Playa Hermosa

I think I'm going to get a new piercing today. In my ear, don't worry. I don't need any more facial piercings, and I'm not about to just get one done for the heck of it. I am trying to decide, though, between a conch piercing or an anti-tragus. I think they both look really awesome, so it probably just comes down to what will look best with my ear. I never really concern myself with the pain factor. It is what it is.

Anyway, this weekend I went with ten other friends to Jaco, and we stayed in a hostel right off Playa Hermosa beach. It was a really, really great time, and aside from some minor complications, it was extremely relaxing. Jaco is sort of a party town, and the beach is really dirty, so I was glad that we decided to spend our time at Playa Hermosa, which is only a few minutes away by taxi. There were hardly any people there, and the atmosphere was just very chill. Our hostel was pretty cool, too, although we had to fit seven people in a four person room, and then four people in a two person room. Everything worked out okay, but Ben had to sleep on the floor, and I felt bad about that! We are lucky he is such a gentleman all the time.

Basically, I spent Saturday just lying on the beach, reading, listening to music, tanning, and wading through the ocean when it got too hot. I was so glad that I had amazing friends to share it with. I think one of the highlights of the weekend was coming back to the beach at night, sitting under the stars with Laura, watching the waves crash, and drinking wine. Ben and Josh both joined us, and it was just really relaxing being able to sit there in that beauty, talking with good friends. The next day we did more of the same: tanning, ocean, reading, etc. However, we had to be out of our hostel by noon that day, so we took the bus to Jaco and spent the rest of our time there trying not to die in the intense heat. I'm pretty sure we sat at the bus station for three hours because there was nothing else to do that didn't involve sweating profusely and passing out. However, we were all together, and it was still a lot of fun. Now, the bus ride. The bus ride is supposed to take only two hours, but due to traffic (I think) it took about four. Quite frankly, it sucked. Laura and I got extremely bored, so we started playing the Bible game (think guess-who with Bible characters), and then Ben offered his seat to a woman who had been standing the entire way. I swear, that boy is just so very nice.

I'm sitting here at the kitchen table with Tita right now. She is studying for a test, and I am (obviously) writing this. I need to get up off my butt and go shower because I haven't showered in about three days. Cut me some slack: I was at the beach. I'm really, really happy that I don't have classes today, and tomorrow I start my advanced conversation class, so I'm hoping that it helps me a lot. I feel that my Spanish has already improved quite a bit since I have been here (a month already!), but I'm definitely not where I want to be. I think maybe today I need a date with my verb book...