Bowl number 173

Marlen, Keylor and Ronaldo leave tomorrow. I’m gonna be sad when they leave It is a little stressful but a lot of fun having the house so full and alive all the time.It was a week of constant joking and tickling and A LOT of “Laula look. Look. Laula… Look. Look.” I remember really enjoying their visit last year. Marlen and her family are definitely one part of Costa Rica that I am going to miss a lot. Marlen has always been incredibly warm towards me and so have her kids, especially Keylor and Ronaldo because I have spent the most time with them by far. This morning we worked ‘til about 10:30 then it started raining so we had to go inside. I usually paint when it is raining because if the weather is descent I would always rather be outside than inside paining. I worked on the painting of a rooster that I am doing for Julio for a long time yesterday so I was burnt out on working on the rooster today. Instead I gave Keylor and Ronaldo tattoos on their arms. Keylor wanted a lion and Ronaldo wanted a snake. After that I showered, we all ate a late lunch and I waited for Eduardito to come play soccer. We had to play up at the top of the farm because we muddied up the front yard so badly the last time that we played. There is a little water spigot there that Eduardito wanted to make sure that we didn’t break so we made the goals crooked so that they would be far enough away from the spigot. Sure enough however, after almost an hour of playing, the ball landed right on top of the spigot and broke the tube above the handle. Eduardito and I stood there for a second as the water gushed out of the broken tube. We took turns sticking our fingers in the tube to stop the water while the other person looked for a stick or something that would do the job. Eventually we rigged up a temporary solution with a stick, the top part of the tube that broke off, and some rope. Eduardito was pretty upset because he was afraid Otoniel would be really angry. I kept assuring him that he might be annoyed but that it was an accident and not THAT big of a deal. We told Alicia and waited at the house for Otoniel to return from milking. Upon Alicia’s suggestion, we decided to let him drink his coffee and relax before telling him, but Alicia and I couldn’t help making little comments and laughing to break the tension. Eventually Otoniel said “Ok you guys did something.” Then a few minutes later, without us saying anything, he said he knew what we did. And he did. He just laughed at the whole situation, told us it was not very stable anyway and we went and fixed it. So sweet.