No more rice and beans for awhile POR FAVOR.

I am house sitting for another missionary family while they go to San Fransisco for a wedding. I am also taking care of their puppy.





It is so nice to cook my own food for a few days. I need a break from Latin food, I have had an overload. If I have to eat any more rice, beans, and tortillas soon I think I might throw up. I went to lunch today with some friends and they asked me where I wanted to go... I could only think about a cheeseburger. We went to McDonald's... YES, FAMILIARITY!

This week was the first week I could actually notice that my Spanish has really improved, and it was an amazing feeling. Its such a slow process, so discouraging and humbling. So many times feeling like an idiot after you give someone a blank stare for the hundredth time in 3 minutes. It is amazing when you can actually see a little bit of progress. My English is starting to suck though. Today I seriously said "I didn't went there yet". WOW.

I can't wait to speak to the people at the bank in English again. That seriously sounds so exciting. My freaking ATM card wont work in the ATMs here, so I have to go into the bank and wait in line for 40 minutes every time I want to take out money. Then I have to have a long conversation with the teller and then be escorted to a desk where I have to answer other questions. Where do I live? why am I here? Where am I from? How long am I here? How am I here that long without a visa? Why wont my card work in the cajero automatico? Its like they think I am a drug lord or something, understandable because I REALLY look like one. It's so tiring to try and understand what they are saying. Sometimes I just give a random answer, brace myself pray that it made some sort of sense to whatever they just said to me. Going to the bank has never taken so much out of me. When I get home it is going to feel like pure joyness to just go to an ATM, take out my money, and leave. Pure joyness.


I am seeing a lot of cool stuff here, the problem is that I cant take my camera out in public because I will get robbed. So that is why I have not posted many pictures of San José. Someday I will go with my whole family and it will be safe for me to take it out in public. I really want to show everyone how beautiful this place is, but I also dont feel like getting shanked... so I'll just go ahead and be smart about it!