¡Mi familia!

I finally got to move in with my host family on Friday. It was probably the weirdest thing I've ever done in my entire life. The whole situation was really strange and emotional for everyone in our little group. First of all, they drove us all in a huge bus to this track field near the city we'd be living in for the next five months. When we got there, there were cars lined up all along the street, and our new families were all waiting outside the cars. When the bus stopped, all the families made a mad dash toward the bus, and they all waited right next to the doors for all of us to come out. I don't know what was wrong with all of us, maybe it was nerves or something, but as soon as we saw our families we all started crying...even they guys were really emotional. I have no idea why, but seriously I cried so hard for no reason at all. My little brothers were waiting with flowers and balloons for me, and they are soooo adorable. I've been living with them for about three days now, and I absolutely adore them. We get to watch Saturday morning cartoons...Rugrats in Spanish, you can't go wrong with that....and they give me kisses and hugs every time I enter the room. My new parents are sooo sweet too. My host mom is very protective of me, and last night when I went out she insisted on walking me to my friends house so I wouldn't get lost. She's so nice, and she even offers to serve me breakfast in bed...which I don't take since I prefer to eat with my little bros, but still it's nice that she offers.
I'm still getting used to the whole Spanish thing, and I'm having a really hard time with all the accents, but for the most part I'm surviving it. Last night I went out with one of my American friends, Mary, that lives a couple blocks away from me, and on the way home I got totally lost (nothing new for me), and I was wandering around aimlessly when all of a sudden I heard my name being yelled and I turned around and luckily found four guys from my group sitting in a bar, and they were able to take me home since I was hopelessly lost. One of my friend here, Nick, had a little uncomfortable incident with his host family the other night. When he and his family were leaving the house, he accidentally let the family dog out, and it ran away. Later that night, they got a phone call from their neighbor, saying that Nick's family dog had killed their dog and left it all bloody in their front yard. It wasn't a funny story really, but we were all laughing about it earlier for some reason.
OHHH...I almost forgot. I HAVE FOUND MCDONALDS!!!! It's all over the place here, and there's one right down the street from me, so we're good. AND...Era de Heilo 2 (aka ICE AGE 2!!!) comes out soon and I'm definitely taking my little brothers to see it!!! That's pretty much all the good news I have for now. Hasta luego!