July 1, 2011

Happy Birthday to me! The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was check my Facebook. I had so many birthday wishes from friends and family. It felt like these people were sitting here in my room speaking to me.
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I took a Taxi to work this morning so I could sleep in a little, and it was pouring down rain. I worked with a girl named Rebecca today in the cold kitchen. She is a graduate of the Hotel/Restaurant management program, and will begin her culinary classes this fall. She was a great leader today and I was able to write down several of the sauce recipes today. We made coctail sauce (this was the best coctail sauce I have ever tasted. I made Ceviche, and then we did prep work for the evening shift. Lunch was busy so the hours flew by. The rain never stopped falling, so after my shift, the head chef, Danny asked me if I wanted a ride home. Of course! It took us almost an hour to get home, due to the rain, and traffic. I was so grateful not to have to walk, so in the time we spent stopped in traffic, we were able to talk about culinary. Upon my arrival home, Oky told me that Chip was headed home, and that we were going to the Country Club at 8 pm. I showered and got ready to go. Meanwhile, my mom, dad, niece and her husband skyped me to wish me a Happy Birthday.

The Country Club was nice, and I enjoyed my meal, but I have to say that I was shocked at the amount of teenagers (any where from 15 to 18 years old) that were there drinking and partying. I asked my housemates about it, and Ana Patricia said that there is really no drinking age here, and that it is very common for the Tica's to get their parents membership card, and come to the Club to hang out. The kids never see a bill, or have to pay the bill, the Club just bills the parents at the end of the month. Such a sad thing to witness. Alcohol is dirt cheap here, but food is outrageously expensive.

After dinner, everyone at the table was talking about how nice it would be to sleep in, the next morning. I was lamenting the fact that I would have to get up at 7 am to walk to work. Ana Patricia offered to drive me, so I was very happy.

Chip had stopped on his way home to pick up a cake for my birthday (I love Birthday Cake) but by the time we arrived home from the Club, no one was willing to stay up to eat it, so we saved it for tomorrow.