March 29th, Hello Tecolutla!

Woke up, had breakfast, said bye to les enfants before they went camping in the haunted woods. Talked to bertilde for a while, packed my stuff up, wrote down a bunch of Spanish verbs/conjugations/phrases. Taxi to bus, had my own row and shortly after spreading my crap out, a 16 year old named Denise came over to sit with me. She noticed I was american and had been learning English herself so she wanted to talk. We exchanged emails and she said if I was ever in posa rica, I needed to come visit. She checked out my Spanish phrase book and told me a couple that were incorrect. My ipod died so I read the Spanish verb book and napped for a bit. Then I stared getting nervous. I don’t know why. I’m thinking it had something to do with my long awaited arrival to my home for the next two months. Last time I was here my Spanish was non-existent but now it is somewhat existent. I felt some pressure to learning which was good but nerve-racking when I finally got here. It still needs a ton of work but I can start following conversations. Go team!
Monse met me at the bus station and helped me put my many bags into the car. Fernando met us at the car and drove us back to the house/campsite. When I was here in feb, there were about 5 people there during the day, not including Fernando and his family. Now there are tents set up on the beach in front of the house, in the parking lot next to the camp site, and in the back of the house before you get to the path that lead you to the three bungalos. I’m staying in the second bungallo by myself. Monse has the first one so I’m not completely alone back here. My room has two full sized beds , a rocking chair, and a lone rack that I can put hangers on. I didn’t bring any hangers but I’m just saying. I feel like I have my own apartment room thing here which is different. No one speaks any English except monse and Fernando. Monse leaves on Wednesday, however, and I’m imagining Fernando will be all over the place everyday. I seriously have no idea what the days are going to look like and who I’ll be spending them with, if anyone at all. I have my phrase book to keep me company and an ipod. We’ll see how it goes. I set up my pictures on a side table in the room and put all of my bathroom things in their respective locations. Oh and when I came back into my room after getting some rice to eat, there was a cookaracha on my cell phone. Took a picture of that house-warming present. Tomorrow, Monse, a fisherman hired by Fernando, and myself will be walking on the beach for the entire morning looking for nests and finishing some of the research she has left for her thesis. It’s going to be 100 degrees at least with a million percent humidity. Whoot!