These last two weeks have been a little rough. Mostly because virtually everyone in the house caught a really bad cold. Coughing, fevers and mucus galore. Although I think I am completely over it, my sister and mom here are still going through it. Because of the sickness, we just started up doing INSANITY again yesterday. My fit test this time around was exponentially better than the first which makes me super happy. Although I havent lost as much weight as I might like at this point, I feel a lot stronger, slimmer and confident anyways.
I have found that I definitely get altitude sickness, since when we went to see the Irazu Volcano I felt exceedingly weak, nauseous, out of breath and dizzy. I noticed similar feelings when we went to the Poas Volcano and the Cloud Forest. I suppose its good to know but it really sucks.
As far as classes go, I am enjoying most of them even though we have mid terms this week. I feel like I am learning a lot and that I am growing up as the days go on. My spanish is also improving immensely which really helps me communicate with my host parents and assimilate into the culture better. La Cometa is also a pretty good place to be at. All we are doing at this point is organizing the library and puttting checkout slips into all of the books that dont have them (which is like 90% of them). I like the job more than I did working with Los Ancianos although it does get a bit boring and repetitive at times.On the upside though, I think we only have to go 5 more times so...:)
Lastly, even though I love my host family so much, I really miss being at home in MI. I miss my guy friend, family, pets, friends, fall and my bed. I thought it was so sweet that my host mom bought a pumpkin pie for me so I know that she can see how much I am missing home. I know that this is a great experience for me and that the homesickness will pass with time. Some days though, I just yearn to be home so much that I sink into a bit of depression. I just have to keep my head up, keep living my life here and learn as much as I can because before I know it, the six months will have passed and then Ill be dreading leaving CR. Ill try to keep looking on the brightside of things...
