Stupid Internet :)

Sorry I have not written in so long, it has taken me a week just to figure out the internet in my new town and I am still having some troubles. I cant even access my blog here...I think it might be because the computers are so slow? So I am sending it to Greg for him to post it. When I first got to Los Coco´s we went to a retreat center in the mountains to learn about Eco-tourism. It was a cool experience -in more ways than one. It was freezing cold and raining a lot and then it had amazing views. We hiked to the top of Pico Diego and from there you could see the whole city of Santiago as well as a few mountain villages. One night while we were there we had a bonfire with s´mores. That was a good night.

Last Sunday I met my new family here. I now have a Don, Doña, the Don´s sister, a grandmother, a 16 year old sister and a 15 year old brother as well as a neice who is about 4. All in one house that has three bedrooms. (Don´t worry, I have my own). They are all really great, and I can usually understand what everyone says except the Grandmother, she seems a little crazy. The Doña thinks that I need to be fattened up, so I get yelled at if I dont eat enough. I have had to start working out in my room just to combat her efforts. I havn´t tried running yet because I heard from other volunteers that when you first start either you have dogs(and these are stray dogs) or kids running after you. I thought I might wait until I get to my site before I try to lose the dogs and kids. Yesterday my Spanish class went into Santiago to a mall - a really nice mall too, and we got stuff to make an American meal. Mac and cheese, guacamole and chocolate chip cookies. Making it turned out to be an adventure because they dont have measuring cups or anything here so everything is really a guess. The mac and cheese was pretty good, but the cookies that I was in charge of were a little iffy. They still tasted great they just didnt ever look pretty. Oops, I guess I will have to practice a little more with that!!!