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Yesterday I spent most of the morning at school doing work and talking as much as I could. I had lunch at home with the fam and then had to go to the hospital for a while to work. I was so sleepy initially and I think I may have fallen asleep at some point while I was there. Anyway, one doctor offered me coffee so I gladly accepted and drank it down fast...black. I was fine after that! We had to complete this table yesterday that will help them evaluate how well they have done in reaching their goals and such. Initially it was confusing and they argued some, but somehow it all became clear and we got it figured out.

After the hospital, I went to cultures class. We talked about problems with unemployment among youth in Latin America. Then we had coffee and snacks and our teacher invited 3 Costa Rican students to come talk to us. We all took turns talking (in Spanish, of course), about how we were raised, what kind of family we came from, our universities, costs, scholarships, working, etc. It was fun to exchange stories with them, and they were very nice! After class I came home and turned around back out the door to go have ice cream with a tico friend! We sat in the park for a few hours and talked a lot! It was fun because I got to speak a LOT of Spanish. It was very windy and cold, though. Apparently windy and cold is typical November/December weather here.

Today I had class as usual. I then met with Claudia for a while to go over some internship stuff. Had spaghetti with the fam at home for lunch. Spent most of the afternoon leisurely studying and doing homework. I was going to run some errands for tomorrow but was just too darn lazy. Costa Rica must really be getting to me! I feel like I have been so lazy here. Daddy tells me that I shouldn't overload myself and take on too much, but it seems that doing just that and overexerting myself is the only way I manage my time well. I'm sure there will be some culture shock as far as that's concerned when I get back to the States.

Currently watching game 2 of Costa Rica/Uruguay. Unless they score 2 goals they are bankrupt for the World Cup next year. Keep your fingers crossed!