Good times.

So last night was one of those really really good nights where unexpected events lead to bonding with the host family. : ) my mom and i walked over to her friends house last night who is consequently the mother of another lasp student. Their family has been going through a rough time so we went to check on them and bring them bread. My mom and i walked about a half hour to get to the house and the night was absolutely beautiful. One of those perfect summer nights back in illinois where dad whips out the grill...mmm mouth is watering. Anyway so we talked the entire walk about CR and Nicaragua and schools and good last names all sorts of fun stuff : ). Then we got to the house and met a girl my age named estepanie she was incredibly sweet and my mom and her talked for about an hour and i understood most of it : ) woo hoo. Then my moms friend got home with the rest of the gang. There ended up being 9 of us in the house by the end of the night. But we all just sat around and talked and i listened and i even cracked a joke and my mom laughed. After another 2 hours of chatting they drove us home b/c it was dark out and when i got home i chatted more with my mom and sister. Now when i say chatted i do not mean that i am in anyway fluent but with smiles and nods and poorly structured sentences i can communicate. Basically it has been pretty quiet around the house lately and it was really good to chat and laugh and hang out with people. : ) Plus the house was like a little UN. The family we went to visit is ecuadorian my mom and one of the girls husbands are costa rican, there was a nicaraguan visiting, and then me and kate to represent the northern part of the continent. The family was amazing very gracious and loving and welcoming. Basically the night just made me really happy and its one of those nights that will make leaving this host home difficult. I only have about 10 more days with them because we start traveling monday and i will have 3 more host families by the end of the semester. Just wanted to share my happiness with u all. And remind u never to take communication for granted! b/c let me tell u it stinks when you want to talk and cant : )
pura vida
KT