Thursday, February 20, 2014

Minimal onion breath today.  Or so I think.  For breakfast I had a tortilla that had cheese and beans inside of it.  It was an interesting concoction.  The first event of the day was an awards assembly for outstanding students from last year.  It was interesting to see which students accepted the customary kiss on the check when they got the awards and which students were staying the heck away from the scary teachers.  Afterwards, we played a short review game in my one short morning class.  I spent the rest of the morning finishing up homework for OSU and planning.  The US History lesson was about the Slave Trade.  I had the students pack in a “ship” like sardines and had them see if they could last five minutes.  They mostly struggled with the boredom.  After school, McCall, Katie, and I went to buy our tickets for the weekend trip to Manuel Antonio with Katie’s parents who will be in town.  We made it without issue, a stark improvement to the last time the three of us went to San Jose to buy tickets.  I also had my first experience with a Costa Rican ATM today, which when swimmingly.  During our dinner of Spanish rice with chicken, Liliana entertained us with many different interesting conversation topics.  One of which was that she is getting a breast reduction in October; a disappointment to her husband.  Other topics included her views on the Catholic Church, marriage, kids, and all kinds of other things.  Zoe and I also showed her pictures of our siblings and parents.  She thinks my brothers are very handsome.  I also showed her the Beatles Show that I was a part of with the OSU Marching Band.  She loved it.  It’s unlike anything that goes on here, so the formations were like eye-candy to her and the music was excellent, of course.  I finished the night off by finding the Thunder game on a channel called Space.  I am feeling a little bit nostalgic of all the pictures they keep showing of Oklahoma.  All-in-all, it was a good day and I get to wear jeans to school tomorrow.  You can’t beat that!