So I have hit midterms, despite the slighly underwhelming amount of work I have done so far. All of us are surprisingly (or maybe not so) unprepared. And now some friends and I are having a study sesh for our 9am test tomorrow...too bad one is on skype and facebook, one is checking espn for the latest scores, and i'm blogging. We did study for a little while and all of our books are open! Its just...boring. And still, i'm more worried about which beach I want to go to this weekend. Rough life.
Last weekend I went to Cahuita, on the Caribbean coast. Very cool, laid back little town. Unfortunately it rained all weekend (seasons are opposite on the 2 coasts, so now its the rainy season there). Didnt get to go snorkeling or work on my tan, but I realized that if my worst weekend consists of my hanging out on a hammock with some good friends and a good book, and lots of rest, then i'm doing OK. We still went swimming in the rain, and used our few sunny hours to go to the national park. I saw a sloth! And 2 really cool snakes and awesome crabs...and a shit ton of mosquitos that ate me alive. It was an arduous trek through mud at some places...at times I was covered up to my knees. And at one point, I waded through a river up to my chest, my bag and camera held over my head for dear life. I guess hiking through a national park right after massive quantities of rain isnt the best idea. But pura vida, it was a good time. We also swam pretty much in a rip current...crazy waves, I almost drowned again a few times. I should really stop doing that...
Oh and I finally got my cavity filled yesterday so i'm all done with dealing with costa rican dentists. I am officially in love with my doctora and I am determined to make her my regular dentist. So I'm going to start a fund: "send rachel to costa rica every 6 months to get her teeth cleaned, hang with mamatica, and then go to a tropical destination for a few days." I'll work on the name...but I am accepting donations. I will have the cleanest teeth known to man...and I'll be the only person who hardcore looks forward to going to the dentist.
And now I attempt to be a real student and actually study. Then I just have to pick a destination for my weekend and get myself back to a sunny beach. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.
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