As soon as I walked into LASP this morning someone shouted out Casey, you have a huge package! I went straight to the mail boxes, and I was super excited to find a big box of treats from my family. They sent me a bunch of Valentine's day candy and some really nice cards. It was really fun to open the package and to have a little something from home. Pretty much everyone watched as I unwrapped my stuff, and they were all almost as excited about it as I was.
This morning we had our final lecture in Basic Seminar, the class I've been taking on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Our topic was Nicaragua, and we basically just went over a quick history of the country and its modern condition. The lecture was followed by process groups, and I was excited to hand in my final reading critique and thesis paper. At LASP we also talked about the trip to the cloud forest that I'm going on this weekend. I'll write more about it later, but there's a group of 14 or so students from LASP renting a few dorm-like rooms at a science base just to get away for the weekend. It will be nice to get out of San Jose and live independently for a little bit, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the forest has to offer.
At ICADS we worked on prepositions, and it was funny but frustrating trying to separate the little words in our heads. My whole class is dreading that portion of the quiz tomorrow, but it feels good to know that it will be our last quiz, at least until we get back from Nicaragua.
The rest of my evening was pretty uneventful. I spent pretty much all of my time at home working on an essay that I need to send in for my scholarship before I leave for Nicaragua, and my whole host family was fascinated by my ability to type. They especially liked it when I looked away from the screen and kept on typing. Of course, for all they know I could have been just typing nonsense, but it was fun to joke about. Kevin was imitating me and said that I could have a whole conversation while typing. While trying to explain that I can't do that, I said 的 can't even walk and chew gum at the same time.Apparently the phrase isn't so common here, and we had a good laugh while I tried to explain what it meant.
My host siblings went to bed really early, and then my host mom sat down with me at the kitchen table to chat for a little bit. It was so nice of her, and I really enjoyed talking to her about the rest of my semester. We talked about some typical food in Costa Rica and she explained what her family does for Easter. I'm happy I've been getting more opportunities to build a relationship with her, and I hope we can continue getting to know each other more each day.
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