Ladies Night

I definitely forgot to post this last week, so here it is now.


First off, phones are not so cheap here! It's like $40 to buy one, and about $10/d to rent. I guess I'm not getting one.


Last night, I decided to go out to a club for ladies night. It was quite interesting. I wasn't sure if I was going to go because I've been going to bed around 9:30, and this started at that time, which was just so late for me. I decided if my housemate Sagie wanted to go, then I would too so I at least wouldn't have to go alone. So, we went to go take a bus and stood at the stop for at least 15 minutes. We finally decided to just take a taxi. It was about $4 for a 10-15 minute ride. Cost of things is ridiculous here. We met everyone at Maximo and then walked to the club. That was about a 15 minute walk.


First, the club Nova actually carded everyone. Drinking age here is 18, so that's not a problem for most people. So after showing my ID, I had a pat down (which was apparently quite intense for the guys), walked 10 feet, paid my 2k cover, about $4, and got a ticket, and then walked 3 feet to hand over my ticket and get my  hand stamped. It was ridiculous. With the hand stamp, I got my plastic cup. Ladies drank free 9-11. Only bottom shelf vodka of course.


So I was hanging out with Kelsey, Dean, Brittany, and Sagie. and enjoying my free cosmo/screwdriver combo. Apparently "surprise me" means 1/2 way between two drinks. Anyway, I finally finished drink #1 as others polished off their third. Yes, I was the butt of many jokes last night. At least my liver will be (more) healthy.


The music was ridiculously loud and the club was full of North Americans. It was definitely not my scene, but I managed to stay until around 1. I haven't stayed up that late for a long time. It's always amusing to watch people at the end of the night. Some are quite tipsy, others drowsy, and then someone always seems to be crying and miserable. It may be worth it to go out more often simply to watch people.


I finally went to bed around 1:30 and woke up this morning at 6:30. Luckily, someone was in the shower and I hit snooze. A couple times. I groggily got ready and went down for breakfast. Instead of rice and beans and bread, we just had bread and mashed avocado as a spread. It was adequate for me though.


At my placement today, I gave an insulin injection. Katie gave an IM injection in the butt. It was good times. I told her I claim the next one. We then watched an orchestra from Los Angeles play. They were high schoolers, but were pretty good. We finished the day with a few blood pressures and feeding our same lunch buddies. "Mucha lluvia," "Costa Rica," "hace mucho calor."


I didn't go out anymore in San Jose after that, but my days were pretty similar with placement in the morning, hanging out in the afternoon, class, and heading home.