funny ways things have changed

1. nothing is in spanish.
2. i keep wanting to speak spanish at restaurants and when i meet people. Quanto es? Mucho gusto?
3. the songs stuck in my head now are ALL REGGAE!!!
4. i forgot about dishwashers. i tried to wash the dishes last night, and couldn't find the soap, so i just rinsed them out with water. then this morning, i found the dishwasher soap under the sink.
5. it only cost me $25 to fill up my car!!!
6. my friends haven't changed. everyone is the same, and even though i have no winter clothes, have been wearing the same thing for 2 days, and look like S$#%, they still love me!
7. I don't miss having a cell phone, but when I was in my car, and i heard a vibration, my hand went straight to the spot where i used to keep my cell.
8. people do not drive crazy here compared to san jose.
9. I actually do look tan!
10. everything here is so much more serious. i miss the laid back life style.

it is nice to be home.

embarassed

so why does America think that they are better than everywhere else? Are we? Why is it that a person from Costa Rica can travel anywhere in the world, but needs a visa to even leave a section of the airport in America? Who do we think we are? Why is it like that. I was actually embarrassed to be an American when I found that out. I swear, sometimes, people need to step outside their little box of a world and look at things from a different perspective. People are f'n people!

news

okay, so i haven't posted anything in awhile, but here is a new one. We were actually busy at work this morning. I had 4 pancakes, a potato pancake, some fruit juices to make and cafe and cappaccinos. anyways, the election is over, thank God. Hopefully something will change, but we will see what happens next. I have 2 weeks left in Costa Rica, and am looking forward to going home as well as not looking forward to going home. I am going to miss my jungle paradise. Who knows, I may be back. I really did meet some amazing people down here - enough to make me come back, and have a free place to stay!!! I can't say that for anywhere else in the world except maybe mom and dad's house, but I can't do that for too long. I have also been looking into jobs, mostly in the atlanta area. Sorry, michigan people, I like atl better. Anyways, that is what is in my head. See you guys soon!