The first days

HEEELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'm finally in spain..... (Valencia to be exact. Well actually Godella to be exact exact)
Thus far, I've met a bunch of my neighbors friends, and all are very nice. Well I dont know if they're nice for sure because I can't understand half the things they say, but for now.... I like them all very much. They're all very fasinated with my height. Thanks, mom and dad, for that.
The language is extremely difficult for me. I knew that I sucked at languages before I came here, but I somehow had this stupid idea in my head that it would still be easy for me to communitcate. Its not. Thus far I've been nodding my head and saying things like `si´or `no entiendo´. Things like that... It's really frustrating sometimes because I can understand things, but won't be able to say what I'm thinking. And also becasue sometimes people have to explain things to me 4 or 5 times before I get it. It's a very humbling experience. Also, I've found that the spanish like to talk all at once. It's really loud and hard to follow one conversation, but I like it. It's really entertaining and fun.
The first day I was here (september 4th) I was SO tired, I fell asleep like 4 different times during the day which is something I never do. I'm pretty sure I slept standing at some point. Since then, I've been getting a lot of headaches and I'm tired ALL THE TIME because I have to translate everything that everyone says super fast in my head, and then actually say something. Which is often really embarrassing because my accent is crap.
Everything is different here. One major thing though is the food. I have yet to feel any sort of hunger. I eat a little when I get up (toast or cereal) and then 4 or 5 hours later you eat your weight in various meats and grains. Then in 5 more hours you eat a whole bunch again. Lunch is HUGE. Two days ago, we had lunch with our neighbors, and they were eating and drinking wine and playing the guitar and singing while trying to teach me how to flamenco. It was super amounts of fun, and nothing like lunch in the good ol' USA. Theyre always so surprised when I say all I ever have for lunch is a sandwich. One other thing is the night life. Im not sure about the rest of spain, but here, the young people stay out really late, but don't do much more than sit around and talk. I like it. Also, I'm going to be really fat when I come home.
A few other things that I've run into:
They eat everything with a fork and knife. This has been particularily difficult for me because I never eat anything with a knife. Or fork for that matter.
People here listen to a lot of american music. I dont know why that surprised me, but it did.
Everyone is really happy all the time. I dont know if it's because they sleep more or what, but somethings working out really well for them.
I'm not quite sure what else to say other than I really like it here thus far. My house is really pretty and european. You can walk everywhere. People are nice and patient. My family is fantastic etc. etc.
Alright. Thats all for now.
Jane