Learning How To....

Hello all,
Well, its been a while and the reason nothing has been written is because there is really not much to write. My days here back in Valpo consist of getting up when Im ready (which is surprisingly around 9 or 930), going up to my roof and stretching/dancing for a bit, eating some breakfast and..... well, not doing much else. I went with my roomate Marie one day to get her a guitar, and ended up buying an English lesson book off the street for about a dollar. Hopefully it will pay itself off. Joke.
Other than that..... I have been thinking about this whole theme of "getting over" things. Like missing family, friends, cultural familiarity... But these are things you just get over. You realize that some things simply cannot and will not change, so you do. You change, you adapt. You live. And its all, usually, for the better. There are still a few things I am working on getting over, like when people assume that I get all of my money from my super rich parents, and have never worked before. (or, if I have, in Starbucks Coffee). And this still kind of pisses me off. But, I just need to GET OVER IT. And just accept the fact that a lot of people DO think that everyone from the US lives off their parents money and doesnt do shit. Well, I kindly explain to them otherwise, and try not to be like, "and what the hell are YOU doing with yourself becides living with your parents and NOT working???". But, again. the assumptions are not Bad, and maybe its time I stop taking offence to them, and just let it be. Let it be.
Thats one thing Ive also learned how to do down here. Let things BE. I have no idea what is being said around me. Listen, let it be. I cannot communicate my feelings. wait, try, let it be. I really sometimes have NO idea what I am doing here. let it be. well.
Also, amongst many other things of learning How To.... Its nice now to know more of what Chile is like. I can walk the walk a little more, and am improving my talk the talk daily. But also, learning How to walk, how to appear, how to cook and share and live and travel and communicate... Damn, I am SO glad I stayed! My feet feel so much more confident and grounded. I am no longer walking in this mystery fog of, "Chile...????" so, thats nice. And everything is just more familiar, too. Even though every day is new, exciting and awesome, I still feel more accostomed to it all. Like a reoccuring dream. I know the plot, but the landscape and characters are constantly changing. so, thats nice.
.....I register for classes tomorrow, so it looks like it will be another busy semester. But I think thats part of the reason I am here, right? Something about Studying Abroad??? Something like that. Anyway, ONE (well, two actually) more trips before I may be done traveling. I am going to Buenos Aires (!) to meet my dear dear friend John Keim for about a week, then coming back and leaving a few days after that to go to Chiloe in the South of Chile with my "Study" abroad program. Theres that word again, Study... oh yea, I remember that now... hm....
well, off to the books I guess!
Until more exciting news arises...
Chau!