homesickness, slowly creeping in

today i had my first glimpse of feeling homesick. it’s been fairly easy adjusting to living here, but today was a little sad. in class today we learned the difference between Ser & Estar and when to use them. my sweet teacher asked every student, “donde esta?” (accent above the “e” & the “a”, very [...]

celebrate two A’s, come on!

i’m celebrating my second A!  i received two tests (one from grammar & the other from phonetics) and i aced them both!!! i’ve never been one to get better than a C or B. first i give thanks to God for giving me the motivation to study, the perfect class sizes & amazing teachers. my [...]

current pic of me & ezra

From Costa Rica 07-08

ezra and i haven’t taken as many pictures together…here we are a couple weeks ago, and before ezra’s hair cut, currently he looks like this…kind of military style

my brain hurts

my brain actually hurts by the end of the day. i think i had my first migrain the first week of school. wasn’t really all that bad, so i don’t think it was a migraine, except that i had most of the symptoms, except vomiting. my brain couldn’t handle how to put together a simple [...]

a good first day!

today was our first day of school, 7:30 sharp. the class size is perfect, small. my first class is grammar, then phonetics and then language. dave and i do not have any classes together, but we do have some of the same teachers. i accomplished a lot today for the first day of class! i [...]

baby shower (tica)

jenny & i had the awesome privilege of attending our new friend, Judith, baby shower, she was our “barefoot” spanish teacher. she is a Tica, and we were thrilled when she invited us to her shower. jenny & i were told that the party started at 1:00pm, and yes we were the first to arrive, [...]