So now that I´m no longer following the male ATAP worker around during my internship, I´m actually starting to rather enjoy it. It is tedious at times, but on occasion I get to administer vaccinations (which I´m totally not suppose to do so perhaps posting about it on the internet is a bad idea) and take people´s blood pressure. I consider the fact that I, a dance and literature major at a liberal arts college, now have the ability to do these things totally amazing. Honestly I´m truly amazed with myself. I´ve recently started coming out of my nervous little shell. I went to the cold forest this past weekend, which was by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life, and there I road a horse through the mountains, in the pouring down rain, and climbed over rickity bridges to get to this absolutely breath taking waterfall. It was like no experience I´ve ever had in my life. Looking back, I can´t believe I even did it. It just seems like something timid little me wouldn´t be up for. Neither does vaccinating someone though.
I´m also starting to feel more comfortable just generally living in a foreign place. I like taking the bus in the morning and watching all the men, dressed up for work with their fancy belt buckles and umbrellas, get on and off at the stops.
I´m afraid, though, that I´m isolating myself from the group some. I am not planning to go to the big party in the city this weekend with the rest of them. I haven´t been very interested in going out to bars with them in the past. This weekend I plan to go on a yoga retreat with at least one other woman I know here and I´m hoping that I will be able to round up a few people to go to the movies with me friday night. It is my birthday after all and I´m really hoping to be able to see Dark Knight in spanish. For some reason the idea of watching a movie here friday night, in the language that I´m trying to learn just seems really pleasant to me.
Well its time for class now.
Hasta Luego
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My friend went to a club/bar in Costa Rica once. She meet a guy and 30 minutes later he proposed to her. She didn't go to clubs after that.
Wow, the cloud forest sounds amazing! What cool experiences you're having. I'm glad to hear that while things are still a little tough (as is expected), you're settling in a bit. It's a hard balance staying with the group and doing what you want to do. I had that experience in India. But so long as you find one or two people you connect with, it'll be okay. I miss you. And happy birthday again! I hope you made it to the movies.
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