day 20: school's out for the weekend

last day of school in monteverde. we finished our first set of irregular verbs and half of the "to be" verbs. it's crazy but spanish has something like 16 words that mean "to be". at the end of class we played scrabble which was really hard because i'm not even good at that game in english. all my friends headed to isle of tortuga for the weekend but i wanted to save some money so i stayed here. plus it would mean i'd have to leave there around 10am sunday and get to heredia a little after 6pm. 8 hours in a car did not sound fun, especially because 4 of those hours would be on the mountain roads. in the afternoon ricky asked if i wanted to go with him to the bike store so he could buy a new chain. i said yes, not knowing it was going to be a two hour long excursion and a 45 minute walk each way. on the way we stopped and i bought him some healdo (ice cream) because he's always telling me how much he likes it and giving me the guilt trip. his mom gave him 2,000 colones ($4) and he was able to buy a bike chain, tire patches, a sticker and still get back change. it's still surprising how inexpensive everything is here, unless you're a tourist. after we got back i checked my email and called my pops. i'm trying to get all my living arrangement stuff in houston taken care off while i'm here. i think wes and colby found a pretty nice townhome we're going to get (http://search.har.com/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=2456443&class=7&leadid=6&sTYPE=0&backButton=Y). i start work 2 weeks after i get back and i'm going to new jersey, new braunfels, and corpus a time or 2 so it'll definitely be rushed. i went on a 6k run for the fifth straight day which i think's impressive, although i think the real reason i run is because it takes up some of my time in the afternoon. the weather here is perfect for running but i could use some paved roads. the entire time i'm running i have to look down to make sure i dont fall in a hole or hit a big rock. took a shower, ate dinner, and headed up to the place next to la taberna. a lot of the students were there and i got to meet the owner, Sergio, who is originally from the bronx and a recovering drug addict. he moved to monteverde to get away from his old life. needless to say he's an interesting guy to talk to. the night ended with super pollo, which was lovely.