Maybe Costa Rica

There are lots of places around the world I would like to visit, so it was hard to choose one for this task, but I finally remembered that about a year ago I met a person that had been in Central America, specifically in Costa Rica, and I got the impression that it was an awesome place to visit. 

First of all I've never been in Central America, but I've always been very curious as to what I would find there. As it is very close to Latin America, I would hope to find some similarities in the way people relate to one another, because I’m guessing that they are very warm with each other (I guess Chile it's not really an example of warm social relations) but in the other hand, they are very far away and maybe the fact that they are also “americans” doesn’t really mean we have things in common. 

About Costa Rica I don’t know very much apart from a few experiences I have heard over the years. The one thing that has been common in each story is that people there seem to be happier and more relaxed, that they seem to live life a little bit differently than us. Beside the cultural factor that I don’t know much about, I would think that based in other experiences, the warm weather and the fact that it’s basically surrounded by the ocean could be reasons why people there seem to experience life very differently than what I’m used to. I would very much like to see it for myself. 

I want to adopt a dog

I've been wishing to adopt a dog for some time now, but I never thought it would take me this long to make up my mind. The thing is I live with my parents and my sister and I can't make this decision before asking for their opinion first, because having a pet around would definitely cause some changes around the house.

We use to have a dog called Maxi but he died about four years ago. His death was especially traumatic for my father, who was really close him. He was the one that fed him, took him out four walks and took care of him in general; we all loved him very much but none of the other members of my family were as involved as him. I think maybe it was because we didn’t really notice the amount of time my dad took taking care of Maxi.

Anyway, now I want to adopt a dog but he disagrees. It’s not that he doesn’t like pets because he does; the thing is he doesn’t trust that I will do everything I would have to do to take care of one. I understand his reasons because he fears ending up taking care of a dog he didn’t want in the first place, but I resent that he doesn’t trust me when I say it’s not going to be like the last time.