Central America!!

I post a lot about Costa Rica, but I get excited thinking about it. Here's the latest on my possible trip:
My grandma called me last Friday and said that my dad was telling her about how I was thinking of going there for Spanish. She proceeded to tell me that if I decided to go, she would contribute $300 for my trip! She is so sweet, I was (and am!) very grateful! That would take care of my homestay fees (the cost to stay with a family is $150 per week). Then my dad said he and my mom would help me out too...in his words, "We are going to find a way to get you there", and I would have to do a part of course, maybe gradually pay them back for my part of the trip. So I thought, well, maybe I can actually do it so that I get credit (two weeks, super-intensive program) instead of just going for a week for experience like I was leaning toward for a while. And I think I mentioned Jake might be going too? He and I have an appointment to talk to the Language Learning via Distance Education counselor on Thursday to get a good grasp on the processes involved, how much the whole thing will cost in the end, and how we will pay for it. I'm not sure if it goes straight to NMSU tuition, or if financial aid will cover it, or what. Hopefully we'll get all our questions answered so that I can make a decision really soon. Plus, I'm taking two Spanish classes in the fall, so if I do this, maybe the classes will come a bit easier to me and I won't be as stressed.
I registered for my classes yesterday morning. I wasn't able to make my schedule so that I only go to school three days a week, though, as I had hoped, but that's okay because if I had, I would have had four classes on Monday and Friday, and five on Wednesday. That may seem easy, but I'm used to only having 2-3 classes each day. So now I have two classes every day except Wednesday, when I have 3. And I have no more than an hour or so breaks between all my classes except Wednesday, when I have an almost 4 hour break between my second and third class. But that's only once a week. I'll go hang out with Jake during that time, or study, eat, or whatever.
Here are my classes:
Spanish grammar
Spanish linguistics
Art and Mythology (an honors class...sounded interesting to me)
Interpersonal communication
Small group communication
and....
...ready for this?....
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...TENNIS!!!!! I'm excited :-) I try to take one "fun" class every semester (though I didn't this semester). I've taken bowling, flamenco dancing (4 semesters of it!), and backpacking. I started a futsal (indoor soccer) class this semester, but I won't lie...it was too much for me. The people in the class had been playing competitive soccer for a long time, and I only played rec soccer til 9th grade. Plus it made me exhausted and I was really unfocused in my following classes.
Anyway, off to read! That's another thing I've been trying to do most nights...read before bed. Not for class, but for pleasure. It makes my eyes more relaxed for sleeping, and it's good for your brain! So, happy trails, good night! :-)