Earthquake!!!

Let me back up a little though. After going to the Country Club on Saturday, Stephanie and I decided to take a little day adventure to Spirogyra Jardin de Mariposa's, a butterfly garden located in the middle of downtown San Jose. Granted it was small, it was really fun to run around with butterflies like a child! I was able to pick up a bunch of different kinds of butterflies, and I even bought a COCOON!! I really wanted it myself, but I figured my students would be a good excuse! Haha it's a papilio thoas, or Thoas King Swallowtail! It will look like this when it hatches:

Yes, we saw all of these butterflies up close and personal....

We even saw the Blue Morphos, the butterfly of Costa Rica! They're HUGE and BEAUTIFUL!

The butterfly garden was definitely worth the $5 entry fee even though we had to pay extra when our taxi got lost! lol I took my cocoon to school today, and the kids loved it! The lady at the gardens said it will probably hatch in 7-10 days.....days 7-8 we are out of school, day 9 is ITBS standardized testing, and day 10 is my BIRTHDAY! We'll hope for the best!

After a relaxing day with butterflies, last night's sleep was...interesting! I was dreaming about monsters coming out from under my bed, causing my bed to shake, and then I woke up to AN ACTUALLY SHAKING BED! In my half asleep trance, I almost believe that monsters must REALLY be coming out of under my bed! Then I realized my glass shower doors were shuddering too, and oh yeah they have EARTHQUAKES here! COOL but kinda scary since I totally didn't know what to do in case of a big tremor. There's no way I could run outside through like, 3 locked gates in time to be safe. Today, I learned that you get up next to a sturdy object because when things fall, they fall on top or up against things, so essentially you hope that the falling ceiling and your sturdy object create a little hut called the "triangle of life!" Lol the earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude, but the epicenter was on the southern Pacific coast. 

To catch everyone up on my teaching, I am teaching everything, all day long, except for Science/Social Studies. The kids have ITBS standardized testing next week so we have a different schedule, and they will be finishing up their North American animal projects for the science fair on Feb. 29. After that, I will start my own unit in Science/Social Studies in which the students research their heritage. Then, I will be teaching everything all day for almost a month! Whoo exciting but SCARY! 

Well, gotta go plan for our Panama adventure this weekend! We're going to Bocas del Toro, most specifically  Isla Bastimentos! GOOGLE it! :D It will even be CARNAVAL weekend!!!!! FYI Carnaval is like Mardi Gras but WAY COOLER and more cultural, and Carnaval in Panama is THE second biggest festival IN THE WORLD. Oh yeah. Can't wait. 

PURA VIDA, 

Jessica