Ya tengo familia!!

So much has happened since my last post!

Almost immediately after I left Cafe AM (a really great cafe in the Centro that's worth checking out) to tomar cafe and upload some pictures to my blog, not only did I have someone confess their love to me and ask me out (after about 5 minutes of chatting), but my host family called and I moved in with them last night!!

My host sister, Atenea came to pick me up last night from the hostel, and we drove a very long way to the Delegación Tlalpan, where I now live. We immediately clicked, she´s so much fun. After only about 30 minutes in the car we were already joking around, making promises to go dancing all the time, and singing loudly to Julieta Venegas and Juanes. We went to pick up my other host sister, Farath, to get tacos. Then we went to a taco stand and I swear to god I had the best tacos I've ever eaten in my entire life. I had 3 de pastor, and 1 de carnitas, and they were so incredible...I'm so glad the stand is close to our house and that the girls go all the time!

I moved into my little room, which has its own bathroom and everything. The house is great and in a great location on top of a hill south of the city, so at night you can see all of the city lights. It´s incredible. The family is so friendly and the girls are really fun, life couldn't be better. We also have a little pet turtle named Tuga, that lives with me in my room. :)

It feels so good to have a place to live and move out of the hostel--everything has fallen into place and I feel genuinely relaxed and totally comfortable. It also helps that my Spanish is getting better little by little, which makes me feel more independent and less niñita. So, bring it on, Mexico.