Today it must be around 70 degrees, hard to believe considering we are supposedly well into fall. Everyone is telling me that this isn't normal for Valdivia. I realized today that for the first time in about 6 months I am finally in much better control of my emotions and my ability to make myself happy that's a pretty empowering thought. I'm also looking forward to some fun social dates this week like making homemade quesadillas with my friend Pedro this evening, Cafe Moro with Theresa tomorrow morning then eventually making my way over to her house in the afternoon to spend the evening with her amazing host family, baking peanut butter cookies with Maxi Thursday afternoon, and then later bringing them over to Marcelo's house where I will have dinner. This week is special because I will be going to a party with my big bro Marco!! The first time he has invited me out so I'm excited =) By the way, I have always wanted a big brother and I feel so lucky to finally have that dynamic in my life. I find myself doing little sister stuff like always checking his room when I get home just to know if he's there and doing stupid stuff just to get a smile out of him haha. I mean this all in the most innocent of ways so don't even worry about anything sketchy going on between us. On Friday he told me I might meet the girl he's been dating! I don't even think his parents have met her yet because he's really private about stuff like that. Anyway, that's my life right now. I feel really good about not only accomplishing the goals I set for myself in Seattle, but also getting to work on restructuring my "phase 2" life in Chile. Things are looking good...