Stalker Evasion

Okay, so It’s been a while. I recognize that it has been a while, but you know I went home and everything was flawless and then I got back equipped with about a million DVD’s and the next thing I knew it was April. I am about to give my first Exams. In fact I came into town today for the sole purpose of making copies. I’m such a pro these days. School is cancelled on Friday, which means only one thing: Road Trip. I am thinking San Jose or Manuel Antonio. Probably both. Oh Costa Rica, how I love thee. I’ve been getting really good at Stalker Evasion in the last week or so. I somehow earned myself yet another Novio (boyfriend) on the bus from San Jose last week. I was unlucky enough to get on another Bus with the same Driver/collector the following Saturday. He told me that they weren’t going to stop at El Vergel, that I had to keep going with him to the end of the line. CREEPY! Then he asked me where my boyfriend was and I used my go to fictional boyfriend (who still lacks a name). When I said he was in the United States, he said, “Oh well that’s a long way away.” God Bless Costa Rica and all of it’s indiscretions. I think that I am finally friend’s with my host brothers. We have started listening to music together and while we have not yet “hung out” we watch a lot of TV together. Woohoo, I’ve got 3 friends now. Plus Pablo has started calling me “Radford” or at least some version of it, which I obviously appreciate.
They caught and killed a giant venomous snake in my Aunt’s house on Sunday which they had to bury “just in case.” One of my Creepy Uncle’s told me he loved me and my non-creepy Uncle came in from San Jose this weekend to visit. I’ve been avoiding Rogelio (Creepy Uncle) since the confession. I’m getting pretty good at the duck and roll. I would be apprehensive, but Leilani (one of our field directors) had the creepy uncle problem at her site last year. Uncle Alexander occasionally tries to speak English with me. His English vocabulary consists of “Wow” and “How are you?” Which, I completely love because they are completely useless without other words.
I got caught in a downpour in Palmar today which would have been fine had I remembered my Umbrella. This could be a sign that the rainy season is upon us, but we won’t know for a while. I guess that it has to rain every day for 2 weeks to qualify as the start of rainy season.
More to come from the Pura Vida.
Abrazos Fuertes.
the teacher formerly known as Radford