You should name him....Pulga.

This is how we roll....
If I am fat, it is not my fault.
My view from my horse.
What is that?

My new favorite flower!



My days in my training community are coming quickly to a close. Imagine riding on a roller coaster for the last 10 weeks, without stopping, and you are barely grasping what it's been like! I am so happy because I recently visited my new town and I am absolutely in love. I love my new host family, my new community, and everything surrounding it! My swearing in ceremony is this Friday and then after that, I'm headed west my son...well actualy northwest...but anyways! For those of you who know me best, you are well aware that I easily get carsick. I am seriously going to videotape my hours on the bus. It's like a runaway train on Blood Mountain (for my GA friends!). I wish there were a better way for me to capture my experience here because I feel like I am leaving so much off and still have so much to say! My Spanish has gotten a lot better and I feel a lot more comfortable getting around! I can't wait until I am more fluent and don't have to concentrate so hard just to speak and understand. I'm on my computer right now, so I'll upload a bunch of pictures! And I'm also very excited to get to my town because things will really slow down and I should be able to be in better contact with all of you....Especially you Lesli! I want to give a shout out to you and your new job! I have not forgotten you! :) I'll hopefully write again soon!

Swine is fine!

I'm still alive! I'm nearing the end of my training and it's been a crazy last few weeks! I've been traveling all over the country and we just had a big site revealing on Friday! I know where I'm going to live now! Everyone is really excited and we are spread out all across Costa Rica! I'm going to be living about an hour or so away from San Jose! Before revealing, we had Tech Week, and I visited a town that was so hot, it was seriously 90 degrees in my room at night! So, I'm really excited because I am going to be living in a cooler community! It's in the mountains! Who would have thought? I move to Costa Rica and I'm living in the mountains! How awesome! And I'm only an hour or so from a beach, too! And I'll be working with youth, teaching english, and helping with computers! I'll try to blog again soon and add some more pictures! Bye for now!

They is some carb-a-holics up in here.....

I am loving this! I had an exam in Espanol ayer (yesterday) and I did really well!! I've been processing quickly in Spanish...which is no big surprise! I love to talk! In any language! I'm now able to have conversations with my family and I'm learning more and more about Costa Rica and all the amazing things here! I've had so many crazy things happen, I don't even know where to begin! I had an awesome birthday with fellow volunteers and mi familia aqui! We celebrated Easter....all week! It's huge here! It's like Christmas! Everything shuts down and the buses don't run and it was really quiet! Everyone was at home with their families and it was really nice. I had a 4 day break! I had a lot of quality time with my family and it really helped me with the language even more! Next time I'll have to post some more pictures I've taken, especially the ones with my little sister here! She is so adorable! I think I'll take her with me...Oh yeah! Random side note! I totally have gotten attacked...3 times....by 3 different dogs!!! I don't know what it is, but Caesar Milan aka The Dog Whisperer, needs to get up in here. All his techniques failed me...They roam the streets and then I went down this one street and 4 dogs (they were actually really small) followed me, one got scarred, barked, got the others all worked up, and then one bit my calf....It was actually pretty funny because I screamed like a baby...The dog probably weighs 8 pounds...but still! Later, that same day, I got bit by another dog! Long stories...I'm fine, but it's pretty crazy! And don't worry...I don't have rabis! (I hope! ;) I've officially gotten to the half-way point through training! 6 more weeks and it'll be time to get to my permanent site for the next 2 years! I feel like I've been here for 5 months! Time is very different here! So much has happened! You have no idea how much I am leaving out! I need to write a book...just on the last 6 weeks! Anyways! I hope you all are doing well! Sorry I can't post more often. I'm going a mile a minute here! Eating my gallo pinto, taking my bus through the montanas, and learning how to flush a toilet without the handle (oh yes, I have mastered it). It's all good! Hopefully I'll be able to write again soon! :)

Apparently Leah is too hard....Leo will do.

The tides of the sea of Espanol are still at work, but I've found a twig to keep me afloat. I just spent 4 days in another town, visitiing another Peace Corps Volunteer who has been living in Costa Rica for 1 year and 4 months! It definitely gave me a feel for what it might be like for me, once I get to my site (which I still don't know where that is yet!). I was just in Tierra Blanca, which is about 2 or so hours away from where I am right now. And I couldn't believe it....it was SOOO cold! Es muy muy frio, especialmente en la noche! We were at a really high altitude and we went up to the highest Volcano in Costa Rica! Volcan Irazu! I totally got altitude sickness, but it was worth it! We were above the clouds and then we were in the clouds! It was awesome! I had fun meeting more Costa Ricans in the town and they were so nice and friendly! One guy said that I should stay in TB for 8 days, and I would become fluent in Spanish. Random side note, yesterday we had our weekly meeting about CED....that makes no sense to you, but hang on. I'm in a room with about 20 other people, who are my great friends now, and my chair completely bends and breaks, with me on it, which cause me to fall to the ground in the middle fo the room. It was very loud and very funny and very very very unexpected! Just a day in the life!