¿Long time coming, si? ¿Lo siento!

My dear readership,

Forgive me for any mispellings or strange notactions, I write to you from a keyboard in Hotel Aranjuez with features such as an individual ç key. ¿entiende? Also, spellcheck isn´t working, so this probably wont even be readable, hah.

!AHORA¡ I want everyone to know I´ve fallen off the face of the internet because the entire San Luis valley is without a connection, supposedly due to wind blowing something important off of the mountain. And given recent events (which I´ll write about later), I believe it.

I am doing very well and enjoying myself thoroughly. I´ll try to post more when I get back to campus in 11 days, as they advised us against bringing our computers. I have finished my first half semester of classes, and am half way through my Spanish and horseback riding. Classes went well, and I´m excited to see what next semseter with new professors will bring! I also survived (and even mostly enjoyed) my homestay, and was lucky enough to get a big, fun family. My mom (or mama-tica as I call her) works on campus and gives me several hugs and plenty of encouragement every day.

Tomorrow I set off on a two day rafting trip, then I will be back here in San Jose with the internet for one night, then I am off to Manuel Antonio (staying in Quepos) for my four day spring break 2009! Then I am back here in San Jose to meet the new professors. Finally in something like 11 days I´ll be back on campus, and we think the internet was going to be fixed as soon as today. I´m hopeful!

Today we went to Poas, which is looking really well considering the earthquake. I didn´t see much beyond mist and fog, but it was a fun trip. Then we headed to San Jose and we all had our first fast food of the trip! We went to a McDonald´s, and it was glorious. I don´t even eat McDonald´s in the U.S., but I thoroughly enjoyed my Sprite, cheeseburger and mcflurry with M&Ms and caramel. Mmmm. Also, in the kids play area they had Rockband? I could get used to this... I also did a canopy zipline since my last entry, WOW. Amazing. So much fun, and we actually knew a lot of the employees from San Luis. It was rainy and cold and miserable, but the fog only made it more ethereal, and the hot chocolate afterwards was amazing.

The weather is beautiful, sunny and warm. I´m getting a tan! I´m also becoming a better dancer, soccer player, spanish speaker and horseback rider. Life goals being completed, yes! I´m sorry it has been so long since I´ve been on here, I´ll do my best next time around. Thanks for continuing to read, and I miss you guys!

I wish I could type more, but I don´t want to take up hours on the one of two public computers in the hotel. Just know I am having an amazing time and miss yáll! ¿See how weird this keyboard is?