BAThroom

I know what you're thinking. 3 posts in 1 day? Well i kind of slacked off this week so now i'm making it up to you.

Today I woke up and went to the bathroom. As I was brushing my teeth, something squeaked at me from up near the ceiling. I looked up and saw this little guy. I suppose the bathroom is a good place for a little bat to hang out - there are hundreds of bugs in there that would make a fine breakfast when it gets up this evening. Its pretty cute too... so I don't mind if it stays. Its much better than the giant jumping mouse that jumped on my hand last week while I was trying to shoo it out of the shower.





squeak, squeak
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all-inclusive pics

so i finally got around to resizing my all-inclusive pics. check em out
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earthquake and tsunami

so apparently this morning a huge (8.8) earthquake hit Chile. there are now tsunami warnings for Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Central America.

Well, we couldn't feel any earthquake here in Costa Rica. And the park I live at is on a series of stepped plateaus and I live at the top - so we should be protected from any potential tsunamis here. Don't worry about me ok?! Everything here is good. (well not everything, I woke up this morning with a tick attached to my FACE! WTF?! HOW DID THAT NASTY THING GET IN MY BED!!!!)

I took an awesome class in university on natural disasters (Geopysics 375) and I know the warning signs for a tsunami. Do you?

Most people think that a tsunami (aka tidal wave) is a gigantic tall wave that comes in really quickly and causes massive death and destruction with the force of the water. Well this isn't true. A tsunami is actually a series of really long waves that is caused when some big force displaces a lot of water. If you look at this diagram, check out the wavelength. Now imagine that this wavelength is many kilometers long. Now imagine that there are like 5 of them in a row. That's basically a tsunami. Tsunamis aren't tall, but they are fast and they are relentless. The reason so many people die in them is because the current sucks them under the water or they get hit with debris and then they drown. I hope today's big earthquake didn't cause any tsunamis.

Here are some tsunami warning signs that you should remember if you ever travel to the ocean or live on the coast.

1. an earthquake. duh.


2. if the water looks like it is bubbling or boiling


3. if the sea recedes quickly exposing a great deal of the ocean floor


4. sometimes a very loud noise preceeds a tsunami.

If you see/hear any of these signs, get away from the water and find someplace high to hang out. Stay away from rivers and streams that lead to the ocean, and remember successive waves can be hours apart.

Hope this post was educational for you. Don't worry about me (well you can worry that i'm getting eaten alive by ticks and chiggers... cause I am)

xoxoxox
Dayna

monkey stuff

I know I promised I would post photos of the all-inclusive today...but I am really tired from a 13 hour monkey day and i don't want to spend the time resizing my images right now. Also the photos aren't very exciting.

Instead, here is a video of Pickles and Velveeta from LV doing ...something?

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Day

brilliant

so I can't remember if I blogged about how I lost my bank card a while back. The last time I remember having it was in MonteVerde and then the next time I went to use it (like 2 weeks later) it was missing. slightly inconvenient to say the least.
I called the bank and they told me they would send a new card, blah, blah, blah. It should arrive here in about 3 weeks.
At the time, I thought to myself "this is annoying, but at least I have groceries to last for a while and my credit card is here for emergencies".

Well guess who lost her credit card this weekend.

Last night I went to go buy game-time for this little online game that i'm addicted to..and my credit card was not safely in my wallet where it belongs. I remember having it on Friday - when I withdrew money on the way to the all-inclusive. I left the bank machine feeling very relieved. "good thing I have this credit card to withdraw cash till my replacement bank card arrives. I don't know what i would do without it." I probably left the dumb card in the machine.

screw you, irony.