Back in the States

I believe that after my short excursion down to Costa Rica for two months I have learned a few things. The first is that America isn't such a bad place to live after all. I actually WANT to walk into the supermarket and have about 50 choices of bread to choose from. Too many you say? Well, at least it's better than your choices being one loaf of moldy white bread or the stale wheat bread. Decisions, decisions.
Also, I have realized that I really do love to drive. There is nothing better to me than getting on the highway, turning up the music and just driving... taking in all the scenery, the beautiful mountains, Chatfield reservoir... It's perfect. And I'm going to miss it in Spain.
I have 29 days and counting left in the States and I feel that I couldn't be spending my time better. I'm hanging out with my brothers and my parents, doing a little bit of homework (though not enough), seeing my friends, going to movies and generally just hanging out a bit. And we can't forget, playing with my little Delux puppy, of course!

Happy Friday the 13th!

Today marks my last Friday in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. It is a gorgeous day, and I am sitting at the office waiting to get off work and go on a wonderful boat tour! Sounds amazing, no? I am excited. I am also excited to come home and see my friends and family.... and play my piano!! Hope you all have a fabulous weekend, and I will be in the states soon!

Slight Change of Plans... The Countdown Begins!

With a slight change of plans, I have decided to come home a bit early. Now I will return to Colorado on July 17th and leave for Spain August 28th. This leaves me plenty of time to do everything I want to in Colorado. Costa Rica is a nice place to visit. But living here? I'd rather not. At least not right now. I always imagined that what I always wanted was to live anywhere but the United States, and I suppose I was wrong. I need civilization. I need the city. I cannot live in a small town where everywhere I go, I see all the same people I know. I can't walk down the street without running into twenty different people that I know, which is nice sometimes, but others, it's not.

I anticipate that I will enjoy living in Spain a lot more. It is more developed there, people are cultured and intelligent. Not to say that people in Costa Rica aren't, but I miss being in a town full of college students where there are people who are dedicated to education and where you can ask these people about the things they are learning and they eagerly tell you. So you learn a bit from them, and they learn a bit from you. I can't wait to travel and see Europe, visit Italy, visit France. I think I might even persuade my father to fly out for Oktoberfest... (whatcha think, papo?)

All in all, I am just very happy do be going home. I have done my thing in Costa Rica, and I did enjoy it enormously, but I think my return to reality is overdue, and I am excited to go home, drive my car, talk on my cell phone, and just be... American. For a while at least.

This is the countdown.... 11 days, 8 hours, 4 minutes and counting until I'm on a plane out of this country!

Oh, and ps, I need a job, anyone want to hire me??? Didn't think so.