Me encantan los gatitos

Last night, Mamá Tica's sister took the "night shift" of watching their dad so that Mamá Tica could get some sleep. I went to breakfast all bright and cheery... "¿Cómo está? ¿Durmió bien?" My answer was that no, she did not sleep well. She asked me if I had slept through the whole night, and when I responded yes, she said you must be a very hard sleeper. Truth: I slept with my iPod in last night, because it pains me to hear Abuelito Tico's cries of pain. Long story short, at 2 am, there was another trip to the hospital in San José, so nobody slept. I wasn't told why he went to the hospital, but he was admitted this time.

I wanted to give the family their own space, so Jason and I stayed around downtown Heredia for quite some time, before making plans to go have dinner together tonight. In search of a place to eat lunch, we passed by a pet store, and in the window, I saw two tiny Himalayan kittens. One of them looked like the baby version of my fat Jack. I just had to go into the pet store. They were adorable. They were sticking their tiny grey paws out of the cage and mewing at me. Then I had to hold them. I picked the one that resembled Jack first. As soon as I picked him up, I could feel the vibration in his throat. Ahhh, the sweet sound of a kitten's purr! I held him like a baby and his little blue eyes were just looking up at me. I held the other one next and he was equally sweet and purred as well. The first one, kept trying to get out of the cage to come back to me. Their little kitten fur was so new and soft. I would have walked out of the petstore with both babies in tow, except for one slight problem: I don't have $600. (They were $300 each) and I don't think Jack would appreciate that very much. First I leave him for 8 weeks, and then I return with a kitten. No, he wouldn't like that.



This is my obese cat, Jack



Tiny paws and meows



the adorable ball of fluff on the left is Jack-o Tico

After lunch with Jason, we went back to Intercultura because I wanted to take the cooking class today, but I messed up and today's activity was dance class. Once I returned home, Mamá Tica seemed to be in good spirtis and Abuelito Tico was in his bed asleep. To give Mamá Tica a break from cooking for me, Jason and I went out for dinner. We intended to go to a Carribbean restaurant, but when we got there it was closed, so we ended up at the pizza place across the street. I don't remember the last time that I had pizza and soda...

I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday--basically my last day of class considering that I graduate on Friday. Only three more sleeps until I will be reunited with my parents. And when I wake up tomorrow, it will only be two more sleeps! 

 :)