Today was a relief because I got to sleep in. The Costa Ricans teach us so many things about their culture it is really hard to keep energy enough to remember it all. It is Sunday and my family likes going to church. I would usually go and just try to understand what the sermon was about, but this time I had been invited to sing on one of the songs. I was so nervous but it was nice to get compliments from everyone afterward. I also went to two Sunday School classes today and, though it was hard to understand them a lot of the time, it was also hard for me to tell them it was my last Sunday with them. I said my good-byes and went home with my exchange family.
Once we came home,we all helped make lunch and took a nap. However, I did not want to sleep yet. I went and got my knitting needles and, suddenly, one of my exhange sisters was not tired anymore. I taught her knitting for about an hour and we just talked in Spanglish whenever we had something to say. Pretty soon I became too tired, so we both fell asleep until dinner time.
We had beans, rice, and eggs. Then my exchange sisters wanted to put on an illusion show so I ran and got my camera and took pictures. Before long we were all too tired to do anything else so we helped clean up dinner and then went to bed.
When my brother and I were young, we would have a hard time trying to lay down for a siesta. We would try to wake up our uncles to take us places, but their bodies knew it was not time to get up...
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