Hate the Computers, Love the Puppies

March 27, 2009

Hi, so as you´ve noticed my blog is all jacked up because I 1) never have enough time to proofread anything and 2) cannot make changes to font and size very easily, so bear with me until I have more than 2 seconds to use the computer and can figure this out. Everything is still going well, although it all continues to be in a constant state of motion and chaos. There certainly is not time to sit back and reflect on my experiences. Tomorrow I finally get to leave the San Jose area! I will be staying with a current CYF volunteer in Nicoya for 4 days, learning a lot about the volunteer experience first hand, and finally getting a glimpse of the coast. We are going to spend one day at Playa Samora, which is supposed to be one of the most beautiful beaches on the Pacific side of CR.

In other news, my host family has two dogs (Charlie and Luna) who recently became the proud parents of three little rat-like newborn puppies. I had never seen animals being born except for on TV, but Luna was kind enough to wait until I got home for lunch to have her second two puppies, so I got to see everything (and I mean EVERYTHING). For those who don’t know, when the puppies first come out they are totally encased in a fluid-filled sack, so you don’t actually see them until after the mother eats away at it (which, I won’t even lie, is totally gross). Then she proceeds to cut away at the umbilical cord with her teeth, which was also fascinating and kind of disgusting all at the same time. Mama and I could not take out eyes off of it though, it was pretty amazing. The first puppy was black and white, the second was brown and smaller than the first, and the third was black and the smallest of all. They make these little squeaking noises constantly and their eyes and ears are still closed, and will be for a while.

Anyway, it’s all very exciting. I will try to put photos up, but I usually don’t have enough internet time to figure that out. They will definitely be on Facebook with my other PC photos, so look for them there.