So the big news is that yesterday I switched host families! My other host family was very nice and I am going to miss my brother so much, but the parents worked really late and Axel and Leslie were always at school so I found myself alone a lot of the time. Because of everyone's crazy schedules we never ate any meals together except maybe on Sundays and because of this I rarely practiced my spanish or felt very connected to my sister or parents. So a few days ago I went with the director of housing and we went to see two families and then two days ago is when I finally decided and told everyone. While it was very awkward explaining to them that I was moving out everyone understood that I needed a family that was more present. I'm sure that I will continue to see Axel a lot and I know that I made the right decision.
Sooooo my new family is awesome! I have mom and a dad and three sisters, Javiera (21), Consuelo (16) and Marcela (15). My mom doesn't have a job and is always at home and she's pretty crazy but also really funny. She always has friends over and she's very, very talkative! My dad either is a fisherman or sells fish to stores or something and he is really great and then my three sisters are all really friendly. Also they have a puppy named Mia that looks kind of like a chuwawa but with more hair and she is very adorable. The house is hugeeee and really, really nice. My room is easily double the size of my old room and I even have my own heater which is a pretty big deal here! Last night we all had a long dinner and had fish (not sure what it was called but kind of like Tilapia) and mashed potatoes and salad and it was sooooo good. I spent a good 10 min. trying to explain what my actual dad does because I didn't know the word for stock market so I kept saying in spanish "he buys and sells really small shares of companies" so they said "ohhh he sells companies" and I was like "no it's on a computer", and then they replied "ohhh so he sells computer parts" and it kept going on but then I finally remembered the world "acciones" which means stocks and then they understood. Honestly I feel like my spanish is already getting better just cause before we never had meals together so there would be days where I spoke way more english than spanish and then there were sometimes when I felt like I didnt speak spanish at all, but here I have to speak it all the time and while it's hard and frustrating at times I know that I'm going to learn so much!
Here are some pictures of my new room!
Sooo overall I'm really excited about the move and getting to know this new family. Not sure what I have planned for this weekend, but my new house is very close to the beach and it's supposed to be really nice out so odds are i'll spend a lot of time there!
Chauuuuu! Cariños! Byeeeeee!
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