In the works..

I took around 1500 photos in Costa Rica, and two of the friends in my group who also had cameras took 1500 between the two of them, all of which we shared before going home, so I have 3,000 pictures of 32 days' worth of adventure to sort through and edit down to a reasonable number that someone would have the patience to look at! I discovered Picasa this month, and have fallen in love with the program. So I'll be adding pictures little by little through public online albums and posting the links to the albums here...as soon as I figure out exactly how to do that!

Stay tuned!

Old friend

Of all my friends from high school-era, I am in touch with only a few, and that, mostly through Facebook. Will and I met when when we were 15 and had many adventures together throughout high school. We dated for a few months our senior year, and i have to say that our prom picture is the best picture that has ever been taken of me. After high school we went our separate ways; I went to OU for a few years, then moved to Memphis, and he went to the Air Force Acadamy, a mission, USAFA again, got married, went to grad school in Maryland, and just moved to Texas last month. Through all our different experiences, we've stayed in touch, through a few phone calls a year, and the occasional email. I think everyone needs a friend who knew you "back when", and Will has been that friend to me.

When he and his wife Sara moved to Texas, they were able to stop by for breakfast and a Sunday morning of reminiscing/catching up on each other's lives. It was great to see them!

Hair emergency at T:-18 hours

So the day before I left for Costa Rica, I thought it'd be a good idea to get a haircut. What does one do when she has 3/4-inch long hair? Why, cut it herself, of course! I'd been trimming my hair periodically with a trimmer set since I initially shaved it in December, and have gotten pretty good at it. But this was the day before a life-changing event, and so I could not do something easily. That's just how it works ;)

I had let my hair get fairly 'long' over the past few months - I could actually part the front portion - and so it took a few sittings with my poor little trimmer. It tries hard, but runs out of juice easily. So I had finally gotten my hair a uniform, 3/8 of an inch or so, took the guard off to even up the nape of my neck, and voila! Perfect!

I proceeded take care of other items on my to-do/packing list and in the interim, found a longish hair on the back of my head. Simple...all you do is run the trimmer over the area to take care of the rogue strand! But I forgot to put the guard back on, and thus, dear reader, I bring you the results in picture form to your left!

I tried to fix the bald blemish myself and make it blend in with the rest of my hair, but to no avail. It all had to come off. And so, that is the story of how I began my month in Costa Rica with a very scantily covered head!

Estoy aqui

I'm beginning my third week in Costa Rica. It's been an adventure to say the least! I have 800+ photos & so many stories, it's a bit overwhelming to know how to begin reporting on my experience. I've learned a lot, my spanish is improving, and I'm enjoying my new experiences, with a peppering of missing home & friends/family.

My first sight of population from the plane

First day: We got caught in a torrential downpour on the walk to campus. I was soaked!
Poas Volcano crater
We saw some BEAUTIFUL waterfalls!

LOTS more to come later!

~Eve/Eva