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This would be so much more interesting if I had brought my camera cords with me. One overarching complaint is that I am bored, and that my mom's packing list was very very misleading. At least the hotel has internet where I will be glued to the computer until the hotel receptionist comes to pry me off. No really, we haven't done anything with the tour group yet, and I'm not joking.

First off the flight was all night and even though I had my new skullcandy headphones, I couldn't sleep. I think I broke my ipod, have to look up how to reset it. Anyways, the flight was from 8 to 5, meaning we started at night and ended up in Costa Rica early in the morning. We got to the hotel and I crashed for the next 12 hours until we had orientation meeting at 6.

I think my little brother is a monster, like seriously. He slept 2-3 hours on the plane (max.) and stayed up the entire time I was asleep watching TV. And I think he's still watching now. My mom on the other hand is obsessed with spraying clothes we're wearing in the rainforest with bug repellant. She also has been doing laundry in the sink. How do they have the energy? I'm still tired even after napping the entire day.

Anyways, Costa Rica is beautiful, its very green and even along the highways, you can see buildings then a HUGE blotch of greenness. I think the tour guide told us that the country is 25% rainforest or something like that. Another thing I happened to pick up was that some time ago the government here dissolved the military and used the budget for other things, like healthcare. :D Anything further then that I have nothing to say because I don't know enough to type up a big political and/or social commentary. But you have to admit, it does sound nice.

Everyone here speaks Spanish (lol duh.) which I speak none of. My little brother has taken 2 years of Spanish and is far from fluent, and my mom knows enough to examine her patients. Between the three of us and the hotel staff, we've had some pretty funny conversations. All I've managed to pick up (besides the obvious greetings) is el bano means bathroom. So if I get lost, I'll starve and/or be abducted, but I'll e able to direct myself to the nearest bathroom with ease. Just kidding. Its actually pretty easy to make myself understood, I just feel pretty silly pantomining and trying to find my brother to interpret.

Okay, then moving onto what I'm most famous for, complaining! Seriously, for my entertainment only!
My mom is driving me crazy. Duude its not like a hole in the mud where its over 100 degrees all the time. Its actually pretty nice and I should have brought more normal (meaning not "summery" clothing).
There aren't enough people for me to harass online right now!
We haven't seen anything interesting yet, we have bus rides ahead of us and my brother will not give me back my DS (too busy playing kingdom hearts/fire emblem), and my ipod is out of battery from the plane ride. I want my DS back :(
The hotel computer only has IE. The search bar is yahoo search. Enough said.
$10 for 24 hours of internet when it could have been free if we brought a laptop.
I could be online ALL THE TIME if my mom would get me an iphone. My bother would be entertained by my DS and I would have something to do too! Meh. Either way I'm the older sibling, he can have his way..for now.
I can't upload any photos until I get home and I didnt bring the spare memory card or the camera charger.
I have photos from my cell phone I want to upload, but there isn't a way to do that :(
Bobo still smells like the plane :(

And lastly. I actually miss home. I mean drooling all over 4 hotel pillows on my bed is fun, but its hot and humid here, my allergies are killing me. And most selfishly, I can't stand the idea of people having fun without me! I'm so jealous. Yes I know it should be the other way around and I'm lucky to be here, but my brother and mommy are going at it. He feels that he's inferior and she has too high expectations of him, blah blah blah and he gets really angry/upset. And then refuses to do anything. Mommy gets pissed off, SHORT temper and its hard to deal with her and her OCD habits. Umm right. If I go crazy by the end of this trip it'll be because of prolonged exposure.

Its only an hour time difference (1+ from California), but it feels like a world away. Kind of lonely, mom is making plans, packing, repacking, bothering hotel staff about something, rinse repeat. Little brother hasn't moved from the bed where he's been watching TV, playing my DS and trying to abduct my teddybear.

Before I start feeling sorry for myself I should go hunt up some postcards. And do some shopping :) It might entertain some people to know that I had hair in two braids on the plane. When I put on the hood of my hoodie (TIC hoodie!) I almost looked like Allison-bear. Just not quite. I don't have anything else to complain about right now, so Buenos Noches!