day 12: soccer in central america etc.

i'm not all too sure what's happened to me but i look like i have the chicken pox right now. my back and stomach are covered in bites from some sort of insect and they itch like crazy. i've had them since i got to monteverde but they just started to get worse and i'm guessing it's from my bed. on saturday i killed a good sized spider in my room (inch or so) but i doubt that's what was doing the damage. my host family changed my bedding and my abuela tica is going to spray my room tomorrow so we'll see how that goes. besides that the day was good, i wasn't tired in class, played futbol with ricardo and then again with the school at the indoor field. also started reading mere christianity by c.s. lewis, a book i started last year but never could finish. me, mike, ally and brad booked our trip to the arenal volcano this weekend which should be awesome. arenal is an active volcano here that erupts daily. we're leaving saturday at 8am getting there around noon, doing a couple tours, and hanging out in the hot springs for 3 hours. then on sunday we're heading to a river to go rafting on class 4 rapids and we're returning monday at 11. a great trip and i get to miss class on monday. i still miss my friends and family a ton but i'm starting to get use to costa rica which is good because i'm 1/3 done w/ my time here.

a note on soccer in central america: one thing i've noticed about watching soccer here is the differences in the cameras. the cameras are always focusing on the palyers, coaches, fans etc. expressions after somebody scores where as in the u.s. we are busy focusing on the technical aspects like the angle of the shot and whatnot. i remember learning something about this in my international business class last year but apparently i didn't pay too much attention.