  Just a note - I'm not going to be able to get online everyday (too much homework!!! ), so depending on the time I have available I'll either backfill the dates or do a quick summary. Today we had to be at the school by 7:30 am. Breakfast was a delicious slice of fresh pineapple and some bread. Then it was off to catch the bus for school. The traffic wasn't too bad and the trip is about 30 minutes.
We got to school early and started filling out the registration form. Then came the oral exam to see what level of Spanish we were at. Mine was the shortest. I walked in Barnard started talking to me, I had no idea what he was saying, test over. Then came a brief intro to Costa Rica and the EWH program. I had forgotten that we were taking real courses and that there would be homework.
Doh! My roommate (Meg) arrived she was in Guatemala and couldn't get here any earlier. Classes also started today and Spanish was first. There are two students (including myself) that had no Spanish experience. However, they put us in with five other students that have some experience, but need to cover some of the basics again. Needless to say it's going to be a lot of work to catch up and stay with the class.
I did ok today because we went over basic verb conjugation and the process is similar to that of German. My biggest disadvantage is lack of vocabulary. I'm going to make flash cards and get a Spanish English dictionary, hopefully they'll help. The lunch break was just enough time to change some cash to colones and grab a quick bite. We ate at a cafe - I had some rice with chicken and vegies. It kinda reminded me of fried rice.
The instrumentation class was interesting. We talked about pulse oximeters. It's been so long since I've been in a classroom setting with tests, etc. I'm half terrified that I won't get into the swing of things and half excited to be back. After school, we headed to the local grocery store to get supplies for lunch the next day. It took us forever to decide what to get.
In the end we ended up with deli turkey, mozzarella cheese, bread, a munchy, and bananas. By then it was after dark, and since we aren't supposed to ride the bus after dark we caught a cab. Cabs here are plentiful and cheap. A nice combination. Dinner was good, a beef soup/stew of some sort. I wasn't able to clean my plate, I'm really hoping that isn't insulting to Nora.
After dinner we headed to the internet cafe until after it closed at 9. Then homework. We had to write sentences and a paragraph on various things. Hard to do when you have no vocabulary to work with. 
