So aside from the new apartment, there hasn't been too much going on recently. I have been going to the gym a good amount, so that's good... Kerensa joined today, so now I have someone to go with when our schedules allow, which won't be too often, but I'm excited nonetheless.
Tomorrow is my roommate's birthday, I have no idea what, if anything, we are doing. I would assume she has plans with her girlfriend, but who knows, she may want to have some friends over after.
On Friday (Feb. 12) Saray and I stayed in, but her friend Gary came over to have dinner and hang out for a while. He's lovely. Though I don't get to see all that much of them, Saray does know some really great people. Gary is working on getting a visa so he can go visit a friend in the US. It's pretty crappy, actually. In order for Costa Ricans to just travel to the US, they have to pay $100 just to schedule an appointment to try and get a tourist visa that they have to pay another $200+ for. Just to apply for a standard 90 day visa that you get when they stamp your passport at immigration in the airport. Aaaaaand you aren't even guaranteed to get the visa when you go in for the appointment. None of this includes the plane ticket with taxes and fees and such. I, on the other hand, can just pick up and go whenever I want. Ridic.
Saturday night Saray and I went to meet Kerensa after we had dinner to go to this bar/restaurant up in the mountain. The bar itself is awesome. It's off the main road so that as you're going there you are almost convinced that the taxi driver is taking you somewhere to kill you (thank goodness Kerensa had been there before to ease our nerves), but instead come to an awesome building. The bottom floor has a bar and the kitchen and a nice view, but the second/top floor has a bunch of tables and an even nicer view of the valley below. They were having Valentine's Day specials, so we took advantage of the low-priced drinks and sat together and enjoyed the view. We went home pretty early - it gets pretty cold up there, especially when it's about to start pouring again. I'm looking forward to going up there again with a camera.
Other than that, there hasn't been too much going on. Supposedly the Bank of America classes are starting in the next week or so. I'm not really looking forward to the actual work part of it, but I am pretty happy to be getting the hours for money purposes. We have a staff meeting tomorrow, so I assume those details will be discussed then...
I picked up a couple extra classes subbing this week, which will help with some of the new apartment expenses. Though, I have to say the class I'm subbing for is one of the worst behaved classes I've ever experienced. Somewhat surprising for college kids, honestly. Glad they aren't mine full time.
Tutorials started last week, and are both awful and fantastic. I have two hours on Monday mornings which are tough. The couple students that come to those hours (so far, at least) have some kind of learning disability/are special needs kids but none of us at Politecnico have the faintest idea what those needs may be. They are really nice kids, but very little sticks with them. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum are my 3-hour Tuesday night tutorials, which is actually "Conversation Club." Meaning, I have upper level students who come just to talk. So, the last couple weeks I spent almost the entire time asking them about Costa Rica. They explained the health care system, education system and much much more to me. I love it. I am learning so much from them. One of the students that came last night works for VolCafe coffee company and is going to bring me coffee next week. Rough life, right? ;)
Last night when I got home from work (after riding the bus with my old students who I love), there was a little gecko above my roommate's bedroom door. Pretty cute. He was gone by the time I got up for subbing this morning. [Blogger just doesn't want me to post pictures on here - any advice from those of you who've done so successfully?]
Okay. I'm exhausted, I'm going to bed. Miss and love you all.
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