I made it! I work everyday from 7am to 6:30pm and don't have any Internet where I live, so it's been hard to get in touch with people. I promise once I get a routine down, I'll do better. The basics are this:
-training is long, but it's been nice to get to know the other 9 teachers and my town a bit (even if it was referred to as a "glorified truck stop")
-I'm living with another volunteer (Hi Shellie!!) for orientation/training before she moves to er permanent town, and we get along wonderfully! Right now we're at a little surf town on the pacific for our one day off. Santa Catalina if you want to look it up.

Ok, really. I'll do better and post soon from a computer. :)

Leandra, if you're reading this, so sorry to hear about your encounter with the bus in Costa Rica! Emailing as soon as I get real Internet/computer

Abrazos to all :)