Good Days :)

I finished up my first week of classes this week. It felt good to get into a good routine and hopefully things will continue to get better! This weekend was pretty good and less overwhelming than the last one! On Friday night, I was able to relax and I helped my sister-in-law (Karen) cook dinner. We had fun and I helped to teach her some English because she is starting English classes on Tuesday. She told me some things that confused her which I thought were very interesting: "Kiss" and "keys" and "Welcome!" and "You're welcome!".

On Saturday, I got up early went for a run with my friend, Peter! We went to a local park which is owned by the University of Costa Rica. It is about a mile to the park and there are trails all over the park. It is really safe and there were tons of people swimming, playing soccer, playing squash, riding bikes, and there was even archery! We ended up running for just about 30 minutes but while we were there we saw four people we knew from LASP-talk about a small city!

After the run, I relaxed a little and then Mami and I and Mancho (another family member) went to downtown San Jose. We walked around and there were TONS of people. Finally, after an hour or two of walking around we went to a local coffee shop and shared a piece of cake!

This morning, I went to church again with my family. It is always interesting to see a different style of church and I actually understood a little bit more than I did last week. We stayed after the service and ate lunch and then we went shopping at Price Smart which is basically like Costa Rica's "Sam's Club"

All in all, I am doing well. I am less overwhelmed by the newness of things and more overwhelmed by the amount of schoolwork that I have. Don't worry that alone will keep me out of trouble!