Micheal Telo

Last night I met my host family and surprisingly it wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be. I have a host mom, dad, and 3 siblings. 2 sisters and 1 brother. They all seem pretty sweet although I can't really communicate because they speak little english and I speak little Arabic. It's very challenging!

But my host dad and I found a way to communicate through Google translate (thank God for google!). He was so sweet about everything and even showed me pictures of him at my age. He called himself a hippie :) haha

My host mom reminds me of my real mommy :) she works at night, and she is a caterer for weddings I think. Because weddings are always at night here. She is very stylish and just wants to make sure I'm comfortable.

My host sisters are 15 and 9. It seems like the 15 year old is more like the nanny, because when I asked her (through google translate!) if she was the older sister she said "la" which means no, and went on to say other stuff but I couldn't understand. Ghita is 9 and such a little diva! As soon as she saw my hair she asked me to do hers like it. It took some time to explain that our hair isn't the same and I could do hers just like mine.

My host brother is 16, but like American boys a little immature, not in a bad way at all! Just that he seems to act younger. He does his own thing so I don't really see him much.

Micheal Telo sings the song that goes "ay fuedo fuedo, ay ay fuedo fuedo" I don't really know the title but the funniest thing was when this song came on and my littlest sister started going wild! It was so adorable, and then she started playing starships by nicki minaj and boyfriend by my fave JB! It was truly awesome and we had a great time. Music really is universal :)

First day of school is tomorrow and I'm super excited to get back to people I can communicate with, and to also start learning Arabic so I can talk to my family!

Love,

Silent observer :)