sooo....so far my trip has been...interesting, to say the least. on the plane ride there, i took an Ambient my father gave me on an empty stomach and woke up dripping in a cold sweat. later on the flight, i threw up. yes. threw up in front of dozens of strangers. safe it say, i made i lasting first impression.

My host mother speaks no English at all. Convenient, i know. She is the seriously one of the sweetest people ever though. We went to an internet cafe and got on freetranslation.com. We typed paragraphs and translated them so we could communicate, and she told me that she doesn't just want her house to be somewhere i go to change, eat and sleep, but she wants us to be like family. how cute is that? also, the fact that she is like 4 ft 8 probably has something to do with her cuteness. she's like a cute little munchkin! One downside, besides not being able to understand anything she says, is that she loves whales. if you know me at all, you know that whales are the one thing on the earth that petrify me. Anyway, there isn't much hot water and no internet. At least I know that the F on the shower stood for "frio" and not "farenheit" (rylie). I feel like living in the states has spoiled me. I do not understand how people live like this.

Anyways, the first day I was here she drove me around and gave me a lot a lot of food! I don't know how most of them are so skinny. They eat SO much! Rylie and Kendall Argo live about 5 minutes from me, so I went with them to walk around downtown which was fun! We found this one street with a lot of restaraunts and stuff, so we've been coming back here a bunch. When i got back we ate dinner (at 10:00 PM) then watched Benjamin Button...in english with spanish subtitles. haha there was this one part in the movie where cate blanchet turns to brad pitt and goes "make love to me" and my host mom goes "Me tambien!!!" (me too) hahaha she is so great. i hate not being able to communicate with her very well....
hey anna if you are reading this, do you remember when you told me that everyone speaks english? you lied. thanks for preparing me.

Last night, rylie, kendall, chandler and me went out to eat for dinner #1 because we couldn't wait until 10 and rylie unknowingly ordered a liter of beer. haha it was huuuge! then i got home, watched some episodes of friends with Celia, my host mother, then ate a second dinner. yeeeaaahh...typical.

Today was the first day of school and we basically just did an orientation then ate a 2 1/2 hour lunch. it lasted forreeevveerrrrr. but i got to see julia, brett, and rue!! they live like 30 minutes away, which sucks. This weekend we are alll going to this ranch to tango and ride horses. that's kind of irrelevant, but i just wanted to throw that in there. knowing me, i'll get the one horse that gallops away from everyone else and stops to poop a lot.

oh! and this girl from UTD (in dallas) is studying abroad and is staying with the family across the street! she's been in san juan, but i think i get to meet her tonight or tomorrow. maybe she'll help translate. seriously guys, if you ever go to a foreign country, LEARN THE LANGUAGE! because this sucks.

okay i'm sick of blogging. lateerrrrr