Thursday:
Spanish Level: ¡Cumpleaños feliz! ¡Cumpleaños feliz! Te deseamos todos, ¡Cumpleaños feliz! This is one version of “happy birthday to you” in Spanish. Happy Birthday mom! I miss you!

After school today we went to the beach. It was so hot on the bus home we looked like something the cat dragged in. We stopped at a store for a drink and some cookies. Dad you would love the cookies here. They are like those brand X cookies you like with the cream in the middle, you know the ones that cost about $1 for 50 cookies and they have vanilla cookies with vanilla cream in the middle, or one chocolate and one vanilla cookie with vanilla cream in the middle, others have vanilla cookies with various flavors of jelly cream in the middle...NOW I know how they stay in business, Costa Rican sales and dad...hey maybe I can get a job with them when I get back? ...but all that is besides the point. We sat down on a bench and while we were sitting there a lady came up behind me and was calling out (I thought to someone in the store) come to find out, she thought I was her daughter. I knew I had gotten a little tan but I didnt think I was dark enough to be mistaken for a tica. I thought it was pretty surprising. The lady was pretty surprised too with the idea that her daughter might be sitting on the bench at that store and I think she was more surprised that I was NOT her daughter. Maybe my twin is a Costa Rican.

Soon after we got back from the beach Pearson packed up his stuff and left for Venezuela. He was taking the evening bus back to San Jose and flying to Venezuela the next day. So it’s just me and Kelly at the school now.