On New Year's Eve, the three of us took a bus back to my village. There, Caty and Nancy got to meet all of my new friends and family, and see in person what I have been writing home about all these months. There was yet another huge family party, and yet more drinking, eating, dancing. All of the boys fell in love with Caty; it was super cute. She and nancy even took a few turns on the dance floor. Nancy and Caty both got along super well with all of my younger host relatives- probably because the kids weren't hing up on the language barrier at all. On New Year's Day, it was rainy. I guess that i couldn't expect the unusually gorgeous weather to hold out forever. When it finally did clear up a bit, us three girls, plus Carita and his nephew, walked up to the dairy where there are also some random animals. We picked some carrots out of a field (luckily owned by Carita's dad) and Caty was her usualy funny self. Nancy was excited to check out the agricultural side of Santa Rosa, and Marta was happy to show her around. I found out a lot of stuff that I didn't know before. On Friday, we went to Hereduia, adn stayed the night at Helen's house. We went out to a great dinner, and went to bed early. Caty and Nancy got in a cab at 4:30 am, and I saw them on their way. I can't even tell you guys how nice it was to have them here to visit over the holidays. And, it was realyl nice to be able to introduce two people that I lvoe so much from my normal life, to the new people that I have grown to love so much here in Costa Rica.
Ithink that the New Year+ my family's visit made eveyone in the village more cognizant of the fact that I am not going to be here forever; I only have 3 moths left. Everyone was getting all sappy on me, and saying how they don't want me to go. It is really nice to feel wanted, and I know what they mean. I really don't like thinking about the day when I have to leave all of this behind. That's exactly why I am encouraging my friends not to talk about it, yet. Three months is a long time, and I plan to take advantage of all of it.
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