Ok, here I go....

Alright first blog entry. I decided this would be a good thing to have as a way of sharing my experience with everyone and it may reduce the amount of time I spend on Facebook :)

So I have been living here almost three weeks now and I love it! When I first arrived to my city, it was the middle of winter. And this is place is not as close to the equator as I expected, so temperatures were ranging between 35 and 50. The clouds were gray and the only color I could seem to find in the city was the grafitti. But each week has been warmer and sunnier. The winter is fading and spring is almost here!
As the sun came out, colors starting popping up everywhere! There are green trees every ten feet lining the streets and there is amazing architectural buildings scattered about the city. I love it more and more every day!
I am living in a house quite smaller than mine, but it is right in the middle of the city, and here this house is considered quite large. I find that the little things I may have dreaded at home are actually luxuries here. I don't have a dryer or a dishwasher...no more complaining about switching the laundry or loading the dishwasher.
I have a host brother, Emilio who is 17 years old and in the same school year as me. We get along really well and I love that he speaks fluent English. I don't know how I would be surviving without a translator. My host mom is awesome. She works so hard every day and always makes sure I am on track. And I love her more and more as the communicating gets easier. My host dad is also awesome. I find that it is really easy to understand his Spanish, and we get into long conversations about how beneficial this experience is for everybody.
My school is amazing!!! I can't even explain the atmosphere in words. It is an arts school filled with amazingly talented people and beautiful paintings and songs coming from every corner of the building. The kids are so upbeat and exciting, and I felt accepted the minute I walked in the door. I have already made memories with my friends from school. The most fun one was when we made spagetti and cheesecake. I decided I am going to learn to make it from scratch while I'm here. Along with bagels and maccaroni and cheese :)
Tomorrow is Saturday and I am going to go run in 'el bosque' which is a huge park with beautiful trees. I have been talking about how I miss my cross country team, so I was able to get a pretty big group of people to come run with me. Pretty excited:)

I don't have anything to take pictures with unfortunately because I use my iPod and I lost it in the airport. But luckily a nice lady found it and sent it to me. So once I have that with me and I figure out how to upload pictures, I'll put them on here!