Today was an amazing day. First of all I was able to go to church and it is always nice to start a day off on a spiritual high. Then I was able to go horse back riding along the beach. It was so beautiful. My horse's name was Connautao... or something like that. She was a beautiful cream colored horse. I got to ride as the sun was going down. It was amazing. Looking over the ocean into the sunset on the back of a horse. I bet you can't top that:).
Yesterday the girls from USU and I had a girl's night out because one of the girls had her fiance break up with her over Skype. Sounds like a great guy, right? We talked about politics and the gospel and boys and everything over nice big bowls of ice cream. It was really enjoyable because all of us are so different and have different points of view on so many issues but it makes us over all just a really well rounded group. Dani is a sociology major too and I especially liked talking to her about the economy and politics. She wouldn't mind a socialist government and I am far from that but it was nice to just apply what I have been learning all these years in school to a real conversation and being able to express my opinions and have them make sense. My spanish, not so much in the making sense category, but I am trying. I have been able to get people to understand me when I ask questions or go to buy something at the grocery store. Slowly but surely, right?
I did have my official culture shock moment on Friday. The USU group changed the meeting place for the night and so I got lost trying to get to where we had originally planned. Then my Chilean phone didn't have minutes so I didn't bring it along and I couldn't get anyone to understand me or help me. I just got a really big ice cream brownie thing and went to town on it. Two big helping of ice cream in one weekend. It has been a tasty weekend! I came home after the ice cream and was just crying. My madre was home and was trying to comfort me. With my broken spanish I was able to get out that I got lost and my friends left me. She thought I was super bummed cause I got left behind, really I think it was just my 'what have I gotten myself into' moment that is pretty common from what I hear. It turns out that the group had been calling my phone all night to let me know about the change. I am buying phone minutes the second I get out of school tomorrow. After a goodnights sleep and a little run the next morning everything was better and life was back in perspective. I am gonna get this language down!
Yesterday the girls from USU and I had a girl's night out because one of the girls had her fiance break up with her over Skype. Sounds like a great guy, right? We talked about politics and the gospel and boys and everything over nice big bowls of ice cream. It was really enjoyable because all of us are so different and have different points of view on so many issues but it makes us over all just a really well rounded group. Dani is a sociology major too and I especially liked talking to her about the economy and politics. She wouldn't mind a socialist government and I am far from that but it was nice to just apply what I have been learning all these years in school to a real conversation and being able to express my opinions and have them make sense. My spanish, not so much in the making sense category, but I am trying. I have been able to get people to understand me when I ask questions or go to buy something at the grocery store. Slowly but surely, right?
I did have my official culture shock moment on Friday. The USU group changed the meeting place for the night and so I got lost trying to get to where we had originally planned. Then my Chilean phone didn't have minutes so I didn't bring it along and I couldn't get anyone to understand me or help me. I just got a really big ice cream brownie thing and went to town on it. Two big helping of ice cream in one weekend. It has been a tasty weekend! I came home after the ice cream and was just crying. My madre was home and was trying to comfort me. With my broken spanish I was able to get out that I got lost and my friends left me. She thought I was super bummed cause I got left behind, really I think it was just my 'what have I gotten myself into' moment that is pretty common from what I hear. It turns out that the group had been calling my phone all night to let me know about the change. I am buying phone minutes the second I get out of school tomorrow. After a goodnights sleep and a little run the next morning everything was better and life was back in perspective. I am gonna get this language down!
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