2 and Half Mexicans

New Roomies, Rogelio and Paco!

Big news amigos! I moved out of the house of my Chilean family and into an apartment with 2 of my mexican friends. I didn't really have a problem with my family, but it was just too expensive. $750 a month for everything! In my new apartment, rent is only $210!!! Also, I'm just not used to living with a family. My old house was way up the hill in the middle of a neighborhood, but now I live 2 blocks from the middle of downtown Viña del Mar! The apartment is incredible. My roomies are from Aguascalientes, Mexico. All three of us are pretty good friends, but we will see how things work out over the next 3 months! While I'm very excited to finally have the opportunity to speak Spanish every minute, I'm a bit concerned at how much Mexican I'm going to pick up. They already have me cursing in Mexican haha. One thing pretty cool is that I have gotten to the point where I can Spanish 3 different ways, Mexican, Chilean, and formal.
The apartment is only 2 bedrooms. Roy and Paco share a room and I have my own. 2 bathrooms, one shower. The best part is the 3 balconies! I'm actually writing this blog from one of them. I'm going to spend the majority of my time outside because it is just getting to summer here and it is absolutely gorgeous! It is right next to 2 museums and I'm a 15 minute walk from everything, 15 minutes to the mall, beach, or my school.
It's crazy to think about how far I have come in my Spanish. The first 2 months I couldn't say more than a sentence, but now I'm able to live fairly easily with 2 guys my age  completely in Spanish. I'm sure at times I will have my difficulties explaining myself, but my roommates make it so much easier. This is easily the biggest achievement of my life. I still can't comprehend that I'm able to live in South America with 2 friends completely in a different language.