So I woke up at 8 to go looking in the tiendas. Went to a coffee shop and got a iced moccachino (had chocolate ice cream in it) and mango cheescake. Headed back to the hotel and met the others. While Dylan rented a motorcycle, I went shopping a store that had many materials that looked so authentic, beautiful and colorful. After more viewing, we took the buses and headed home. Since I was already dirty from the weekend´s lack of washed clothes, I took Dana, Doña´s dog, for a walk. Aw, how I miss Lyra.

The next morning, I woke up and went to work. I can´t remember what foods I´ve had each day, but breakfast is usually cereal wihh grilled ham & cheese sandwiches or pico de gallo or with eggs with coffee. For lunches and dinners I´ve had wonderul soup, more pico de gallo, potato covered in fried eggs, tacos, salad, remolachas (beets), wonderful yellow rice with peppers and chicken, and really tasty fish. (Pop, I´ve only ever liked your fish, and now Doña´s as well, sry). Drink for lunch has been some fruit juice and recently a melocotón (peach) juice which is my new favorite (I have a lot of favorites here) and for dinner its either coffee or leche. Two nights ago Mary made me Crema, which is like a vanilla milk shake that was really tasty (also a favorite). 

On Monday after work, I went to Ciudad Quesada to get money from el banco and buy a new backback since mine is breaking. So I bought a very cheap one (only 2250mil) and its already broken...haha. After I got home, I went to visit Dana (the dog, a golden lab) outside. Now, my white Chiefs shirt was already dirty from the day´s work, and suddenly I got imprints frrom Dana´s muddy paws . So I figured why not just give her a big hug. She went absolutely crazy. I was trying to train her a little bit but it proved to be very difficult. It started raining so I thought I´d keep her company a while longer. By the end of the couple of hours, my white shirt was wet and brown, but the time was well spent and enjoyed.

Yesterday I went with Marta y Mary to Ciudad Quesada (or else I would have had to take the bus home then walk, in the rain, home. The walking path from her house to the bus stop is such an incline and so painful, riddes are welcome). The rain was so terrible that the river going through the city was muy rápido and dangerous that they had to temporarily shut down the small bridges. Will post pictures when possible. When we got back, Mary helped me review some spanish from my picture book.

So far at work I´ve cleaned the both pig cages a couple of times ) spray, scrub, spray and feed), the parrots (clean cages and change food as they try to bit you-real fun), scrubbed the cats cages, cleaned the place where the capibara, huge pig, tapir and ducks live. The other day the vet came in and I watched as they tranquilized more monkeys for Maribel´s project. Again, they did aroutine exam, found the chip number, took blood, caca and urine, and gave him dewormer and vitamin injections. Next we visited the Tapir and her baby. Since they are inbred, the tapirs have some issues. For example, on the mother´s face and body, there are certain scars and abrasions that the vet applied medicine to. We also visited the quarrentine where there is a putu that was recently donated. The vet checked him out and fed him as well as a baby owl. In the back there are many birds, a margays, rats (for food), hampsters, a jaguar and a coyote that consistently runs in circles. Unfortunately, the animals here are quite streesed since the Zoo only has funds for small cages, which are only somewhat sanitary.  

Four volunteers have left, which obviously leaves much less workers for the manual labor. Surprisingly though, we weren´t given a huge amount of work today. I scrubbed and fed the capibara and sidewalk with Danielle, took a long lunch, then to the pigs, a nice walk around the zoo, then helped Alberto (one of the workers) finish the other pigs´s cages. Hopefully I willhead home soon poque tengo mucho hambre. Tomorrow after work, I am going to join Danielle to help teach English at the student center down the road, so that should be fun. Still unsure of what to do this weekend. Interested in traveling to Monteverde for some frungle and wildlife exploration and zip lining but we will see. ¡Adios!