possible! Linsey stopped by with her bro, Yenaro (spelling?), and their exchange student, Max. Sam, Tuona, Bryan, Amber, Kevin, Keith, Brita and Isabelle (Kevin's daughters), Will and I were all sitting around one of the tree-section tables making tons of noise and having a great time of it.
Today was one of the longest days I've had but it was lots of fun...Up early for another day of running tomorrow-this time up the big hill! Ahhh.Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Finally designing
Woke up this morning after my first really restless night since I left the US and decided not to meet up with Keith to run this morning. When I told Daisy, she said "I'll do it tomorrow--a woman's words." That just fired me up...so you can bet I'll be running tomorrow!
It's Adam's Bday-Happy bday to him. I missed the Greeny girls' bdays while we were at the beach, so happy birthdays to them as well!
We met this morning and talked more...and then FINALLY split up and started trying to design a way to fit the programs into the site. It is definitely difficult. I basically took the road of...there are two even levels, the question is only where the cut into the land it occurring for the first floor. I tried to put the maximum greywater treatment area possible...I may change that up when I go at the designing again tomorrow. We have to talk to Anibal, but I'm really hoping that we can put parking in the public area...that would help us out a ton with space to spread out program and create more green space for Amber to work with.
By the end of the day I was pretty burnt out from designing my first three schemes so I read the second chapter of my book from Cristina for Spanish (Unica, mirando al mar). I actually am getting into it and am almost halfway done. I just realized that I can't remember the last time I completed a book in English. The novels I've read...or started...have all been in Spanish for as long as I can remember. The only exception is for required reading I've done for classes. (And most of THAT was for Spanish classes!! Hmmmm. I suppose the FLW book I borrowed will count if I finish it when I get home but it's definitely not a novel. Time will tell, I suppose.
So after class I stuck around and talked to Mom and Dad. They're coming with Jess and Alice July 2. I think Keith and I are going to meet up with them in Jaco, a beachtown on the Pacific coast in the Gulf of Nicoya. We'll have to figure out what to do for the free week up to that point...perhaps Samara?!
Keith and I walked home...my flip-flops flipped and flopped a ton of mud all over my khaki pants...lol...oh well--they are really easy to clean.
I took a quick shower, changed, and headed toward MoonShiva to watch Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Met up with Tyler and Bryan on the way...got scared out of my mind by cows who had gotten out of the pasture and were moving around on the side of the road, and killed a scorpion on the way! Eventful, no?!
Got to Moon Shiva and the boys headed home...I went down the stairs and didn't see anyone so I headed out and kept walking a short way until I ran into Bryan and we walked back together and waited for everyone to show. In the meantime we found out the cable wasn't working so we transferred to Johnny's Pizzeria to watch the game. We caught the 2nd and 3rd periods and watched them with a woman from Detroit which was entertaining. Linsey, Amber, and I split pizza...now I really want to go running tomorrow!!
Marlen and Mariana were waiting for me when I got home. Mariana is such a cutie when she isn't crying! haha. Desperate Housewives was on TV in Spanish...the tornado episode...how I know anything about that having never watched it, I have no idea?! Whatever. Didn't bother starting a new trend so it's bedtime.
It's Adam's Bday-Happy bday to him. I missed the Greeny girls' bdays while we were at the beach, so happy birthdays to them as well!
We met this morning and talked more...and then FINALLY split up and started trying to design a way to fit the programs into the site. It is definitely difficult. I basically took the road of...there are two even levels, the question is only where the cut into the land it occurring for the first floor. I tried to put the maximum greywater treatment area possible...I may change that up when I go at the designing again tomorrow. We have to talk to Anibal, but I'm really hoping that we can put parking in the public area...that would help us out a ton with space to spread out program and create more green space for Amber to work with.
By the end of the day I was pretty burnt out from designing my first three schemes so I read the second chapter of my book from Cristina for Spanish (Unica, mirando al mar). I actually am getting into it and am almost halfway done. I just realized that I can't remember the last time I completed a book in English. The novels I've read...or started...have all been in Spanish for as long as I can remember. The only exception is for required reading I've done for classes. (And most of THAT was for Spanish classes!! Hmmmm. I suppose the FLW book I borrowed will count if I finish it when I get home but it's definitely not a novel. Time will tell, I suppose.
So after class I stuck around and talked to Mom and Dad. They're coming with Jess and Alice July 2. I think Keith and I are going to meet up with them in Jaco, a beachtown on the Pacific coast in the Gulf of Nicoya. We'll have to figure out what to do for the free week up to that point...perhaps Samara?!
Keith and I walked home...my flip-flops flipped and flopped a ton of mud all over my khaki pants...lol...oh well--they are really easy to clean.
I took a quick shower, changed, and headed toward MoonShiva to watch Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Met up with Tyler and Bryan on the way...got scared out of my mind by cows who had gotten out of the pasture and were moving around on the side of the road, and killed a scorpion on the way! Eventful, no?!
Got to Moon Shiva and the boys headed home...I went down the stairs and didn't see anyone so I headed out and kept walking a short way until I ran into Bryan and we walked back together and waited for everyone to show. In the meantime we found out the cable wasn't working so we transferred to Johnny's Pizzeria to watch the game. We caught the 2nd and 3rd periods and watched them with a woman from Detroit which was entertaining. Linsey, Amber, and I split pizza...now I really want to go running tomorrow!!
Marlen and Mariana were waiting for me when I got home. Mariana is such a cutie when she isn't crying! haha. Desperate Housewives was on TV in Spanish...the tornado episode...how I know anything about that having never watched it, I have no idea?! Whatever. Didn't bother starting a new trend so it's bedtime.
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