Mountain climbing...

Well this week has definitely had its ups and downs...literally and figuratively! I did climb up and down a mountain this weekend. It was crazy. Basically the whole city of San Jose is encircled by mountains. We took a bus out to one and hiked up it. On your way up the mountain, you climb to reach three crosses. The first is at about 5,000 feet altitude, the second about 6,000 ft, and the third around 7,000 feet. It was beautiful. You could look down and see the whole city. It was a pretty tough climb, but well worth it. You can see pictures above. I was so tired afterwards, and I thought my knee could fall off, but we made it. Then we all went to Kim's for a Superbowl Party...it was a big deal. Yes, it was on the TV. Needless to say I was pretty sore Monday and not as prepared as I would like to be to work with the children...they were a tough crew Monday and Tuesday for some reason, so I really struggled, but today was better...thank you Jesus. Let's see what else it going on....we started some basketball up, Kim started auditions for the spring play she is going to direct, and we all are looking forward to a staff retreat on Friday :). lol, so my blogging just got interrupted by a phone call. One of my previous students, Elim, and her family called me. lol they are from Korea and are just learning Spanish as well. However, they don't speak much English, so here is me speaking Spanish in my English accent and them speaking Spanish in their Korean accent. It's a little crazy. They are in Mexico now they said and really liking it. Super cute. Anyway, I guess I'll end with a good language story for you. So on Saturday I woke up and I must have slept wrong, so I kinda had a kink in my neck. I told my family, and they told me the word that started with a "t". Later on we were talking about recipes and we talking about putting bacon in something (bacon in Spanish also starts with a T). Later that night, we were talking with some Costa Rican friends about this neck problem I was having, however I mixed up my "t" words and told them that this morning I was hurting because there was big bacon on my neck. lol they laughed....I'm just keeping it interesting.