-A mother stroking her childs hair
-the love that all of the ticos have for their country
-a guy putting his arm around his girlfriend and kissing her on the cheek
-a man/woman offering an older man or women their seat on the bus
-the way families interact in large groups (loud, lots of laughing, lots of hugging, lots of pictures)
-the way friends are more than just friends, almost brother and sister
-people talking and playing with their dogs
-Women breastfeeding with the whole family present
-people selling fruit at open markets
-family dinners
There's so many more examples...it's just amazing how obvious it is here. It's something that I already know I'm going to miss so much. It's going to make coming back to the states that much harder. The people love differently here...or so it seems. I think it's perfect.
My day today: Great! Again!
I did a walk today with one of my host dogs, Amber. I wanted to walk with Bruno...but like I said, they all hate Bruno. He loves me, but shakes and cries when my host mom goes near him....
Anyways, the walk was to benefit the pets of Costa Rica since there are so many strays. The walk was a 2.5K that ended in the central park of Heredia! There was water along the way for the dogs...and some of those dogs relied on that water. So many obese dogs haha. Some were hyperventilating and had to be driven to the end...A lot of the small dogs were wearing outfits. I managed to get two photos of a dog in a dress before my camera died =/ Luckily my friend Alannah met me at the end of the race and took some photos for me. There was a HUGE great dane that participated. He was beautiful. The walk really made me miss Millie, the new addition to our dog family. She would have been much better, and easier to walk with. Amber and I did finish second though. We actually started in the very back...because I didn't want her mixing in with all of the dogs since she had been previously freaking out. However, Amber wanted to walk in front of everyone instead. I didn't realize there would be a prize for finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd but there was! Amber and I won a bag of dog food! Which I got to carry the 20minute walk home. haha no worries. The registration fee was only $8, and with that $8 I received a tshirt, a bandana for Amber, a bag of dog food, watermelon and bananas at the end, and water along the way for Amber! It was probably the best $8 ever spent.
After the walk I came back to the house, showered really quick, and then we spent a lot of time at my mama tica's sister's house. It was cool the whole family was there to celebrate mother's day. I talked to her husband about the government, the police, taxes, the president...things I would never talk about but I figured I needed to since I have to do that project on the government. I liked talking with him and he seemed to enjoy it too. He told me my Spanish was really good! That's two Spanish compliments in two days! My heads about to get big with all of these Spanish compliments! We took some family photos before we left too.
After we left we went to the hospital to visit my papa tico. This is the first time I've gotten to visit him. I haven't seen him in what feels like forever. =/ Only one visitor is allowed at a time, and you're only allowed 30minutes. So after my mama tica visited him, I went next. I have NEVER seen such a happy person in a hospital. He hides his condition so well. He was clearly tired but he had the best smile the entire time and kept telling me it wasn't too bad since he had a great view of the city, and a TV. He shared his room with 5 other people who apparently love him too. There was this one American guy there who has a getaway home in Costa Rica and his permanent home in New Orleans. I guess he had a heart attack and found himself in a Costa Rican hospital....not being able to understand or speak any Spanish...My host dad told me he had a lot of difficulties trying to understand the medical things going on and even if he wanted sugar in his coffee...He was pretty happy to talk to me haha. He told me that he really respected my papa tico and that he is a great person. I translated what the man said to my papa and he just waved it off haha. My mama tica told me he is actually worse...He has to have an operation tomorrow, they're putting some sort of tubing in his body it sounds like? Running from his arm to his heart? I don't know much about it. He's being transfered to the hospital in San Jose in the morning for it. I hope it helps him get better quicker...and not worse. He told me his chest always hurts. How terrible....
My dinner was delicious again tonight....My favorite meal that my mama tica makes for me. Fresh juice, fish, rice, beans, plantains, fresh cut tomatoes and cucumber. Delicious.
Schamber and Amber! --->Amber sounds like Schamber with the Spanish accent =)
The food that we won! They made us pose for a victory photo haha
After the race with my mama tica!
(she told me she likes her hair in this photo hahaha)
The family! (Well the women....)
More women!
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