Tico Time

Today was orientation. I was late because my clock was an hour slow. We learned the basics of costa rica and I met a lot of new people. Everyone everywhere is so relaxed and nice. We were stopped on the beach by a dad and his two sons who had build a sand castle type thing but it was very elaborate and had faces and everything.

After orientation we walked to each of eachothers houses so we knew where to meet eachother. Everything is so close. The entire city is three blocks wide. I live on the north side and the ocean is my blackyard, it doesn't have a beach though I think waste is dumped into it actually. We got these things called trits which I think means treats.

We walked down the beach and found a big group of usac students. Theres a lot of wild dogs running around and I feel so bad for them. One followed me all the way home. My family doesnt eat at the same time so my host mom, Dinia, made me a plate and talked with me. It's still scary because I feel like I sound like an idiot trying to talk to them. Tomorrow I start school already and the semester is separated into 4 parts of spanish and the rest of the classes you take are normal. So I'm really only taking two classes and a biology field study at a time but my midterm is next week already.