I realize its been about 2 weeks since my last update, but I am still here...
Lets see how many super-exciting things have happened since the 17th...
Well for starters Amber and I no longer work for UNELA. It really happend. I talked to Elizabeth by phone told her I wouldn't be able to do it anymore and I actually followed through with it. I thought for sure they'd ask me to stay and I'd cave- but I didn't! So this is not only quitting a job, but an interal victory for myself as well. And man it feels good. I loved teaching but it was alot of extra time a week and really far away, its just better for everyone (except the students and UNELA) that we quit.
Friday I went to the doctor and found out that I not only had some sort of bacterial infection (gross) but vertigo as well. She determined this by asking me about 10 minutes worth of questions related to my dizziness and then checking my eyes with a light. I guess theyre not responding appropriately and working to hard to do something simple. So as it turns out I don't need a new prescription already, I just need my eyes to get their act together and do the one job they were given. She gave me some prescriptions which averaged out to about $20 worth of medicine (really expensive here, plus they were the generic brands) but by this time next week I should be feeling a whole lot better, and a whole lot less dizzy- if not then I have to do some blood tests (yay)
I got to talk to my parents, and Derek for a couple hours this last week. I was really excited about that. I hadn't talked to them since they went home from here. And Derek I havent talked to in even longer (by phone or virtual communication) although I do recall a certain text message he sent me on June 8th that said (and I quote) "but I love u too n I promise to start emailing you!" Interesting, isn't it? That is a direct quote, I didn't add to that or take away in any way...
Aaron on the other hand has left me myspace messages as well as posting videos of my beautiful neices. You should check them out on YouTube if you haven't seen them yet, search by Reagan Micyal...although for my reading audience they probably wouldnt be of any interest. I did almost cry when Riley talked too me though. I also almost cried watching The Porch video Derek made with my Grandparents. I've just become a really sensitive person since I've been here. Amber and I both picked up new things like that. I'm always crying about something and she's always mad about something. We blame it on the culture shock- we are so not like that in real life (real life, as in, life in our hometowns)
Well I guess that about sums up the really cool life I've been living since the 17th, arent you glad you stopped by to waste your time reading that =)
Oh! And no work tomorrow- national holiday! =) But if I did want to go it would be Beach Theme Day in the office- however, no see through clothing, no spaghetti straps and if you wear shorts they must be knee length- so the only adjustment they really made to the normal dress code is, we could wear flip flops and beach appropriate hats. As tempting as that is I think I'll just stay home and sleep all day.
domingo, 29 de julio de 2007
martes, 17 de julio de 2007
Shooting at Work
So I just remembered a story that I hadnt told yet and here's a picture of where it all takes place (Mall San Pedro, where we work):
The Friday my mom came to town I was going to leave directly from work to go downtown to get a bus to the airport cause she was supposed to get in around 7 (this was prior to all the delays). So after work Amber and I were waiting for the elevators when the guard was like, "Hey, you probably shouldnt go down there. There's a guy in the mall with a gun." So were were like, hmm its probably a good idea to just stay here so we went back into the office and waited there- our offices have guards on every floor so we were safe.
Just then our co-worker Alice came running in crying saying she lost Bonnie, our other co-worker. We were trying to understand what happened and when we sat her down and gave her some water to catch her breath she told us she was in Fusion, a bar at the entrance to the mall, when an argument broke out and one guy stood up and shot another guy several times in the chest. They all went running from the bar but Bonnie went back to get her purse. Alice ran directly to the office because she didn't know where to go.
The man with the gun also went running through the mall and injured two more people along the way. He stopped near our office and ran into the bank, I guess he was gonna try and get all he could while he was on the go. He was in there for quite awhile before the police actually got him.
During all that our managers and team leads went out into the mall to find each of the people that had just clocked out and were headed to the bar. Another team lead got in his car and drove around the mall looking through the crowds out there to find them as well. As each person was found phone calls were made to the office to inform the other people waiting. I was really impressed with how they handled that and went out looking for the employees.
Later on the news we saw that the fight broke out because there were two groups of people sitting next to eachother and at one table there was a black man and someone at the other table made a racial slur and kept saying stuff to him. So the black man's friend started yelling at the other guy to stop and ended up killing him in his friend's defense. I'm sure alcohol played some role in all of that.
It was a pretty scary evening, but everyone from work was safe. I applied for a job at work, didnt get it haha, but I'll try again when they repost it. Amber only works half days now so she comes home and works on the computer here for awhile for her mom. I guess that's all the super exciting news for right now =) the last week has been kinda slow so nothing new and nothing worth taking pictures of...
The Friday my mom came to town I was going to leave directly from work to go downtown to get a bus to the airport cause she was supposed to get in around 7 (this was prior to all the delays). So after work Amber and I were waiting for the elevators when the guard was like, "Hey, you probably shouldnt go down there. There's a guy in the mall with a gun." So were were like, hmm its probably a good idea to just stay here so we went back into the office and waited there- our offices have guards on every floor so we were safe.
