Work hard play hard

Phew! I am exhausted! The new Spanish class is pretty difficult but it's definitely helping. Today I had to give a 15 minute presentation on my passion. Of course I chose global water scarcity and worked on translating all the information yesterday. What a process! 15 minutes is a long freaking time in Spanish with no notes. Plus I had some technical difficulties to work out. Thankfully my awesome, multi talented boyfriend was willing to help me from miles away. After our presentations we got to visit a family who makes jewelry out of organic materials from their homes. It was pretty awesome. They curl the peels or oranges into little roses, and make necklaces and rings out or banana pieces. They use all the pieces of fruit that would normally just be thrown out because it's gone bad. Super interesting. Got myself a pair of earrings :) Trying to go to a natural reserve this weekend at Manuel Antonio, one of the more beautiful parks I am told. I'm very excited and so looking forward to the break from class. Hopefully I'll see some monkeys and sloths!
For now, however, lots more studying. Midterm tomorrow, and then I am beachward bound!