9 A's and a whole lot of humble pie

A crazy couple of weeks. We had our anatomy and physiology teacher quit on us. Im still a little shocked and unsure of all that went down. But seems some things were taken a little too personal and she may not have been the right fit for a school with a different teaching style. Sad though, cuz i really liked her...she was the female indian jones. So we all had to come together to get through the last part and teach each other along with a past student here.

As a regrouping exercise we were taken on a surprise kayaking trip. AMAZING i had never kayaked in the ocean before. Fun paddling through waves with your paddling partner who gets motion sickness. But Jade and I powered through and decided we should apply for the amazing race. We land on our island and are greated by 1000 or so hermit crabs, iguana's that eat out of your hand and pelicans. On the paddle back we saw a ginormous sea turtle.




This journey is turning out to be even more incredible than initially thought. I knew i was going to be tested academically but definitely came in headstrong on the self awareness aspect. I guess its not so much getting to know myself more but admitting and sharing.

On Friday we had a 5am sunrise ceremony for our personal inventory class. I dedicated my future to breaking down the lovely invisible and visible wall around me. I cried and let go in front of the class and Jill and Russ (our wonderful facilitators) Return home to a birthday breakfast for Stella, a written exam at 830 that I got a B on. Then our massage final, where we have 15 minutes to massage Jill. I wasn't nervous til about a minute to the massage. After I was done, she said she didn't want the massage to end and its not often she says this but that the cream has risen to the top, i had a gift. I then cried again (rule number 1 not to do in the massage room) All reassurance of the right path, the right decision and the right time. I came out of the room all red and puffy, perhaps a scare tactic to my other classmates waiting to give their massages ;)

Then our 4.5 day weekend began. A fun and dirty evening of dinner and revealing. Too much dairy ended that party for me early though.

Head south to Carillo another lil town, with a great beach. Where i caught a crocodile with Jade and Jenni. Jade attached scrap meat to a rope and hung it over the bridge into this river that runs into the ocean.
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And lil croc about 5 feet came on by for a tasty snack. I got a chance to play with him, pulling on the rope as he does his death spiral. Apparently when the big fuckers come by it takes 3 guys to hold the rope. A couple huge crab came by for some pickings too.



Next day we went to Buana Vista another beautiful beach (is this getting redundant?) North of here to fish for crab. We crossed a lil river that may or may not house crocs..okay it does but there were non insight anyways;)




No luck with the crab but it was a beautiful walk and a new beach to chill on. Ran into some howler monkeys and a snake on the way back.

Evenings have consisted of some movies, hitting the lil pub that has pool, ping pong and foos ball.

And today our last day off I received a package of love from April.

Tomorrow starts a new quarter, we get more into the muscles and bones, learn craniosacral therapy and start our clinic orientation.

I think that is it for now.

Loving!