Let's Dance!

On Wednesday classes were normal. The subjunctive is finally coming back to me and class was easier today. During our break a street vendor came by who was selling agua de pipa (coconut water) and freshly squeezed (as in you order it I squeeze it) juice. I got agua de pipa and felt especially tropical as I sat out in the sun during my break. For lunch we went to a Chinese place (owned by a Chinese family), it was a lot like the Chinese restaurants in the US, though they don’t really compare to the local Costa Rican food.  After lunch I went back to my house to try and get some work done on my 10 page final paper for SD before class. That was only mildly successful, as Angel and I decided to go and get my trenza shortened and get hers tightened. I loved my long trenza but it wasn’t the most practical, it kept getting caught on things… But of course, as soon as I got it shortened I saw some other girls with there’s long and missed mine! Ironically Angel actually had the braider make her’s longer!

                SD class was a bit frustrating since we were going to watch the rest of the Pineapple industry video before we began the sustainable industry lecture. However, the video was online and not cooperating. It kept freezing and we would have to wait for it to load… Ugh! After class I met up with Randdie at the house. Her dance elective was going to go on a field trip to a local Latin dance club and I was going to hitch a ride on their shuttle. We all piled into the shuttle, just a few over the recommended limit… and got to the club a bit after nine. It was early so they had the demonstration pair for the evening dancing, so we all got drinks (sexo en la playa para mi!) and watched them. The couple was really amazing, but a few brave people from the class ventured forth onto the dance floor as the liquid courage took effect. It turned out to be a really fun evening with lots of time to learn and practice the steps, although since it was a weeknight, it wasn’t that full. Randdie and I decided that we would go out dancing next week too (we both have excursions this weekend). I am slowly learning to find my rhythm and when I have a good partner I’m actually a pretty respectable dancer, and even when I’m not I don’t really care, it’s too much fun! We came back relatively early in the shuttle (11:30) so we wouldn’t have to pay for a taxi and because we had class/field trip(me!) in the morning. In all it was a really fun end to the day!