24 o 25 de agusto

today was a really amazing day.. i woke up and had fruit with my house mom Lidett '¡'papaya, pinapple'' and it was so sweet and delicious. after i went to spanish class but my favorite part of the day was the afternoon. i went exploring on my bike, and a local guy with a backpack on waved at me. i was not going to go meet anyone or anything, i was just planning on biking along the waves so i went up to them. they were very nice and they didnt care that i struggled to say some things to them. they asked if i had a boyfriend and i said no, but then they asked again later and i didnt want them to get any ideas so i told them i am married.. ha ha and they believed me and asked me a bunch of questions about my so'called husband. its so crazy here, people are just so open to meeting others. i think a lot of it has to do with how relaxed it is. after meeting the two guys i went along the beach and biked. i haven´t been on the beach much since i´ve been here, so it was really nice. i was by myself and i found a place where i was alone.. which was easy becasue there usually aren´t a ton of people on the beach. i went in the water and spun around in circles ha ha. afterwards my feet were all dirty so i decided to go back to my house to wash them... but then i realized i wouldn´t want to walk in the house with dirty feet... so i heard about some outdoor shiowers and i was trying to find them. its very easy to ask people for directions here, people always wqant to help. a woman sitting next to a mesa'' table, but it can also mean like a little street vendor, she was a large black woman.. i thin kher name is janet.. im so horrible with names since usually they arent names ive heard before. she looked very humble and flashed e a huge smile. so i went over and asked her in spanish where there was a shower to wash mis pies.. feet.. and she grabbed this pipe from under her mesa and like stuck it in a spout in the ground ha ha and it spurted out water so that i could wash my feet while she held it in place. it was so nice. i ended up asking her about the type of food she sold and we ended up talking for a really long time. im amazed that i am already able to have full conversations in spanish.. its not easy''there are times where i stand there hella confused and say no entiendo haha. i asked her about her husbadn who was actually right next to us passed out taking a nap in her car, haha, and i asked about her family and apparently she has 4 grandchildren and 2 children.. then another nice guy came up. he was about the same age as her.. like 50.. he is convinced that me and his grandson would make friends so i told him where i live so he can come find me. we talked a lot and a little girl waddled up next to la mesa and i told them my interest iun volunteering at the day care.. they helped me figure out the word for it in spanish because i used an example to describe it.. thats a good way to figure out words here haha but i told them my interest and Janet_ i think toild me that i should come back and visit her tomorrow and that on friday she will take me to the guardaria so that i could volunteer. i told them how touched i was by the kindness of people in puntarenas and he responded by saying that he loves all of the people of the world.

paz,
kelly