ziplining again in Costa Rica :)

April 16, 2013: Costa Rica
I worked 8-10 this morning because I’d worked it out with Chrissy so I could go on the ziplining crew excursion in the afternoon (when I was originally supposed to work). Only one of the kids came, a 3-year-old girl I hadn’t seen yet this cruise. She was good, we colored for a while, played with Legos, played foosball and I taught her Lego Star Wars. She was only there for an hour, so after she left I got to go back to studying Italian again. Chrissy relieved me a bit early and I went down to get a little bit of breakfast before the raft drill. The normal people were at breakfast (a wife on board and one of the steel drum band members; I sit with them most every morning), as well as Erich so I sat with them until nearly time for drill.

Drill went pretty quickly, probably because the officers in charge thought it was too hot to be outside for long, they actually let us take off the life jackets because it was so hot (more humid than anything; I would’ve been fine if I was wearing flipflops). After drill, I changed for ziplining then headed out to the pier with Charlotte.

Ziplining was fun, I knew more people so we kept conversation going from platform to platform. A lot of people hadn’t done it before so it was fun to watch them go. I did actually see a monkey AND a sloth this time!!! Exciting! :) The tour guide talked the whole way back, but most of us zoned out since we were tired from the party last night and the excitement of ziplining. I got back and tried to stay awake while listening to music and looking through my pictures, but I fell asleep instead.

Club HAL tonight was quiet. Only two of the kids were there. It was game night, so the first thirty minutes I was there they were working on making their own games, which we then played. After we played their games, we played hot potato, ticking-time-bomb, and celebrity heads. Calm night and we finished early.

Kassie and I changed and went to the magic show. I’d been told there were a few new tricks and I really wanted to see them. One of them was anticlimactic but the other was really cool; I wish I could see it again so I could figure out how it works (I have most of the tricks figured out). After that, Kassie went to bed and I went to the OB to get a sprite. No one was in the OB, but there was a movie on, Timothy Green so I sat with my sprite watching the movie. It’s funny that it’s so much more comfortable to watch a movie there than in the room. In the room, I have to sit sideways and backwards in the bed to even be able to see the TV.