a new path.

I've been thinking lately, just the fact that I don't get on here as much as I should, I will take this blog in a new direction just to keep everyone updated on what is happening in my and Nelson's life.

I have finally finished school for this year and am currently not working because we will only be in Chile for a few more months, hopefully. So I end up having a lot of free time on my hands to try a bunch of things out, like cooking, d.i.y. beauty home remedies, exercises and what-not. I will now be writing about my experiences with these experiments and hopefully how Nelson and other Chileans react to my concoctions.

Today I have decided it would be Spa day for me since I never really take a whole lot of time to take care of myself, well in terms of beauty. Today we start with the face.

I would start off by washing the face with a mild cleanser then:

Oatmeal-avocado-honey-milk mask. (for leftovers to use the next few weeks) One whole avocado. Two tablespoons honey. One tablespoon milk. 1/4 cup oatmeal. Mix all together.Leave on face for about 10-15 minutes. Wash off with warm water.

Then:

Apple cider vinegar toner. Using one to one mixture of apple cider vinegar and water is also among the best and the oldest known natural astringents for skin cleansing and toning.

Then:

Moisturize with any really good face cream you got lying around.

Mi casa es su casa.

My husband, tired and now sleeping after a long-hard week of work, will soon be trying to accustom himself to my way of living rather than the other way around. So, with this glass of Sauvignon Blanc that I am currently finishing I can't help but think about how this all will affect him. What will he think? How will he feel?

I want us to have a better life than what we have here, but the last thing I want is for him to be as miserable as I am right now living in his mothers house. But I still can't help but feel excitement when I think about all the places I am going to take him, all the places I want to show him.

What if this is just me being selfish though. I miss my family and friends. I miss college. I miss my independence. But what happens when he misses Chile? It's not like we will be able to come back so easily.

Just a few thought's I've had. I know I don't write here that often, but hopefully someone still reads this...

Green card.

So we are finally starting the visa process for Andres even though we don't have every little thing we need, we can at least get started. If everything works out the they that we are hoping we should be home by mid-end of august. I am so excited that I can't even put it into words. We have been waiting for this for so long and have been through so much and made so many sacrifices.

I want a good life with my husband. I want to share MY life with him, I want him to see how I view the world. I've spent the last year and a half living in his world so I feel like it's time that he lives in mine. Plus he knows I'm not happy here in Santiago, but he also knows I won't go back alone again.

I did that once already and my close friends and family know exactly how that went for me, Andres knows how that went for me. I was miserable for four months straight. I never want that again. I will stay here in Chile as long as it takes. We married each other to be together and it will stay like that.

Las Piedras jamás, paloma, que van a saber de amores.

One more things I've learned about patience is the fact that if you just wait things out, it will all work out in the end. Patience is the key to battling stress.

I deal with so much here in Santiago that I really did have to grow up, and fast. But I can't stress about it because that really only makes it worse. Keeping the idea of patience in mind really helps just because I know it will get better, I just got to keep my composure while waiting.