Hey guys!

Just a quick update on life down south...things are going pretty well, I cannot believe I've been down here a month already! Its crazy how time goes even though I don't do all that much, especially during the days. I've been surfing quite a bit, we're up to 20 nests in the hatchery with the baby turtles coming in a few weeks. I'm generally pasando puravida and just have a few fun stories to share:

1. For those of you that don't know, I sometimes had trouble sleeping at night, or ever actually...this job is thus amazing since I work a few hours at night and get to wake up and go run around at 2 am and nap all day...I feel like I keep normal hours too since there's always people up with me!

2. I've been practicing my Spanish by reading Homer's The Odyssey. Seriously, I asked my friend to bring me back a book when he drove into one of the bigger towns nearby since the only one I found around here was the ex-president's memoirs...and obviously he returns with Greek Mythology, in Spanish haha. We'll see about that one...if anyone takes pity and can download me a sparknotes/reader's guide and email it...that's be awesome. Haha, either way I suppose I'll learn something!

3. There are chickens everywhere...almost everyone has a few and the term free-range does not even begin to describe how they roam all over town, eating and laying where ever they please.

4. Friday is Karaoke night at the local bar and it is a huge event...I would say you have to see it to believe the local guys belting out ballads, dancing and generally going crazy. We started out playing blackjack with bottlecaps, I got a love song dedicated to me and sung down on bended knees! and then took a late night ride to a nearby beach that has this amazing rock formation where you can jump off into a tidal pool...and the stars just feel like they're falling into the water. We ran into some poachers and I managed to convince them to come hang out and throw back a few instead of stealing eggs!

5. BINGO! another grand adventure...something they take quite seriously around here, everyone from kids to grandparents playing for refrigerators, an oven, or a washing machine! Afterwards there was a live band and lots of dancing...gotta love to salsa! Claudia even managed to get us home over the jungle roads after the driver of our giant, manual transmission van decided not to designate himself!

6. We had a real bad rainstorm last night and it turns out that water comes into the house sometimes...combined with the soap I had spilled on the porch earlier in the day and Claudia and I were ankle deep in bubbles haha...kind of reminds me how we (ok...steph and me) used to wash the floor on Shakespeare! No worries on the wet floors since everything drains out and some of the guys came over with cement today to fix the problem...but I wish I could upload the pictures for you guys to see!

That's about all that I've got for now...I'd love to hear from anybody who has time to write...especially since I'm walking a few miles to come update you guys! On a GREAT, AMAZING, AWESOME note to end....I've got my first visitor coming down in three weeks and I CANNOT wait! We are going to have the most fabulous time and you should all be very jealous haha...and come visit too!

Besos!

ps. I almost forgot to explain the rash of drunk dials I made a few nights ago...it was a local festival for the the virgin somebody or other and we went up to this incredible mountain estate of the one of the hotel guys we know...beautiful, overlooking the ocean, AND with great cell phone coverage! The night was hysterical...just getting a little crazy and dancing to the excellent-ness of my ipod. We also watched a movie...something I haven't done since I got here!