Molly’s got some new moves! (Excuse my extremely punchy mood right now) My latest and greatest adventure… Dance Classes. Oh yes full out salsa, punta, socca, mambo… etc. There is a dance studio about ¾ of a mile down the road from where I live and every time I drive or run past it I considered the thought of signing up but then I think of my gringo dancing skills and the weekly hour and half class of looking like a fool and I reconsider and weiney out of it. Not this time! I, Molly Stevens, danced the night away for an hour and a half on Thursday night… and when I say danced the night away I mean like looked like a fool for all 90 minutes. Good news though… it is a beginner’s class and everyone was pretty much just as bad as me so I didn’t feel quite as ridiculous. I was hoping to also make this embarrassing task as an effort to meet more people, my own age. However, the class was mostly older people and one other girl who was probably 16 or 17. To torture myself more I decided to pay the extra $6 and go twice a week with an additional 2 hour class on Saturday. Saturdays class brought a little more of a younger crowed which was cool but made it more embarrassing… you can never win! ;) However, by the time I get home I hope to be some what of a competent latino dancer. hahah
Work. Lately, I have been receiving daily complements from customers at work. One customer said that Trackit was lucky to have me on staff; another said that my contract should be extended forever, and one even said that I was “one in a million”! Who wouldn’t want to go to work every day… I wish it worked like that haha However, there are perks… this weekend I will be going to Miami to get products for the business and to fix our inventory at Amazon.com! I feel a little awkward that I am going back to the states for the weekend from Costa Rica but twist my arm! I am surprisingly really excited to go back for the weekend and indulge in some American food and shopping… clothes are sooo expensive in Costa Rica! I have never been to Miami so I am also excited to see what it is like! Last but not least… I am excited to buy my first legal alcoholic drink in the US! Since I turned 21 in Costa Rica the excitement of being 21 has not really set in yet since the drinking age is 18 here so I am excited to feel like a big kid for the weekend!
La Sabana. The Sabana is a huge park about two miles from where I live. It houses the National Stadium and many annual festivals. The last two weeks have been the “Cultural Festival” where there are different food venders with typical Costa Rican food an also other Cultural food. There was different artwork and crafts for sale and also a few rides and cool activities for people to do. There are also many free concerts and shows during the festival. Last Friday was “Calle 13” which is an Argentinean band that is one of my favorite bands of out of all the Latino music that I was introduced to in Costa Rica. There were heaps of people at the concert and it was a ton of fun! Over all I really liked the festival and saw a lot of really creative and different things that was definitely made it world the trip there.
Panama did not work out last weekend but I am hoping to make it there some time in the near future as for it is so close to Costa Rica!
It is probably really hard to see but it is a man riding a really high bike around the festival.
