Beach Time

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Happy days at the beach. Once again we had a great trip to Manuel Antonio to take our student and do some practice massages. It was a fun trip and it made her very happy she is about done and gets to go surf for a few days before heading home to work.

I was laying on the massage table on Friday while our student practiced on me, listening to the waves and the girls playing, and the thought came to me,"I have the best job in the whole world". I really don't think anyone could beat that for a hard day at work.

As the weather gets worse in the States it gets better in Costa Rica and we are very happy. It makes all the things we do without, or all the hassles we experience here worth it every winter.

DRY SPELL

I have truly enjoyed our little summer. It has been relatively dry this month and we are enjoying the heck out of it. It is nice to go out in the evening and not have to take the umbrella and roll your pants up. Costa Rica has some weird weather patterns, but we are adjusting to them and even learning when it is really going to rain.

For example you would have thought it was going to rain today. When I went running this morning it was super humid and clouded over. But it just stayed cloudy all day and really humid. Now we have figured out when it starts out a little cloudy and overcast, and windy, it is not going to rain.

Now when it starts out in the morning really hot and sunny you are almost gauranted rain. Now that can fool you once in awhile.

Even though it was in the eighties today the girlies kept saying it was winter. That as they ran around in their summer dresses playing on the swing in the backyard. So after their naps we had popcorn and hot chocolate to get in the spirit of winter.

CAMP HERO

I'm still not sure if camp was fun or not, have not really gotten a straight answer. I do know she was very proud of the fact that she did not shower for three days! That is for sure a record and hopefully one she will not repeat for awhile.

When I went to camp at her age I worked very hard. We had a whole list of skills we had to learn, especially in regards to first aid. I can remember memorizing tons of stuff for first aid tests we had to take and pass or we would not advance to the next year.

I guess one group of girls went home after the first night because they were convinced they had hypothermia. It was 40 degrees! They are a little pampered here admittedly. You do have to remember it is summer so that was a little unexpected as well as unwelcome.

He dad had a great surprise waiting for her when she got home, a Michael Phelps calandar! She has been bugging him for one since the olympics so he surprised her with one. Her sister was very happy to see her. Every day she asked how many more days until her sister was going to be home? I can only hope it was a character building experience and that she will be a better person because of it.