4 posts tagged “costa rica”

I actually went shopping and enjoyed it today.  Lately, I haven't been able to justify spending money on anything for myself; it sucks.  I think it's because I know in two months I won't have such a regular source of income so I shouldn't spend it all now... gotta save it so I'm not completely miserable and broke while I'm at school.

I bought myself a new tanktop and skirt at American Eagle, which I justified by thinking "I'll wear this in Costa Rica!"  I totally will wear it there, but I feel like I was buying it for a reason, not just as an excuse to buy crap.  The two were both on sale though; together they were less than $30!  I bought a new strapless convertible bra at Victoria's Secret too, which cost more than the tanktop and skirt together.  Ridiculous, but totally worth it.

My brother and I went to a used CD store, and I bought three CDs there plus a couple of things for him too... I wanted to buy so much more, but I stopped myself.  All of the CDs I bought were Spanish ones, probably because I'm so excited about the trip.  I absolutely love Spanish music, and a lot of it reminds me of Costa Rica... *sigh*  That reminds me, I really hope Alonso gets back to me before my mom and I leave for our trip; I want to meet up with him and introduce him to my mom!  Then again, if he doesn't, I have his phone number... I just hope he's not on vacation or something while we're there.  :(

I swear, I'll try to stop talking about Costa Rica so much in my posts... I'm just SO excited!

I only got an hour of sleep last night because I was up all night thinking about Costa Rica.  Lame, huh?  Haha.  I'm just so excited!

Right now, I'm in the process of uploading pictures on here from my first trip to Costa Rica... it's a long, tedious process.  I have a TON of pictures.  And when I'm done with those, I have to upload the ones from this year's trip.  Hopefully I'll finish doing it by the time we leave, then when I get back I'll just have to upload the newest ones.

I just went to my school's website to check and see if they'd assigned me a roommate yet, because I had one a while ago and then I didn't so I wanted to know what was up or if I had a new roommate yet.  Before, in the roommate section of my housing information, it said "Roommate assignment is pending" or something like that.  Now it just says NONE, so I guess I just won't have a roommate... which is fine by me, haha.  I know, having a roommate is part of the college experience, blah blah blah, but I like my privacy and I'd rather not have someone sleeping in the same room with me every night for a whole school year, thanks.  So as far as I know, I have a double room with no roommate... that kicks ass, especially because my dorm has the biggest rooms.  I win at life.  :D  I know there's still a chance that they'll assign me a roommate at the last minute, but right now I'm going to go on thinking I get a room to myself.

A week from tomorrow, I'll be at school registering for classes and two weeks from tomorrow, I'll be in Costa Rica!  So much fun stuff going on... yay!

I just booked our trip to Costa Rica!  We'll be flying to San José on the 23rd and leaving on the 27th... it's a short trip but I'm SO EXCITED.  We're hopefully going to take a couple of day trips, one of which will definitely be to the beach... I think we're going to Isla Tortuga which will be fun because I've never been there.  I want to take my mom to Arenal too so she can see the volcano.  Ahh, I am so excited!!!!!

Well, I'm definitely not going to Canada now... well, not when I planned on going, anyway.  I feel really bad because Chris took time off of work to spend time with me, but I was texting him earlier and I guess he's not mad/doesn't hate me, which is good.  I'm actually over it now, for the most part.

My mom has the last week in July off of work, so her and I are planning a vacation together... she said she'd go with me to Edmonton, but I'd really rather go there without my mom just so I can spend time with friends, you know?

I got a certificate in the mail today from ISE (the program I went to Costa Rica with) saying that my trip leaders chose me as the year's Outstanding Traveler or something like that... I guess I showed exceptionary leadership or something, hah.  I was thinking about it, and the guy who won it last year was really outgoing, talked to the tour guide/bus driver nonstop, asked tons of questions... and that's exactly what I did this year.  I think it's mostly because I went two years in a row, and this year I felt more comfortable, plus everyone was constantly asking me questions about the places we were going, which was great - I felt so smart.  I talked to Alonso (our bus driver) and Leo (our tour guide) constantly too... I still talk to Alonso through e-mail, he's amazing and I miss him.  Anyway, I got that certificate and started to get really sad... I miss it there SO MUCH.  I was talking to my mom about it, and she said "I wonder if it's cheaper to go to Costa Rica than Canada..."

...so of course, I looked.  It's actually very close in price... and if I'm going with my mom, I'd much rather go to Costa Rica.  I could show her around, help her talk to people (she doesn't know ANY Spanish, haha), take her to my favorite places in San José, call up Alonso and introduce her to him (I have his phone number--he wants me to call if I'm ever back in the country)... I just think it would be fun.  In Canada, I'd want to hang out with my friends, and it'd just be awkward having my mom there.

So I'm going to talk to my mom tomorrow, and we're going to figure out what to do.  Right now, I'm actually leaning toward Costa Rica... I told my mom I want to take her there someday, so why not now, right?  I have a feeling if I go there, though, I'm just going to miss it more when we get back... I will live there someday, I swear.  It's so amazing.

As for Canada, I'm pushing that trip back... maybe I'll go next spring break (which will be weird, since I've been in CR the past two spring breaks, haha).  Hopefully I'll make some friends in college who'd like to go with me.  I'll get there someday... I've waited four years now to meet my friends up there; I guess I can wait a few more months...