This is the first time I've been alone in a long while and it feels great. Not to say I don't love my fellow AU compatriots and especially not to say I don't REALLY love the Chilean people, but being in your own space when your surrounded by millions of people everyday feels pretty good. Although I do spend about an hour every day getting from the apartment to school and back I find my gears constantly turning trying to take in and observe all this new stuff. I also feel that it's not just my eyes that are doing a lot of the work, but also my ears. At the end of the day I'm more tired than usual because my brain and ears are on overdrive trying to translate, formulate, and decipher everything that's being said to me and what I'm trying (and failing) to say to others.
Spanish is hard, but I can already feel myself getting better. My "mom" talks A LOT so whenever I can interject I try. She politely corrects me and is always willing to help. I love it here thus far...except all of the United States influences. I understand that it's part of life and globalization but I almost feel guilty when I'm on the bus and we pass a McDonalds; it's like all the other passengers are staring at me saying, "why did you dump these grease buckets in our country?!" Obviously it's not my fault (plus I'm a vegetarian!) but let's face it, I stand out a little and already feel like I'm being stared at...the blue eyes give me away.
All is well, I would write more but my brain needs to be silent for a little bit before mama y papa come home.
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