¿hola me llamo kathy? and other hillarious costa rican moments

Hola everybody!!!! it has been over a week and trust me it has driven me just as crazy not being able to update u all as it probably annoyed u not having any entertaining semi-bilingual blogs to read. so wow first week of classes is done. as it turns out i did better than i thought on my languag exam...i´m in intermediate not basic...he he he. classes were good but i shant bore u with school stuff when so much more entertaining stuff has occured this week.
1. went to a 2.5 hour long pentacostal church service entirely in spanish last sunday...good times.
2. oh i forgot let me back up. when i posted the last blog i thought i was helping out with kids...turns out i was going to youth group. that was fun i understood a few words...and i accidently won a big booty type game.
3. i added it up and i have taken 19 busses this week. two taxis. and walked about 3 hours...woo hoo for travel!!!!
4. on the side of busses...i fell out of one on thursday night. ha ha wow talk about an ego bruise! it was supper crowded so to squeeze through the crowds i put my bookbag over my head and when i got to the last step i tripped and fell. to make matters worse the lady who helped me up i said ´´thanks´´ to which in case u have forgotten is english and not spanish. but alas a mildly bloody knee and a bruised pride and i have moved on. : ) in fact we had a good laugh about it the next morning with the girls who saw it happen.
5. might as well stay on the topic of busses for a bit. last night i couldn´t find my bus stop so i tried to flag a bus...sometimes that works...three drove past and one driver wagged his finger at me as if to say retarted gringo ur not at a bus stop. he he
6. when i did get a bus last night...the driver hit a taxis door...they are crazy drivers here...like chicago rush hour times ten and pedestrians dont have the right of way!
7. enough about busses lets see...ah yes food. tried two more knew things that i refuse to eat in the states...avocados and cuecumbers....and i am dismayed to say they were both good. ooops. : )
8. so when ur living in a house where they all know english but they wont use it with you there are lots of opportunities to make funny jokes in english but alas i cant use it so i simply chat with myself bunches and so that i feel slightly less retarted for talking to myself i shall share some of the things that have made me laugh in the last few days.
a. for Danielle Elizabeth Johnston...mucho gusto does indeed have two meanings other than pleased to meet you it can be used as your welcome...so when you gave that man ur plate everyday in guatamala u said either pleased to meet you or your welcome...he he sigh i hear that every day and i always think of my crazy teammates : )
b. for Becca Gremar the other day my mami was channel surfing and beyonces song put a ring on it was on...i immideatly started grinning like an idiot and thinking of you. miss u bunches little giant.
c. for anyone and everyone...there are 3 students in my language class which is super nice. this week we had a teacher who is from jamaican descent. every single day she had some sort of clothing malfunction. her bib over alls broke one day. twice she wore this ring that looked like a snow globe that i couldn´t look at without laughing at. and her eyeballs popped out of her head so i refused to sit on the side of her because it is even scaryier from a side view. he he
d. along the lines of clothes...it is 68 degrees here and the kids where scarves and gloves and hats!!!! it is freaking hillarious! everyday the ticans tell us how cold it is and every day i tell them how wonderfully warm it is here! especially compared to u poor ppl stuck in illinois! so sorry for you. : )
e. watched the 700 club today with my mom...pat robertson is very popular here...go figure.
f. tried to explain guantanamo bay to some ticos...problem is i dont understand what it is exactly...oh well. : )
g. i found peanut butter in a store the other day. i didn´t buy it but i made me soooo happy!!! auto mercados have all sorts of american goodies like oreos and snickers but they are twice as expensive as the costa rican versions so i stick to the costa rican ones.
h. food here is delicious. rice with everything and beans just about every other day. but yesterday night we had ground beef rapped in lettuce rapped in egg . with rice and steamed cuecumbers. i tried a pupusa the other day that was delicous....i would try to explain it but its too confusing so if ur really the interested u can google it. there really hasn´t been anything i havent liked so far.
i. starting to hear more about our later trips like nicaragua, panama, and the countryside of costa rica...basically i´m living in luxury right now...woo hoo!
j. i am one of the few the lucky who has warm showers every day.
k. i totally forgot....the whole kathy thing from the title of this blog. : ) my mom packs my lunch everyday and the other day she wrote my name on the bag...mi nombre = kathy. which of course made me think of my mommy en los estados. miss u mommy!!!
l. there are fast food places like kfc. mcdonalds. burgerking. quiznos. tcby. and the ever popular pollo companero ( remember from guatemala soccer team : ) i havent eaten at any of them but like the peanut butter in the store it is super nice to see familiar things.
m. started working on my 10 page in spanish research paper this week...i´m going to have to interview a priest in spanish...woo hoo hopefully he is a patient priest. my topic is to find out how catholics and evangelicals get along here in CR. if i ever stop blogging ill get to work on that but i´m not in any hurry.
m. i noticed that i have about 200 face book notices but the church computer that i am on right now hates facebook and locks up when i tryto use it so i´ll have to check those out when i get to an internet cafe.
n. branched out this week and had some fruitloops for breakfast...delicious.
o. my mom made me pasta and garlic bread for lunch one day! que rico! most of the food is traditional but there is a fair amount of variety which i love.
p. i havent exactly figured out the whole laundry system yet so that means that i havent washed my pj sweat pants yet...cuz i sleep in them every night...ooops. dont get grossed out though. i´m in the part of my semester where i get to shower every day. the non showering dirty clothes part comes later. : )
q. wouldn´t it be fun if i got through the entire alphabet on this thing?
r. we watch tones of american TV here with the words in english and the subtitles in spanish...so naturally i read the subtitles...ha. totally kidding. so far i have watched just my luck. the fantastic four part two. the swan (which ps. is disgusting no matter what language it is done in) i watched part of the marine.
s. its not all in english though. the 700 club or club setecientos was in spanish today. and the other day i watched a costa rican prison documentary in spanish....thriller....just slightly more exciting than march of the penguins.
t. i only have seven more letters to get through.
u. congrats if you have made it this far.
v. grandma g. if u made it this way which i know u have i found the little cards in the journal u gave me! love them!!! also love the count down. : ) i write my daily schedule in there every night before i go to bed.
w. i like to go to bed before 10.
x. the days start at about 6am here but for some reason it is so much easier to get up when the skylight directly above your head is sending sunlight down onto you. much easier to get up here than in the states.
y. everybody here has dogs and my next door neighbor has a golden retriever which is not nearly as cute as sadie but still it makes me happy.
z. thanks for those of you who send e'mails, facebook messages, letters and what not. i do read them even though i dont usually respond because well this computer is ancient and there is not enough time in the world.
z1. love you all. hope you are all doing well. miss u all bunches and i think that i shall take all of you who read this blog on an all expense paid vacation to costa rica sometime next year...right after i win the lottery.
z2. Ali i forgot!!! i have somthing for you when i get home...we talked about the school version of the history of the US and then we got a piece of paper with the real history of it...shall be great if u ever stop teaching 4th graders. ps. keep me updated on them chica...u know my e'mail.
z3. k that is probably about 5 pages single spaced and u are all about ready to shoot me so have a great week. hopefully it wont be so long till i post again. LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU ALL!!!! keep in touch.
pura vida.
kathy : )
kt