Thurs 8 October

Today I had a normal day at work, cleaning the stables, feeding the animals, the usual. After work I was invited to play soccer on a synthetic field with a bunch of the Lecheria workers. Toto told me to take the bus @ 6pm and his daughter would pick me up on the motorcycle @ 630pm. Also I decided I was going to go to Guanacaste this weekend and I would leave with Alex the next morning around 5am. So after I packed and got ready for my trip, I walked to the bus station around 550pm. I waited there until 630pm because that’s when the bus actually was supposed to come. Once I got to the place where I was supposed to meet Toto's daughter, I waited for about 10min. After that I guessed she wasn't coming so I asked for a taxi to take me to this synthetic field. The taxi took me to this small house with a bunch of people standing in the back. I didn't know what to think because there was no field and a bunch of random people that I didn’t know were just standing there. When we pulled up a bit closer, I realized that all those weird people were actually all my fiends that I work with everyday. Once I discovered that I was relieved and got out of the taxi. When I walked up to them they all greeted me and gave me a jersey. Also behind me lights began to light up and when I turned around there was the field. We got warmed up and then started the game. It was hard for me to adjust because this field was a lot smaller than the normal size fields so my judgment was off. I started at defense but then switched to offense. I did horrible on offense and wished I could have switched back but they kept me up there. In the future, I know now that I will have to play a lot harder because all of the players play dirty. For example when I was jumping to head the ball, on of the players grabbed my jersey and pulled me down. After the game, Toto and I went to the bar and I got some dinner and bought him a beer or two. Then he offered to drive me back to the security office at the entrance of EARTH. We had to take the back roads because he didn’t have an extra helmeted for me and it was illegal to drive without one. During the ride I thought I was going to die because we were going so fast. Not only was it pitch black out, it was raining and the roads were slippery. When we reached the guard post, I was thankful I was still alive. I waited for Wendy and then got a ride home. I then finished up my packing and went to bed.