Life here has been good. I´ve been homesick the past few days for some reason that I can´t quite put my finger on. I was totally fine last week, so I thought I was done with the whole homesick thing, but I guess not! I think being homesick is just a normal part of being on exchange. I now speak fluently, but I don´t understand fluently. It´s still better than nothing! I didn´t have school last week on Wednesday, Thurday, or Friday. I hung out with my exchange friends a lot, but on Wednesday, I hung out with my friends from school. At first I had a really hard time understanding them, but eventually it got easier. We went to El Tenedor to get pizza, then we went to McDonald´s to get ice cream. These people love McDonald´s! It´s nice to feel like I have friends at school. Sometimes I feel like I annoy them because I pretty much follow them around, but they invite me to do stuff with them outside of school, so I guess I don´t annoy them too much.
I got a package from my parents filled with American food and new flip flops. This was perfect because I miss American food, and my shower here is disgusting, so I have to wear flip flops in the shower. (If you want to send me a letter or package, ask for my address. Shipping on packages is crazy, but I love cards!) There is actually a lot of American food here. Costa Ricans love Oreos and Rits crackers. It´s also really easy to find Pringles, Jif Peanut Butter, MMs, and Skittles. I was shocked to find Munchies in the supermarket. They are definitely my favorite snack for traveling. It´s nice to have all of that American Food here, but it kind of goes to show that you can never really escape the US.
Sunday I spent a decent amount of time studying for my math exam that I took Monday morning. I feel like it was easy, but I could be wrong because everyone else in my class said they thought it was hard. On Monday, I realized we are in the very end of the second trimester at school. This is a great thing because it means I don´t need to take any more of these exams! Because of that, I also don´t have to go to certain classes until after the exams. It definitely takes a lot of stress off of me since I don´t need to prepare for the exams.
Today is Mother´s Day in Costa Rica, so I don´t have school! We´ve just been hanging out around the house all day, and we made brownies. I think we are going to a Mother´s Day service at church later. This will be my first time in a Catholic church. I´m kind of excited because I think it will be interesting, but I´m nervous because I don´t know what to expect.
Five more months here, and I´m looking forward to exploring Costa Rica!
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