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Thursday 2/24 and I'm starting to settle in after a full week. The internet should be delivered tomorrow, and I can finally post this stuff. Yesterday I got the new cell phone transferred, and got a new number to remember, which I can't seem to grasp. The original one was easy with lots of 9's and rolled right off the tongue. This one has no rhythm.
I had to go to ICE (the phone company) in San Pedro, which is on the opposite side of San Jose from Pavas, and communicate to Don Carlos (my personal phone provider) what I needed done. It halfway worked. It took two round trips and I still can't retrieve my messages. My Spanish needs work.
So far I've hung out with people who speak English enough to be thoroughly comfortable, which is nice, but it's not helping my language skills. On the other hand yesterday's all Spanish portion was taxing and required a phone call to John to figure out exactly what was going on with Carlos, and the taxi driver had to call Carlos to communicate to him that I was stuck in traffic. I'm picking out more nouns in conversations but the verbs are playing hell.
Noon
It's warm today. The warmest it's been since I've been here. Tyrannosaurus Hives. Dishes, garbage, laundry, market, writing. Reading my notes from Spain in '98. Need to buy a wireless router before internet boy arrives tomorrow.
