Happy Chicago Election Day

... and I can't vote :( I'm in the process of applying for citizenship (trying to get the Germans to grant me dual citizenship right now), so hopefully by the next elections I will be able to cast my vote too! On a more disturbing note, I have actually voted once, in the last presidential elections. I was with my friend and he wanted to quickly stop by the polling place and vote, and I told him I would just wait for him. We were chatting while we were in line and weren't really paying attention, and apparently nobody else was either. The next thing I knew we were both standing in the poll booth. Nobody ever asked me for ID, or voter registration or anything. So he let me fill out his form (with his instructions of course), and I'm proud to say I/we did NOT vote for Bush!
Having a great day today so far! I have dance class tonight, which is always exhausting but so much fun, I applied for my dream job yesterday and am determined to get it, and I just bought a pair of tickets for a Cubs vs Sox game this summer! Even though I don't care to watch baseball games on TV, and I don't really understand the game, I have always enjoyed beer and hot dogs and just being at the game. So I'm excited!
Hope everyone is having a great day too.... :)

My first post!

My first post... And what a better way to get started than with a trip?! My mom and I just got back yesterday from a lovely trip to Costa Rica. We stayed at a great hotel about an hour away from Liberia in the Guanacaste Region called Hotel Borinquen. The Hotel is in the Rincon de la Vieja National Park and surrounded by Volcanoes. They have boiling hot springs all around to prove it. It was absolutely gorgeous! We did nothing except lay around, read, sleep and listen to the sound of howler monkeys (which sound like they are HUGE, but I suspect they really aren't). Oh, and the hotel has 200 some horses, so there was also some riding!!
As this is the first post, and I'm just trying to figure out how to do it all, I will leave it at that. I'll post some pictures so you can see how beautiful it is! I also have a new camera that I apparently haven't quite figured out how to use correctly, so some of the pics may be a bit blurry.

I will post more soon. Enjoy....