Quito Life

What's up guys? Just landed in Quito last night. I was up from about 8 am to start traveling until around 4 am or so. My host mother is amazing! She's the biggest sweetheart and has welcomed me into her home without any issues thus far. Her name is Marcia and she's treating me like one of her own already and I have barely been here. She has two adorable puppies even though they keep me up with their barking at all hours of the night. It's been a great experience so far and I'm so glad I decided to do this. I still feel slightly out of place but I'm sure that will pass. The view from my room is amazing, the house is huge and the view from the rooftop makes me heart stop. This is the best dream of my life and I'm not waking up anytime soon. I start a Spanish class type thing in the morning with the rest of us from K which will be interesting but I've understood what feels like 80% of the Spanish thus far. In the car to the house from the airport, Camryn and I rode together with out families and her family has these two adorable little girls! They kept making us play games and told us jokes for the entire ride even though I had been awake for around 20 hours but they were too kind to not play along with. I've even felt the altitude once when I had to carry my suitcase up to the top floor of the house. By the time I got there, I was panting and out of breath but I'm starting to get used to it. All in all, this is going to be a great time here no matter how hard it was to say bye to the good-ole Kalamazoo.