Estoy aqui, finilamente!

Man, there´s nothing like starting out with some adventure. I'm enjoying my first day here in San Jose Costa Rica but not without some mishaps and forgetfulness on my part. It kind of started when I forgot my dress shoes for my cousin´s wedding and had to wear my Flojos (flipflops) but i could just use the excuse that I was trying to acustom myself to the Costa Rican lifestyle. It was toward the end of the reception though that I realized I had forgotten my international student ID and had to drive round trip 3 hours to get the little piece of plastic. (I grabbed my dress shoes too) but again trying to look on the bright side I got to spend some time with my dad and say goodbye to Josh who I didn´t see before I had originally left. So i got to sleep around two and woke up at four to get to the airport for my 6 o´clock flight. We arrived to a large line and computer problems that resulted in a very hurried atemp to get through security and to my gate before my plane left. It didn´t work. I was rescheduled for the 3 15 flight and was awarded 14 dollars in food vouchers and a 400 hundered dollar flight voucher that I can use later. Well I got some more sleep and lunch and went back to the airport, this time only taking about 20 minutes to get to my gate. I was able to properly say good bye to my family this time though. Upon waiting to board the flight, i heard my name being called and was upgraded free to first class (high rollin, I know). That flight went well and I made it to the gate in Atlanta well before the scheduled departure time, which eventually got delayed and then delayed again do to storms in the area. We left about 2 hours late but I was finally on my way, next stop Costa Rica. I was relieved to find my bags had succesfully arrived(since they got sent on the flight I was originally suposed to be on.) As I exited the airport i was greeted by a friendly woman holding a sign that read ¨Brian Bave¨I was taken to my house was i was welcomed by Jose(everyone else was sleeping) and went pretty much straight to bed. I awoke this morning to voices belonging to people I´d not yet met. It was wierd to come out of my room knowing that. I walked into the kitchen to find Yinette (my hostess) making me a huge chocolate chip pancake with a side of banana and grapes. It was deliscious. I was also warmly welcomed by Mia, a very excited 3 week old puppy. Not sure what kind of dog but it´s fluffy and won´t get very big. Yinette and her Daughter Maria showed me around the city a little bit and told me how to get to school. I start tomorrow and am getting pretty excited. I don´t have internet at my home so I may only be able to get to the interwebs about once a week until september when I go to campus, but would love to hear from everyone. Welp thanks for reading and check back soon. I´ll be praying for you.