hola amigos!
hey yall so ive been kinda busy but mainly i dont write in my blog as much as i would like is because it takes a lot of brain power to remember wat i did this week and how to explain it in english haha but anyways..
i hope everyone back in the US is good. i think about just being back in southlake so much lol.  i miss the space and land that texas provides.  seeing the ocean from my bedroom window and seeing the ocean during my commute to and from school makes me feel less colostriphobic (sp?). im so used to fields of cotton and such but here the ocean is their countryside. As the days go by we are getting a little colder here i think, but then there'll be a day like yesterday where ill be walkin around in capris and a tshirt. 
k this last weeeek...
classssss after class lol naw i dont think its that bad yet. i just get a little bored and lost in my history class.  its mostly about government/politics and economy. ya no thanks ill stick to my microbiology and anatomy classes thanks. oh wait i have to take this class lol. meh my conversation class is great tho.  today we went over stuff about the famous chilean poet/diplomat/communist Pablo Neruda.  Everyone please google him and take some time to check him out. he won the literature nobel prize in 1971 so he's definitely a big deal.  Here, the little kiddies have to memorize some of his poetry.  i think in the US there is mandatory memorization of shakespeare in freshman year of high school. i know i had to lol.  as of now ive visited all three of his houses in chile.  he was kind of a collector and he was obsessed with boats.  all of his houses have small rooms and even smaller doorways so u feel like youre on a boat.  this weekend we went to isla negra. (no its not a black island lol its niether!) neruda was a silly man :) it was beautiful. seriously i have no words for the view of the beach and the ocean and the waves crashing on the rocks.  simply amazing.  they say "how can u live in pablos houses and not be a poet" haha and its true lol.  so fun
hmm yesterday i wrote a ton of postcards so those went into the mail today.  I didnt get to everyone on my list so if you dont get one when some others do its because i am working on urs this week. 
oh i used the micro to get to school today because i missed the metro haha and another one doesnt come for another 11 minutes so bleh but the micro was fun :D. Today i walked through town (gorgeous day/afternoon) and ran a few errands. i hadda go to the post office to get some more stamps and by some valpo postcards which took forever because everything at the post office (here or USA) takes forever lol.  then i hadda go get some body wash at the farmacia- its like a cvs but a loooooooooooooot smaller and u dont really shop. u go up to the desk and say um i want such-and-such brand of shampoo and they get it down off the shelf for u (if they have it in stock) and u pay there lol its like getting sudafed at cvs u have to sign ur life away to get some decongestant lol
so have i mentioned that i have made some great friends with my ISA groupies?? there are really some amazing people here. and i love how automatically the other texas girl and i have bonded.  we may go to opposing schools, but really were just texan ladies! haha its like u know wen u meet someone and yall may not hang out everyday but u go ot school with them and yall talk a lot but for some reason u have an automatic connection with them that i think the first week in valpo we were sharing bowl mvmt stories about whether or not we think our tummies are handling the chilean cookin lol
i just always think ur not real friends with someone unless u can discuss such foul topics :P
hmm on a less smelly note i had a great night with my mama and hermana tonight.  cata had to do a little photo shoot for a good photo to turn in as her application photo so i did a lil make up on her.. which was preceded by an in depth conversation about my make up and my mad skills with it- they were particularly intrigued by this one eye shadow (loreal HIP collection "excite" powder eye shadow- incase u were interested haha) so ya then i played photographer and took some pics of her then we ate a little dinner (yes at like 8:30) and then we went thru and cropped a bunch of em and picked two that we liked :) shes a perty little lady if i may say so myself!
so ya now im in bed and im freezing lol but ima read me some eclipse (countdown=30days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and sleep.  i start my days at like 815 with school from 10-130 straight :/ haha i think tomorrow (if its sunny) i might drag cata to come with me to go kayaking a little out in the ocean :D
haha k love yall and miss yall
besos
chao