So, I turned 23 last week! I feel kind of old, but whatever. It was cute, my adult students threw me a surprise birthday party in class! I was teaching like normal, when Marta came from her house to tell me that I had a phone call. Normally, I wouldn’t just leave my class in the middle, but I thought that since it was my birthday there was chance it was someone from the States, so I went to answer it. However, they had already hung up when I got there! I walked back to my house, but I was locked out! They let me in like 30 seconds later, and they had a cake and ice cream and cookies and everything; and they sang to me. It was really nice. Then, I went to Dixie’s house afterwards, and she had also made me a cake! My dinner that day was 100% sugar- I am surprised I didn’t go into some sort of shock =) 
That same day, in the afternoon, Daniel (an engineer) came out to see our lot and help us design the official plans for the childcare center. It went super well. Daniel is really nice, adn very willing to help us. We should see some results this week! It's hard for me to explain how great I feel that we are taking some more concrete steps towards making this Childcare center a reality.
On the 13th, we finally installed the new playground in the park! It was supposed to take 2 full days, but Abdón and I helped out all day and got it done in less than 1 day. Habitat families provided the food for the workers, and everything came off without a hitch. Now, I just have to figure out a way to keep the high schoolers from playing on it and breaking it. Me threatening death and dismemberment has worked up until this point, but who knows how long I can keep that up. It looks really nice, made of wood with bright primary colors.
On the 13th, we finally installed the new playground in the park! It was supposed to take 2 full days, but Abdón and I helped out all day and got it done in less than 1 day. Habitat families provided the food for the workers, and everything came off without a hitch. Now, I just have to figure out a way to keep the high schoolers from playing on it and breaking it. Me threatening death and dismemberment has worked up until this point, but who knows how long I can keep that up. It looks really nice, made of wood with bright primary colors. 
Speaking of Highschoolers- I am teaching 5 separate English classes from now until I leave! 5th grade, 6th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, plus my faithful adults. Also, I met a couple from New Jersey who contacted me interested in helping out in Las Rosas. I feel really blessed, because they are going to teach English! Liz is a professional ESL teacher in Cartago, and is going to work with my adutls once a week, while Adam is going to help out in the colegio. I was really bummed that I was going to leave my students (especially the adults who have worked so hard) without any continuing English education. But now, with Adam and Liz, some of them will get to stay in class until about November!
Valentine's Day is pretty much the same here as in the States. ON the 14th, we had a party at my house to celebrate El Día del amor y amistad, plus my birthday and the birthday of two other girls in our group of friends. It was fun, with yet more cake. Ticos love their cake. 
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