Just then our co-worker Alice came running in crying saying she lost Bonnie, our other co-worker. We were trying to understand what happened and when we sat her down and gave her some water to catch her breath she told us she was in Fusion, a bar at the entrance to the mall, when an argument broke out and one guy stood up and shot another guy several times in the chest. They all went running from the bar but Bonnie went back to get her purse. Alice ran directly to the office because she didn't know where to go.
The man with the gun also went running through the mall and injured two more people along the way. He stopped near our office and ran into the bank, I guess he was gonna try and get all he could while he was on the go. He was in there for quite awhile before the police actually got him.
During all that our managers and team leads went out into the mall to find each of the people that had just clocked out and were headed to the bar. Another team lead got in his car and drove around the mall looking through the crowds out there to find them as well. As each person was found phone calls were made to the office to inform the other people waiting. I was really impressed with how they handled that and went out looking for the employees.
Later on the news we saw that the fight broke out because there were two groups of people sitting next to eachother and at one table there was a black man and someone at the other table made a racial slur and kept saying stuff to him. So the black man's friend started yelling at the other guy to stop and ended up killing him in his friend's defense. I'm sure alcohol played some role in all of that.
It was a pretty scary evening, but everyone from work was safe. I applied for a job at work, didnt get it haha, but I'll try again when they repost it. Amber only works half days now so she comes home and works on the computer here for awhile for her mom. I guess that's all the super exciting news for right now =) the last week has been kinda slow so nothing new and nothing worth taking pictures of...
domingo, 8 de julio de 2007
My Parent's Week in Costa Rica:
Ok so my parents have been here all week and are leaving tomorrow (very sad) but we did have a lot of fun!
These monkeys were being teased by a boy who had a banana. He put it in the backpack and walked away. Well this monkey jumped out of the tree ran over opened the backpack, took it out and ran back up the tree to share with his friends
Thursday and Friday I had to go back to work (although I do have a doctor's note for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to prove how sick I was those days) My parents came to the mall and had lunch with me- they took a bus there all by themselves, I was so proud =) afterwards we took a taxi downtown to the hotel they were going to stay in and had dinner there. Friday they did an all day tour and went to see Poas Volcano, La Paz Waterfalls, a coffe plantation and saw how they make the coffee and a bunch of wildlife and waterfalls. They said they really enjoyed it, and did get some great pictures.
Ok so my parents have been here all week and are leaving tomorrow (very sad) but we did have a lot of fun!
Mom got here Friday- after her flight was delayed about 4 hours, which meant we didn't get back to my house until after midnight- and she'd been up for about 28 hours. I also tried waxing my legs for the first time it was horrible.
Dad got here Saturday afternoon- he got in about the time we expected, maybe about 30 minutes later, but no big deal (not like mom's flight) We rented a car afterwards and went grocery shopping for the beach.
Sunday we left around 10:30 for the beach (after we said we were leaving at 9, but we're Britt's so its expected) When we got to the beach it was SO hot, but SO beautiful. We checked in but didn't do much else on Sunday, walked around the hotel pool and stuff and cooked dinner. This is the view fom the hotel.
Monday we spent the whole day at the beach, it was overcast and finally started raining around 4 or so but it was nice. We walked both directions as far as we could so we did a lot of walking.
Tuesday we spent the whole day in the Manuel Antonio national park. It was really nice. We saw iguanas, crabs and lots of monkeys. We "hiked" through the forest there and then spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach inside the park. (dad jumping over a tree)
These monkeys were being teased by a boy who had a banana. He put it in the backpack and walked away. Well this monkey jumped out of the tree ran over opened the backpack, took it out and ran back up the tree to share with his friends
Wednesday we went to the pool in the morning and then afterwards drove back (only about 3 1/2 hours) We did stop on a bridge and saw about 14 crocodiles in the river below us, that was pretty cool.Then we returned the car and then didnt do much else.
Thursday and Friday I had to go back to work (although I do have a doctor's note for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to prove how sick I was those days) My parents came to the mall and had lunch with me- they took a bus there all by themselves, I was so proud =) afterwards we took a taxi downtown to the hotel they were going to stay in and had dinner there. Friday they did an all day tour and went to see Poas Volcano, La Paz Waterfalls, a coffe plantation and saw how they make the coffee and a bunch of wildlife and waterfalls. They said they really enjoyed it, and did get some great pictures.
Saturday we went to Puntarenas, the closest beach to the city. It wasn't 1/2 as beautiful as all the other beaches I've been to here in Costa Rica but it was still a beach. It was great to spend a Saturday outside of the house, which is where we usually spend every Saturday =)
Amber protecting her new hair color:
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