kessadiller

I just made a quesadilla with leftover Easter ham. It was yummy. Soooo....my parents gave the OK to go to Costa Rica, and I'm doing it for two weeks and getting credit that will count toward my Spanish minor! Woohoo!!! The only big thing that's bothering me right now and completely stressing me out that there is the slightest chance it won't work out, is that my passport is expired and I didn't know that. Apparently when you get your passport under 16 years old, it only lasts five years, and I got it when I was 15. And I'm freaking out because passports have been known to take months to be mailed to you. Costa Rica is in 3 1/2 months. However, I'm trying to stay positive, thinking that since I already have a passport, and I'm just renewing it, it may not take as long. And if worse comes to worst, I can expedite it so that it'll get here much more quickly. That costs a lot though. But if that extra money is the difference between me going to Costa Rica or not, then I'm so paying for it.
So next Friday I am going home in the morning so that I can make it to the post office before it closes (not open on weekends), so I can get my application sent ASAP so that I can freakin' go in August dang it! *Breathe*..... And I have to go to Los Alamos to do it because that's where my birth certificate and expired passport are. I'll have to decide next week if I want the expedited shipping. I'd rather not pay that much, but I also definitely don't want to risk not getting my passport in time.
Besides that stressful ordeal, Jake and I are incredibly stoked to go. We think we're going to do a different campus the second week, and the weekend between we're going on a tour into the cloud rainforest in Monteverde, a thick, beautiful forest with lots of animals and bird species, and a hummingbird sanctuary! I'm anxious to learn some good Spanish skills while I'm there. I'm a little nervous about being immersed into a totally Spanish-speaking culture, but that's the best way to learn. And I'll have to prepare myself for a five-hour a day, 10-day class. Wow. It'll be great though (if my passport comes soon enough)