so this is like my last two weeks in Costa Rica, it has been great, i've learned a lot about myself and had some amazing experiences.  getting away from everyone and everything was a great move on my part.  right now i am two weeks in on this farm that i am staying at, New Dawn.  it great there, i am the only student there right now and sleep in a bamboo cabin.  this is how my day usually goes...  wake up at 7.00am. drink "the special blend" tea and eat a light breakfast (papaya smootie with bananas and oats).  i then work in the garden for a bout two hours-- helping my teachers turn compost, pick the weeds and help with any bamboo construction that Ed needs.  i get a break around 10am--drink another smoothie--then help with any additional work till lunch is served around 11ish.  Jessica, my spanish teacher, is a great cook.  she makes the best salads fresh from the garden.  after lunch, 12pm, i usually go down to the river bank and spend 2 hours tanning and doing my spanish homework. sunscreen of choice... AD-spf 15 mixed with blended carrots that i buy at the market.  spanish class usually starts around 2pm... so i go to that.  spanish is going well, im getting my language wheel rolling again, the first week we zipped through book one and this coming week we're going to cram-in book number two.  im taking three weeks of spanish and the last week i am going to take a swedish massage and acupressure class.  spanish class ends at 4.  i eat the leftovers from lunch then i go up to the Yoga Dojo and finish the night with a movie with Noe and the wwoofers there--getting back to bed comfortably at 10pm.  

some other things i've been up to... i made a carrot cake the other day.  i have been going to the farmers market every thursday (this week i bought 3 papayas, 7 avocados, 2 melons, carrots, peanut butter and mangoes).  i am going to help noe brew some oatmeal stout this coming week.  tomorrow i am going to a cacao ceremony, where we spend the day grinding cacao and preparing it into a cup of liquified chocolaty goodness.  still debating the chirripo hike (tallest peak in CR).  this coming sunday im going to make a body smoothie from papayas, avocados and aloe and smear it all over my body and lay on some warm rock by the river.  then to finish sunday off, the farm right next to new dawn has a cob oven and we're going to make pesto pizza.

sha-bam!

then im off in a plane heading to texas, then to OREGON! see you in MAY