One week special.

Well, I've been here one week. Here are the developments.

• I have not met another American, or even another native English speaker. The closest I've come is my Japanese house mate who lived in Boston for a year. I'm sure this will all change once I start working an English language schools, but so far its been a great environment for learning Spanish.
  
• I've lost a significant amount of weight. I wish I could find a scale. I haven't been eating much because I'm not on a solid schedule yet and I'm not crazy about the incredible amounts of meat in everything. Also, I've been walking for hours every day. If I keep this up, I'm going to have to buy some new clothes next week.
• I live in the Miami of Chile. So I asked Japanese house mate why she prefers to live in Viña rather than Valparaíso, where she works, and she said she likes it here because its like Miami. I laughed. Then I thought about it and decided that she is right. This is totally the Miami of Chile. There is the beach, casinos, shopping, and thats about it. Its a vacation spot for the well off of Santiago. Its okay for now, but in the long run, not really my thing.
  
• I've done a lot of thinking about language learning and how difficult and frustrating it can be. I think that it will make me a better teacher. I wish I had a tape recording of me when I first arrived because I know that my Spanish is much better now, even after a week, its just hard to quantify.
  
• I want acupuncture. There is a point on the side of my head that is just aching to be poked by a needle. I'm almost ready to do it myself.
• I have a place to live (I'm staying with Mafalda for now) and at least one job lined up. I'm doing pretty well.

Yayyyyyyyyyy!