Hello World! Today I officially moved into my LA Term semester! I love everything about it! We met at the school and of course we were late… oh the 5 freeway. But it was great walking into a room filled with people that I am going to share the next 3 and a half months with who all have similar passions as me! oh I love it! It was good catching up and catching on to the excitement in the room. I really enjoyed talking to Hanna again (the one who went to Costa Rica at the same time as me) and getting to know my roommate. My mom, dad, Ver, Jyll, and Pam moved me in to my new house. Everyone thought I packed to much stuff but I knew it could fit, and guess what there is totally room for more.. When mine and Candice’s families left we finished our room and started to hang with the family. They are awesome! We had fun getting to know them, getting a lay of the land, meeting some friends, and just learning about each others lives and dreams. We had steak, rice, green beans, tortillas, and salad with cranberries and apples, pretty bomb for a first meal! oh and the only beverages in the house are water and DIET COKE, amazing right. I think I will fit in nicely. We listened to stories and asked questions and really had a fun 2 hour dinner. After Yomara (my mom for the semester) invited us to her friends house to look at the new curtains and we hung out there for a couple hours and out little brother ale finally got comfortable with us. He was jumping on me for hours.. we played soccer and catch, literally he would jump and I better catch, and facial expression games. I feel so lucky that they are already comfortable with bringing us to their friend’s houses and letting us into every aspect of their lives. Ale wouldn’t go to be tonight before he came to give us good night hugs, so excited to meet the other two and just become part of this home. We met a new friend that goes by ‘blue’ who is 20 and lives really close. She is showed me all the really popular music around here and taught me how to baranca (not sure on spelling) so were going to go dancing with her next week in a little Spanish club! I love the culture here, everything is done in half Spanish and half English so I am going to get to practice a lot! I only talk to ale in Spanish and the grandpa as well. I can’t wait to see where it takes me! I love it and I love having a roommate again. It’s so great to get to know new people and just drop everything and take on a new culture and life. It is one am and our internet isn’t working but I will post asap with a picture <3
