Post-It.

SO. Today is one month into my new life here in Torrevieja! Everyday the language skills are becoming better in Spanish, and my English is slowly leaving me with only a two way dictionary to help express myself! I definitely don't have any problem laughing at myself (at this point anyway), because if I don't, you can bet all of your dollars I would be sitting all alone in my room, and most likely my room in Florida. SO. Bring on the chuckles!

School here is going spectacularly (mostly because I only have to pass math, and I have a tutor for that who speaks enough English to get us by). During my other classes, I only work on Castellano. It's makes each day feel about an extra 4 hours longer than they actually are, but I can tell that it's definitely helping to improve my writing and speaking skills!  I'll do another blog soon all about school, but for right now, this is just a post-it note of an update.

My host family is absolutely the best. They are so willing to endure my lack of grammar skills, and they're always there to help if I have a question about anything. More recently, I've stopped second guessing what something is called to ask them, and just gone for it with a guess of my own. Incredibly, about 95% of the time, I'm right! I still always have my dictionary with me, and I've started one of my own in a journal that goes with me to school, and anywhere else if it fits in my purse.
Anyway, family. My host mom is "una caja de bombas". She has so much patience with me, and if I had to guess, I would say I've spent the most time with her. She doesn't speak a word of English, which helps so much for my dictionary searching skills, and increasing my vocabulary everyday. My host brother is a jokester, but we get along really well, and I'm so glad that I have a sibiling here! He's 14, like Holly (mah sister in Florida, for those who don't know), but I know I've learned a lot from him already. Finally, my host dad. What to say about a man who speak four languages fluently, but will only speak Spanish with me? He's fantastic! In emergency situations (i.e. when I had a problem with my visa and needed a bit of translation assistance), he's willing to help, but other than that, totally in Spanish, and for that I am so grateful. He's also a jokester, but very patient with me as well and I couldn't ask for a better host family!

I have SO much more to say to you all, and I promise I'll scribe it all a bit later! For now, it's 12:30 in the morning, and I'm going to a soccer game tomorrow and I'd prefer to not have racoon eyes!

Buenas noches,
Nicole