Month 2

Today makes 2 months. Break through! For any of those that have been a foreign exchange student or have learned another language you know how big of a deal this is! On october 3rd a majority of my dream was in Spanish, I don't remember all what happened but I do remember writing a Facebook status in Spanish and talking to my host sister about it in Spanish! This exactly what I have been waiting for! Hopefully more will come soon! My Spanish I feel is getting better. I am able to carry on conversations with my friends at school and I'm understanding more in school. In the past month I received my first 'Muy Bien' on an assignment. And I got a 10 on my math homework. I am learning a lot in my history and economic classes, well the vocabulary and some of the concepts. Also our school had a guest speaker come and I was able to understand most of it. I am also becoming very good friends with quite a few people in my class and getting invited to do many things. I have had my Jae over to hang out and watch movies, and i have been going out to the disco a lot lately so now I am slightly  tired of them and decided to take a couple weeks off from going.
 School is going by fast I only have about 4 weeks left until my 4 month summer break, which kind of stinks now because I am finally in the rhythm of things. Now I am able to wake up and get ready in less than 10 minutes and I even have time breakfast and time to pack a quick snack. Compared to me rushing to not keep our ride waiting my first couple weeks at school.
Luciana told me that there is a very good chance that this summer we will spend about two weeks sometime during the break in Chile and in Buenos Aires. I can't wait! The weather will be so nice. Yesterday it was 90 degrees. Unlike what I am used to in Washington, in the almost two month I have been here it hasn't rained yet. It's already so nice now so we'll see how hot it gets this summer. Luciana and I laid out for the first time a couple weeks ago on the roof, (don't worry I used sunscreen) having 3 summers in one year better show off in my tan. But getting up and down from there was defiantly a struggle. We used an old wooden ladder that got us about half way up and we scaled the wall for the rest. My knees are all scraped up from it. Now we aren't allowed to go up there because my mom is scared we'll get hurt.
My family here is so perfect and I feel like so much that I belong here. Which is the most amazing feeling. We are so comfortable with each other. My mom treats me just as one of her kids weather that means paying for most of the things i need and washing my cloths to me helping with washing the dishes after dinner taking out the garbage, running to the store to get something for dinner and any other things she might need help with. I don't mind helping around the house at all because I feel it's a great way to show the appreciation that I have for her for letting me in to her house. I am so blessed to have such an amazing family. Luciana even introduces me as her sister, from the US, I am so glad that the feeling of being a party of this family is mutual. This last Sunday was Mothers day and I got up early and made my mom a big American breakfast. Pancakes, french toast and hashbrowns. The hashbrowns were awful, they distribution even make it to the table. They were burnt and raw at the same time. Apparently you are supposed to bake the potato first and then shred and then fry it. I am going to give it another go next weekend. There is so many things from the USA that I want my family to do, try and to see. I have already invited them to come spend a couple weeks at my house back home over Christmas break next year. 
Speaking of the US I received my first package from my family back there. It had peanut butter, s'more stuff, pancake mix and syrup, and ranch. Just some stuff I couldn't live with out. Thanks mommy! I have had the peanut butter for a couple weeks now and looking how much is already gone I don't know how long this is going to last. I made s'mores with my family and to my surprise Daniela didn't like them! Luciana on the other hand couldnt get enough and Franco was scared to try them. I also made dinner for them, grilled cheese and tomato soup. The grilled cheese was easy and everyone liked it but the tomato soup was not such a hit. I used tomato pulp to start with and it went down hill from there. I ended up having to skype home for help from my mom. I guess your supposed to add baking soda and chicken broth. I would have never guessed. However the brownies went a lot better. I made them with some friends and they loved he batter just as much as the actual brownie. But the again that was our of a box. Everyone in my family liked them which is great. The next thing on my list after the big breakfast thing is chocolate chip cookies. I just need to find all the materials.
Luciana, Dani and I went to a Walmart here in town and I was able to find doughnuts, peanut butter (thank goodness), sour gummy worms, cup of noodle, and Hershey's chocolate. However no marshmallows or gram crackers.
Next weekend is Halloween in the USA and I am going to throw a Halloween party for all my friends. That means everyone will be wearing costumes, carving pumpkins, bobbing for apples, eating lots of candy and watching a scary movie. I am so excited.