Mi familia

My family is great! I Couldn’t have asked for a better fit. My mom is a teacher who works with special needs kids, so she has a lot of patience and is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, and my dad is really nice (not sure what he does yet). My mom loves to talk which is a good thing because I get a lot of practice with my listening skills but bad because I don’t know what she’s saying a lot of the time. I have three sisters, all of which are older than me I think between 27 and 32 or something like that. One sister just got married in august, one has a serious boyfriend and the youngest is single but always hangs out with one of her good friends at the house. The house is very big especially for standards in Spain (I will try to put up pictures on facebook at some point). We also have a dog whose name is Boni…He’s very playful and pretty well behaved.

The two sisters that have significant others live in apartments that are pretty much across the street so they are always at the house and the younger sister is currently living with a friend but is also at the house quite a bit. The family also seems to be friends with almost everyone, as there are people at the house constantly, which I also like because it makes me feel like one of the locals. I have been spending a lot of time with Emilio (my sister’s boyfriend). He said that the wants to take me to a Real Madrid game-his treat-and I think go on the field but that might be a mix up in translation. They are also planning a trip with my other sister to go skiing / snowboarding in the mountains in a couple weekends and invited me to go with them, so I’m hoping that we can find some gear for me so that I can go. Emilio also seems to be the best at knowing when I don’t understand something. The second day I was here he called me out and said that I say “si” a lot responding to things even if I don’t understand…which is true. But as a result he is also very good at re-wording things or explaining things better so that I can comprehend what is going on.

Overall my family is really outgoing and I am really happy with the match up so far. That’s pretty much all I can think of for my family as of now, but I’ll write more if I think of anything.