Unfortunately this week I have been feeling under the weather but I am feeling like I am on the mend. I have been using more and more Spanish with my tica family and I am feeling more confident when I speak and hopefully it's less broken Spanish and more complete sentences. All this week I have felt the homesick part of the trip. I think part of that has been actually being sick. But it has been so nice to come home to such a warm and inviting family. (Also the Disney movies don't hurt either, even if they are in Spanish.) I am learning so much from this experience about enduring and pushing through the hard parts. Every morning this week after eating breakfast with my mama tica, and sometimes my papa Tico, I get to hike, literally hike, up a huge hill to meet up with people and then we get to continue to hike together to get to our meeting point. I never really thought about the troubles of not having a car. On the first day, my papa Tico walked me up and was telling me about how he walks up that hill all the time. I didn't even want to think about doing it for another two weeks. It showed me what I chose to ignore, the fact that others are not always as privileged as I am, and all things considered, I am very privileged. This week has really pushed me to my limits more than last week. I keep pushing forward and reminding myself that I'm stressing over the little things and that it doesn't hurt to stop and breathe an enjoy the ride.
Until next time
xoxo
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