Updates, updates, updates....

Well once again it has been quite a while since I have updated this lovely blog of mine. Everything is going swimmingly (literally and figuratively) down here in Zancudo. There’s not too much to update on because most of my days are spent relaxing. I have been slowly learning how to enjoy having time to myself. It’s been wonderful actually and I can only hope that I will be able to do the same back in Salt Lake City.
I have a general schedule that I follow most days. I run on the beach in the morning, it’s hard to sleep past 6am. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings I join my mom at Yoga. There is a group that gets together at Coco Cabinas at 8am for Yoga and a cup of coffee afterward. It’s great even though I am by far the youngest person there. The parents and I usually have breakfast together and then I spend the rest of the day reading, swimming, or playing cards with my dad. (We are always looking for new card games so if you have any suggestions please share.) In the evenings I cook dinner with my parents and then we usually put on a movie. It gets dark around 5:30pm and it usually starts raining at about 6pm. I really have no room for complaints. It is an excellent way to spend my last few weeks in Costa Rica.
Last week I did venture out of Zancudo. A friend that I met in Nicaragua invited me to come join her and her friend in Quepos to stay in the timeshare that her mom had. I had a great time and the buses to get there where an adventure in and of themselves: three buses in total, a man offering money for some reason that I couldn’t figure out, a two hour wait with a man screaming what I think was religious rantings, and then another two hour wait in a tiny town where no one knew when or if another bus was coming. But it was all worth it. I made it to the resort they were staying out to find Alana and her friend Mindy along with Niabm, another girl I met in Nicaragua, and her friend Leah. The five of us had a blast together. We kayaked, hung out at the beach, walked into town and cooked excellent meals together. Good times.
Oh and yesterday was an out of the ordinary day for me and my parents. We went on a tour up the river near the house with Susan, the woman who owns Coco Cabinas with her husband. It was a great time. Susan has been living in Zancudo for over 30 years so she is a wealth of knowledge about the history of the town and the plants and birds in the area. We spent half the day going up the river and exploring a side channel of the river. We took kayaks out in the side channel to explore around a bit. I had a wonderful time learning all about our “backyard.”
I can hardly believe it but I have less than a month until I return to Utah. Time has flown by and soon I will be going home. But not to worry I will enjoy every day I have here to the fullest!