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Today's blog entry probably won't be too exciting to read, because I didn't do anything too exciting.  I got to wake up without an alarm, which was exciting for me.  Somehow, I still managed to wake up at 9, but that is much better than yesterday's 6 am and tomorrow's 6:30 am. 

Mamá Tica told us last night that she had to leave in the morning to visit her father, but she would still make breakfast for us.  I think she is working too hard for us.  After my shower, I wandered into the kitchen to find our breakfast, which were first covered with an extra plate and then a towel to keep everything warm.  When I removed the towel and plate, my eyes almost popped out of my head.  I must appear emaciated in her eyes, because she sure doesn't hold back when filling our plates.  As if the Gallo Pinto (beans and rice), eggs, plátanos,vwatermelon, banana, and coffee weren't enough, she also left out bread and crackers!

Anyone want to share?!

After breakfast I decided to sit out on the patio to do my homework.  The weather was simply too nice to stay inside and work!  I skyped, I took a little siesta, and did a little more homework.  Tonight, I was able to stream Northland's service online.  It is so wonderful that they have live coverage for people like me who are unable to attend in person.  The music was good, as always, and I enjoyed the sermon, too.

Basically after that, we ate dinner.  (More food?!?!) and I skyped with Kelsey (hola Kelsey!)  My roomie and I decided to watch a movie on her computer through netflix.  We spent probably 45 minutes trying to choose a good movie.  Finally we picked one, and after clicking play, Netflix informed us that licensing restricts them from playing movies outside of the United States.  Ughh.  I had the same problem yesterday when I had a failed attempt to listen to music on Pandora.  Apparently they don't play music out of the US, either.  Darn IP address that gives my location away! 

So basically that's the end of my not-so-exciting day.  But you know what, it's nice to occassionally have a day to be lazy and do next to nothing.  I'll be back in the swing of things once school starts back tomorrow.  It is hard to believe that I have now been here 8 days and 7 nights!  This first week went fairly fast, but I feel like I've learned a lot already.  Only 4 more weeks left in Costa Rica :(

Random photo of the day:  Sweet Angie stealing my bed