Jumbo

Me encanta mi familia mucho mucho mucho

Today in class we learned how to say I love you:
te quiero: regular I love you, less strong
te amo: passionate strong love
Me caes bien: I like you as a friend
Me gustas: I like like you

Me encanta algo: I really like it

Today I mostly chilled. I am trying my hardest to beat this pesky cold.  My host mom took me to Jumbo and we walked around and she bought pisco and coke, and some lightbulbs. Interesting fact, they try out their lightbulbs before they buy them and there a TON of people trying to sell things in Jumbo (it's like walmart sort of). If wal-mart, target and whole foods and a low budged baby it would be a jumbo.  There was also a place to pay any bill you had right away, which I found interesting.

Then on the way back she drove by her parents house which is two blocks away.  They were home so we went inside.  I met her brother, who's a doctor and speaks english, his wife, and both of her parents.  They live in a large beautifully decorated home.  Not elaborately decorated but with lots of decorations.  I love it. It was pretty big too.  We had coke (them with pisco and rum) and cheese puffs.  The dad is very interesting and fun to listen to. He lived in NYC for a while when he built ships and worked in a ship yard. Then spent some time in France. I understood a lot of what he said sometimes I get lost though.  I guess he saw Oklahoma when he was in NYC.  I like that my host mom corrects my spanish too, it helps me learn more. It is a little discouraging when it's a lot of corrections, but I have to learn. I think my conversation skills are coming along pretty well. My host sister asked me to go out again tonight. I hate turning her down, but I really seriously super think I need to sleep and try to get better. I am worried though because she goes on vacation soon so I might not have enough time to get to know her. But she is very friendly so I am sure it will work out.

I was just thinking how amazing it is to be at this point in my life.  I am basically rid of all my insecurities from when I was in my teens.  Like things don't phase me anymore really. It's kind of reassuring to KNOW without a doubt that you are who you are.  It's nice to know that although you're not the best at everything or the most beautiful you're still pretty awesome.

What I need to remember:
al tiro: right away, now (a chilean specific thing(
and how to say inVIERNO not en verano, I keep confusing the heck out of my host mom.