2 weeks in Quebrada Grande

I´ve done a lot of complaining lately...things have been a bit rough...so today I´ve decided to only blog about the great/interesting things that have happened over the last two weeks here are the highlights:

*The man who runs the Pulperia next to the colegio spoke to me in English! He said, ¨Hi, how are you?¨ and then tried to give me my snacks for free, but I didn´t let him
*The cutest little girl passed me in the street-she was probably 6years old-and said, ¨bye, bye.¨ It was so adorable! In Costa Rica when people pass each other in the street a lot of times instead of saying ¨hola¨ they say ¨adios¨so it made sense to the little girl for her to say ¨bye bye¨instead of ¨hello¨
*I went to Liberia last week for a memorial service for my host mom´s mother who died a month ago. They made a little shrine to her and then did this entire service for her. They prayed the Rosary and sang a lot of songs. It was pretty neat to experience.
*One of my students threw a frog threw the classroom window, I got very stern with him in English, because I didn´t know what to say in Spanish. He had no idea what I said, but he got the point. He and I are buddies now.
*I´ve gotten pretty close to my oldest host sister, she is like the little sister I never had. She´s adorable. She asked me to help her write a love note to her boyfriend in English, this is what it said, ¨I love you. You are the best boyfriend in the world. I am so glad we are together.¨ Her and her sister kept going around the house practicing the line ¨you are the best boyfriend in the world.¨they said it over and over again. It was so cute!
*Space Shuttle was a vocab word when we were learning modes of transportation. One of the students raised her hand and said, ¨Scientists don´t believe in God and that´s bad.¨
*There was a parade in my town last weekend and the kids were all dressed up in beautiful gowns and little boys were in nice shirts and slacks. They were all from the elementary school. My host sisters performed a dance number at the celebration and did a great job!
*I went to a baby shower at a HUGE house in Liberia last weekend! The family was obviously loaded! We were there for 4 hours and they fed us something different every hour on the hour and they hired clowns for entertainment. It was hilarious. I WON LIMBO :) I was definitely the tallest person there by at least 6 inches. My host sister and I technically tied...but since I¨m a foot taller than her...I just claim that I won. My prize was these beautiful yellow bracelts and matching earings. She got some body spray and lotion.
*I´ve attend several soccer games --during enligh class time--but have learned to go with the flow...and I´m getting a nice tan LOL
*The other day I had a really bad day and these three 11 th graders who are super sweet could tell....so, they invited me to walk around town with them after class and they helped me with my Spanish and we talked about their families and where they live in the town...etc. They also showed me the cemetary where all of their family members are buried. It was really interesting.
*A seventh grader named Sharon took me to her mother´s work after school on Wednesday. She works at a women´s cooperative. They grow plants and flowers and sell them in the town. I told them that I´m going to start working with them on Tuesdays when I don´t teach English. I can´t wait to get started!
*I went to Liberia yesterday with the 10th graders to watch them perform at a Music Festival in the town center. They did a great job! They sang folk songs of Guanacaste. The bus didn´t show up to the school to take us....so they called a taxi...one taxi for all 15 of us. It was hilarious! But some how we made it in one piece.
*I´ve decided to fill my down time with exercise. I´ve started walking around the Plaza everyday with my iPod for about an hour. It´s a great way to enjoy the town and get out of the house.
*I´m back in Liberia today and can´t wait to eat Papa John´s pizza with Rosalia and Josh!