Well I am now writing from my room in Ottawa. The last month has been amazing fun, especially getting to spend christmas with my family in Manuel Antonio. I was glad I got to share a bit of my experience there with them, and expose them to a bit of the life I’ve been living for the past 8 months. I wish I had written more earlier, because now it seems like there is too much to cover in any amount of detail. So I’m just going to run down some of the highlights of the last month or so in the hopes that one day when I re-read this it’ll jog some wicked memories.

• My aunt and uncle came to visit me in Bagaces, they arrived the day of the going away party and the “Who We Are Right Now” premiere. It also happened to be the day of the horse festival (or tope) in town. My uncle Frank was almost run over by a horse stampeding through the streets.
• Went to manuel antonio and stayed at some magnificent condominiums with the whole family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, my sister and parents. It was amazing to see everyone after so long, and expose them to a bit of Costa Rican culture. I got to feel like the resident expert and that doesn’t happen all that often.
• Went on tons of awesome tours, the kind I never would have paid for myself (thanks mom!), including a mountain biking ride up some crazy steep hills, white water rafting tour, canopy zip line tour, and a sunset dolphin/snorkeling cruise. We got some surfing in as well, and the waves at manuel antonio were perfect for us.
• Christmas abroad was awesome. Amazing food, I missed my grandmothers cooking dearly while I was away.
• Jamming with Rebecca, my cousin, was tons of fun as well singing songs like, island in the sun by Weezer.
• Stepping off the plane at Pearson. Being back in Canada after almost a year away. It was interesting how you can instantly adjust back to home. But even now, months later, there are tiny details of everyday life that still weird me out and make me think back to how things were in Costa Rica
• New years at the cottage with my buddies from school and my sister and her friends was awesome. We built an igloo outside. This was my reintroduction to Canadian life.
• Seeing all my Oakville friends again was amazing. It’s awesome how even though I only see them like once a year when we get together everything can still be so comfortable.
• Coming back to Ottawa, moving back into the Bronson House, jamming with my roommates, cooking for myself and throwing parties. These aspects of everyday life are maybe what I missed the most when I was away.

Well thats what I’ve been up to. Oh, I’ve started working with my friend John Wiseman at his company Blogging Squared part time while continuing my studies at school. I’m going to start on a new blog design very soon, so look for some changes coming up soon. That’s all for now, cheers!