Settling in

Well, what can I say... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS COUNTRY! I can't believe that it has only been a week, it feels like I have been gone for months! My host family is so great and my new home is beautiful. I showed up at my family's home on Saturday and served me 6 plates of food. SEIS PLATOS DE COMIDA! ENSERIO! I told my family that I feel like a queen whenever I sit down to eat.

Well, what can I say... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS COUNTRY! I can't believe that it has only been a week. I'm pretty sure it feels like I have been gone for months! My host family is so great. I showed up at my family's home on Saturday and served me 6 plates of food. SEIS PLATOS DE COMIDA! ENSERIO! I told my family that I feel like a queen whenever I sit down to eat. (one plate is missing in the picture above haha)

I have a sister who is a little older than I am and she's a sweetheart! I feel so silly sometimes though because my spanish isn't really up to a place where I can share a whole ton with her just yet. But last night we hung out, painted our nails, talked about boys, and swooned over Enrique Iglesias so I'd say it was a pretty successful hang out sesh. Interestingly, I feel like my english is getting worse. Its as if I need to flip my brain around every time we meet up with our whole group for training sessions to communicate with my fellow volunteers. I always tell my host family that I can't wait for the day when I can communicate with them and not need them to correct me. It's definitely been challenging to get my point across at times but their patience is incredible. I'm hoping by the 3rd or 4th week here that I am in a much better place (well... I have spanish classes 6 hours every week day so the odds are ever in my favor) . Other than language, it's been muuuy tranquillo (suuuper chill). Sleeping with my mosquito net, taking showers with a bowl, and waking up with the roosters at the crack of dawn have become easy peasy. I'm hoping to go on some kind of adventure this weekend and explore the area around my community. If such is the case, I promise to make my next post a lot more interesting! 

Something I really miss today: cheese... cheese on cheese on cheese... 

My training group packed into the trunk of our car for our long drive to our new homes in Carazo!