So first of all I haven't been updating my blod lately because of various reasons. From now until I leave America I'm gonna update my blog 5 times a week. Now to what I've been up to those past few weeks. PROMOn April 9th, I had to wake up pretty early for a Saturday. I got my make-up done by the aunt of my neighbor. I'm so glad she had time for me and that Kayla made her do my make-up, she did a great job! Well then I had a little break, until I had an appointment to get my hair done. My other neighbor suggested me her hairdresser. And Amy did an amazing job on my hair. Well I rushed home to put on my dress before Marco is gonna pick me up. We went to take pictures at the lake. His cousin took pictures of us, and she made them look great. I had a lot of fun taking pictures with Marco and later with my two best friends and their dates at the lumpkin house. We all went to eat at Santa Fee. After we got done eating, we finally went to Guntersville where Prom was. It was a lot of fun even though I don't like to dance. Steven was dancing all night long, and yes he was dancing with all the girls. I had an amazing night, I will always remember. APRILI have been so busy during April and May is gonna be even worse. I have been to the land of Jessie and Mark and it was great. I love going to the land with them. I really started to like going to church. The past few weeks brought me a lot closer to God. I already had my exit orientation what makes going home feel even closer. I am kind of excited to go home and on the other hand really sad.I am gonna miss especially my host family really much. About to go home...Well at this point of the year I got a letter I wrote to myself before I came to America. When I got this letter I didn't even rember when I wrote it. But I want to let you know what I wrote and what i think now.
I told myself that I hope I had a lot of fun, I had some difficulties but I had tons of fun. I told myself to make new friends. I made friends, maybe not as I expected to make friends. Sometimes it is hard to tell what people are friends and what people are not good for you. I was hoping I'll have a great host mom. And guess what, I had the best host mom you could ever wish for. A women who loves you like her own child, and would do everything for you. I expected from myself to practice my English and even though a lot of people here make fun of my apparently funny accent, my English got a lot better. I don't think any of y'all want to read my letter to be honest. I told myself to be openminded, I think I am openminded but I probably could still work on that. I was afraid of making new friends at the school I'm going to after summer, but I am really confident that it's going to be easy. I told myself to learn about the American culture and get a better view of things. I did not only learn things about the American culture but also about the Mexican culture. I didn't quite got to experience what I expected to but I learned so much I'll never forget and will be thankful for in my future. I tend to complain a lot. A lot more than I should. I am really ungrateful. From now on I am gonna be grateful about every opportunity I get in life. There are only a few weeks here left and I am going to make the best out of those few weeks I got.
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MondayTo start the day we went to eat breakfast at the Huddle House. After we got done eating, Marco still wouldn't tell us, where we're going. And I had no idea until we passed a sign with Catherdral Caverns. We went on a guided tour for over two hours. It was really fun and we learned a lot. After the tour we got some time to look around by ourselves. For lunch we ate my favorite food. And a little later Marco took me and Raffaela home, where Kim made some great burgers. After supper we all decided to make homemade ice cream together. It was a great day. TuesdayI am now a mommy! ThursdayAfter we just rested on Wednesday. We got up early on Thursday. We went to hair dresser, where Raffaela got a hair cut. As soon as she got done, we drove our way to Huntsville. In Huntsville, we went to the Space and Rocket Center. It is an amazing museum. I learned a lot. Due to the weather a few things were closed. For lunch we went to Red Robin. And it was apparently my birthday. Before we went home, we went shopping. I had a great and fun day. FridayWe had a girls day, and went to get our nails done. After that we were hungry so we went to eat lunch and before we went back home again we bought a few things at the store. Me and Raffaela enjoyed our last day together. SaturdayRaffaela got picked up and went to the airport. Unfortunately we didn't really had time to say goodbye. But I'm going to see her in two month again. Even though I am sad that I have to leave soon, I am excited so see my family and friends. TodayI had a great spring break. I am so glad Raffaela came to visit me. And I hope she enjoyed it here and had a great time too.
I learned so much this past months and I am pretty sure I got much stronger. I had hard times and I am still having some hard days. But my family and friends are always behind me. And I am glad I took this opportunity to do this exchange year. Today wasn't really an exciting day. I tried to sleep in, but Raffalea keeps making noise early in the morning.
We mad pancakes for breakfast! Happy International Day of Happiness! We made ourselves ready and packed our stuff. Before we went to Kim and Denise's house we dropped off Steven at Jessie's. Thank you Kim and Denise for letting us stay with y'all for a few days. It was really fun today, we took Alice to Gadsden, where her host family met her to take her home. While we were waiting on them we went to Wallmart to get some groceries. When we came home we had some chili dogs, and we watched some interesting movies. I had a nice evening. THE FACTORYRaffaela woke me up at 7'o'clock! 7 on a Saturday. Saturday of spring break. But anyways, we got up and made breakfast.
