Enticing title, no? Well here you are, reading anyway. Writing in here is starting to feel like a betrayal of the immersion process... like I should be living instead of taking field notes. But maybe I`m just lazy. I got off my (markedly bigger) nalga today and went on a long run in the sun soaked streets. I can`t say it felt great, but the view was nice and if I don`t do something about this flab, there`ll be no hope of scaling Chirripó. ...Not that the reservation process is giving me much hope at this point.
Two weeks ago after the haphazard recycling presentation, I can say that I see a real change in the school. The kids are excited about Las Cuatro R`s, I`ve painted a big mural outside the gym and every classroom has its own separate, decorated recycling receptacles. That week, I was walking by a trash can and I happened to notice two little legs waggling out the top of it. I stopped to see what the animated metal monster would do next. It spat out a little kindergartner who was clutching little dirty balls of paper. She scampered off into her classroom around the corner. I skulked into the room. My heart burst. She was putting the paper from the garbage into the newly painted paper bin for recycling. It had turned into a contest amongst the munchkins and they were running all over the grounds to be the most prolific 6-year-old recycler around.
Everything is calm and challenging and enjoyable. I`ve become good friends with my 14 year old cousin, Diego, and his rat pack. We play ping pong most nights.
I`m leaving for vacations tomorrow at 4am to visit a coral reef island to whale watch with the school staff, the n the next morning I leave for Guanacaste to help rescue baby turtles. Directly from there, I leave for Nicaragua until the 22nd. I am looking very forward to my near future and trying to enjoy the present.
Oh yeah, and Barack Obama won the election.
WWWAAAAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!,
Elaine
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