fin de semana (weekend)

hi all,
i am at the cyber in limon right now, which is only about a ten minute walk from my house. this afternoon i am going to go to la clinica roberto clemente (where i will be working the next 2 months) for the first time. i am really looking forward to meeting the people at the clinic and starting my work there, although i know it will not be easy because my spanish skills are not quite up to snuff yet. (i am not using conjunctions because i cannot find the apostrophe key!)
anyway, i got a chance to hang out more with my host family this past weekend, which was really fun. on saturday, my host brother taught me a nicaraguan card game, desmoche (not sure how to spell it) and we played throughout the afternoon. I had time to do a lot of reading and writing, too, which is kind of a novelty. I should probably slow down because at this rate, I will be out of books to read in the near future. Saturday night was low key, we watched some TV and went to sleep early. Everyone was up early on Sunday though, for the Spain v South Africa soccer game. I watched that, starting at 6 30 with my host brother in law, and tried to pick up some sports phrases, without much success. After the game, I went to the beach, which is unbelievably beautiful. There are all these rocks that have been carved by the water into intricate shapes. After the beach I played soccer with the 4 year old and his cousin, dodging cakes of cow dung in the field next to the house. It was really fun, even though I was more than twice the size of my opponents. I am running out of time on the internet, so I will continue later! Adios.