After we got done eating, we made ourselves ready. While we were waiting for Denise to pick us up, we were playing The Sims4. Denise and her daughter picked us up at 2pm and we went to The Factory in Gadsden. After we had to wait for more than an hour, we were jumping and playing for like 2 hours. It was a lot of fun and really exhausting. It was great to see friends I haven't seen in a while. And to spend time with Kim and Denise. To end our fun trip we went to eat at Cracker Barrel. Who doesn't love breakfast for supper? Raffaela went to school with me today.
Funny how people realized she is new really quick, but the barley talked with me like the first three month with me. Doris picked us up after school and we just rested and talked. Later on Marco and his parents picked us up. We went looking for a tux for him at the Gadsden Mall. His parents invited us to pizza when we got done. It is finally spring break! On the other hand that means I have to leave soon. I am excited to do a lot of stuff during break with Raffaela and other friends. And have a great time before school starts again and I have to go home. I am excited for prom and graduation. As I was in the car today with Marco we talked about my exchange year, and even though I had some rough times, I am glad I met all those great people here. Yesterday, after school Jessie picked us up and took us to Chris' work. And he took Steven and me to my other hostsisters house, where Doris, Steven and I waited to go to the airport. We ate supper, I was starving. Every five minutes I watched on the clock.The time went by so slow. And it was finally time so we headed to the Birmingham airport. And we arrived there, but I was so hungry so went looking for the food court. But it was already too late so they were closed. We went looking for the arriving hall and the baggage claim. On the board we looked when her flight comes in, and guess what. It was delayed. shouldn't haven been suprised. At least I found a vending machine to get some snacks and something to drink. After a big confusion, her plane finally landed! On our way home we talked a little until she fell asleep. I remember how tired I was after my flight. We came home really really late. That's why I am just now uploading my blog. We crashed as soon as we were in bed. TodayAfter an exhausting day for her I let her sleep in the morning and I went to school. I think Doris took her to Guntersville and they went to eat. My school day was really boring. Doris and Raffaela picked Steven and me up from school. We went to get a bunch of groceries. At Wallmart I met Yaya and Faith! I am excited to do something with them.
This week I realized how blessed I am. I have everything I need in life. Sometimes actually a lot of times things don't go like I want them to. But when they do go like you really really wanted them to, you feel like the luckiest person on earth. I normally don't like saying when I am happy because every time I do everything goes wrong. But I don't think so this time. Can't believe tomorrow is Raffaela already here! The time needs to slow down. Today was another great day. School was better than excepted today. And after school I went to Maiders house, where we prepared something for tomorrow. I love Maider soooo much. Jessie picked me up from Maider. We had trouble guiding her to Maider house. I'm glad she made it and really thankful she picked me up. For supper we went to get Pizza. I'm so excited for tomorrow. I just fell asleep on the couch. As Jessie woke me up I remember to update my blog.
Goodnight y'all! Great Start for the WeekHow the time goes by? It feels like I've just been talking yesterday with Raffaela on the phone, joking about how she should come visit me. In two days she will already be here. Crazy! After a rough weekend I had a great start for this week. I had a lot of fun at school! And a lot of fun after school with Sienna, Shayla and Steven. We were playing outside. I'm really enjoying the Alabama weather right now. After we had a great meal we went to take Shayle to her Softball practice. I watched her for a little, before I went for a little walk around the track.
Yesterday after school I went eating with some friends. I am glad I got out. I was in a really bad mood for the last few days. It brought me on other thoughts. I had a lot of fun. Today I went to a make-up party. I had fun with the girls and I learned a lot.
I can't really believe Raffaela is already coming in 4 days. I am so excited and I am hoping everything is going like planned. Can't wait for spring break! I haven't been updating my blog lately, mainly because I'm really tired and lazy the last few weeks or months. I'm basically tired of everything. I'm probably not supposed to write about my bad days in this blog but I wanna tell what I feel. I'm tired of having only one American girlfriend, who's my hostmother. I'm tired of Douglas. I'm tired of not beeing able to do any activities in school. I'm tired of EF. I'm tired of being always the second choice. I'm tired of people telling if I want to change anything I need to take the initiative, because I can try my hardest and make it even worse. I tried to be positive the last couple months, but it's not easy to stay positive without anyone to support you. I always help out anyone. I try to be there for all of my friends. But I feel like my karma is still pretty bad, no matter what I do. There are a lot of nights, where I just think about quiting, just giving up. Going home, to my friends and family. Well back to my actual blog post. I went looking for a prom dress with Doris. We had so much fun! Not my actual dress! Just thought it was funny. A lot of birthdays of my family members went by. Get togethers are fun!Last friday some friends came over. We had some pizza and we played some Just Dance. I don't really know if they had fun but I hope so. Valentine's Day I went looking Deadpool with friends and afterwards we went eating at Los Arcos. We went to Zaxbys for a milkshake. And afterwards we went to Wallmart. I had a lot of fun. 25 Days!In 25 days my best friend from Switzerland is coming to stay with me during spring break! I'm so excited, can't wait for her to here. Well that's about it. Thank you for taking your time to read my blog. |
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