Day 1

So my new host family is AMAZING! Im so happy that they found me a new place to live where the people are all nice and welcoming. My new family consists of LulU the mom (i dont know the dads name, he works at the vet though), Daniel (he is 9 yrs old and doesnt stop talking, but is really patient with me, and is eager to learn english), and Calvin (the older son who is a private pilot in San Jose, he speaks a little english and I talked with him on the phone yesterday for awhile). There is also another border who lives with the family named Heidi, she is from a town a few miles from here and was a singer and painter, but now she has to work in a hotel here in La Fortuna. Everyone is very welcoming and talks slowly to me and doesnt give up when I dont understand things (like my old mom did) and LulU is happy to correct me when my spanish is ¨que terrible¨. I think I will start teaching Daniel and Heidi some english when I get a chance, they both have told me that they want to learn, so that will be a good way to get to know them better. My room... is great, its like a little apartment on the back of the house with its own entrance and bathroom. I even have my own TV and a FAN! which is probably the best thing thats happened to me since Ive been in La Fortuna. The TV gets ESPN, CNN, AnadE, Fox, and CNBC in english so I can watch lots of good tv (even DOG the bounty hunter!). There is a computer at the house too, which I am using right now, it is in Heidis room, so I feel kind of guilty using it as much as I did the ones at the station, but I still have to go eat dinner at the station so I will probably just go over there early and use it then. LulU (im spelling it that way because thats how you pronounce it (she made funof me for talking like a gringo when i pronounced it LUlu)) runs her own lunch service from the house, so I dont have to eat that gallo pinto stuff three times a day. I even had chocolate corn flakes for breakfast! with orange juice. She is very nice and like I said makes sure I understand what she is trying to say before moving on, she is correcting my spanish too, which will be great in helping me to improve. Before now I would try to speak with the police officers, but they wouldnt correct me, if I got the idea across they would just respond, which didnt help me to know if what I was saying made any sense. My cough is getting better and a new batch of Police officers arrives today so I wont be forced to go to the doctor, unless Nuria tells the Jeffe or something. The new house isnt much closer to the station, but it is right off of the downtown area, so I can walk to the store quite easily and look through the tourist shops and keep myself entertained. I cant tell you how much happier I was last night to come back to a warm welcoming house. Im excited to be here now, no more apprehension. I watched alot of tennis yesterday on my new tv and there were some great games. I dont know if any of you watched but the murray dent match was really entertaining. Oh and I get HBO in english too and I got to watch Hot Fuzz last night (youre right Claire that movie is Hilarious). I think just being in a wlecoming place is making my spanish better, if not my ability, my willingness to say something stupid and know that it will be corrected and understood. I think I am going to head over to the station around 2 today and try to meet some of the new officers before class, and hopefully get on gmail chat around 3 my time, so that im not sitting in Heidis room all day. My knee was hurting when I woke up this morning, but it got cold last night(maybe 70) and so that might be it, im back on the advil train though, and as long as I dont go back to my 1500 mg a day habit I should be fine. I hope this eases some of the concerns about how my time down here will be. I think it will be great. Eat a bratwurst for me