T.G.I.Viernes

It is about 10:30 my time. I'm writing this in a text document at Montana Linda (the hostel) because it is quite wet outside. I woke up at about 7:30 this morning (the latest I've slept in til thus far) to a cloudy sky and wet ground. I suspect that it rained all night. It began raining again maybe 45 minutes after I woke up. Hasn't ceased yet.

So as usual there are new people at the hostel. A dude named Scott got in Tuesday afternoon. He is from L.A. and I'm guessing that he is in his mid 20's? He has been fun to hang out with and talk to. Three American girls checked in yesterday evening. They are from Utah. Orosi is the last leg of their trip. They've been traveling around for about two weeks. Age-wise I suspect they are in their late 20's.
I also cannot believe that I failed to mention Guapo earlier in my stay. He is a dog that lives here at Montana Linda.

Quite a character he is.

Last night and Wednesday night we played Monopoly. Wednesday night was just 3 of us and last night was 4 of us. I can only describe both games with a simple phrase---”Veni, Vidi, Vici”. Possibly needless to say(?) the game was in Spanish. Made it a bit more of a Costa Rica experience. During the game last night we witnessed the largest toad that we'd ever seen. It was just short of a small dinner plate. By the time I had gotten my camera it had miraculously squeezed itself under the fridge. I could only expect to open the fridge this morning to retrieve my milk for my cereal to have a toad staring me back in the face. Alas I did not have this experience.
The allergies that I thought I had turned out to be a cold. I'm actually relieved that it was a cold. This means that once the cold passes by, I do not have to worry about controlling allergies for 4 and half more months. Yesterday morning was the worst of it. I woke up with a hacking cough and simply just feeling under the weather. But by that evening I was feeling 100%. I have a bit of a cough this morning, but nothing too horrible.
As a part of my expenses for staying here I had to pay $1 in order for me to have use of the kitchen, communal fridge, and fresh coffee all day. The coffee is pretty good. I think it is mostly due to it being incredibly fresh. Costa Rica grows A LOT of coffee, but the best of it is exported. Still though it is great having such fresh coffee.


Still doing all review stuff in class, but because it has been years since I used much of this it is still quite difficult to get all the rules back down. Yesterday we did the last of the 4 past tenses. Today I believe we are doing “por vs. para”. Like something else as well, but I'm not sure.
I also finally remembered to get a few picture of the hostel. Unfortunately it was cloudy when I snapped them, so they don't reflect the true beauty. I'll get more when the sun finally comes out...which at this point will very likely be at least tomorrow.








Ben- Q, Q, and Q in reference to the a fore mentioned.

El Fin.