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today is my mother's birthday, so happy birthday mom
i am actually starting to kind of enjoy school some. the people are becoming a lot more nice, i mean, they are acting like i am a real person and not just some stupid american who they pity and therefore ask him to go to cologne with them. no, i don't really think it was ever that bad, but to a degree i think it was a bit like that. i have gotten quite a few invites to go places this weekend, but i am not sure how it will all work out. my host dad is coming back tomorrow afternoon from moscow/berlin after being gone 3 weeks, so i am guessing he may want me to be home some. but then again, i really want to hang out with people from school so that i can have some friends who i can hang out with regularly.
and sunday is the big district-wide rotary meeting with all of the exchange students who are here. i am kind of excited to meet them all. they are also going to tell us about the weekend trips and the eurotour and the germany tour, so i am also looking forward to that. i hope with all of my heart that one of the rotary trips is skiing somewhere. it would be my dream to go to like austria or switzerland or even france to ski in the alps during my exchange. even if i have to take a trip by myself i will probably go. maybe even have to run away and hide out at the train station all night in order to get there, but gosh darn-it, i WILL go skiing this year. plus, the youth group back in mwc is going skiing over spring break. if they get to go, and i dont, im not gonna be happy.
speaking of not being happy, i am incredibly frustrated with this language called german. i can only speak to survive, and not to be human. i don't feel like it's improving fast enough, but i'm not sure what i can be doing. i just suck at speaking. i can understand, but i just can't respond. all the words just get mixed and smashed in my little brain and come out like i just threw up mashed potatoes.
my music teacher is so crazy. today he made me come up in front of the class and, using a pen, point to the corresponding musical notes from some classical song while we listen to it on cd and he sings the opera section of it. and he is no opera singer. i am also fascinated by the fact that every, i mean EVERY german boy can play soccer. hey we have 3 minutes of free time, lets play... soccer. or.... keep away (with a soccer ball, of course). it's crazy, you see. and not only can they play, they all play incredibly well for some kids who just play around in their free time. my friend gerry was telling me about how americans don't understand soccer because they have never spent "alone time" with the ball. for some reason he was explaining this in english, so it sounded pretty crazy to me. anyways, one must spend time with the ball, feel the ball, be one with the ball...etc
can you feel it?
no, i didn't think so. haha i searched "soccer ball" on google images and it gave me this:
have a great day
i am actually starting to kind of enjoy school some. the people are becoming a lot more nice, i mean, they are acting like i am a real person and not just some stupid american who they pity and therefore ask him to go to cologne with them. no, i don't really think it was ever that bad, but to a degree i think it was a bit like that. i have gotten quite a few invites to go places this weekend, but i am not sure how it will all work out. my host dad is coming back tomorrow afternoon from moscow/berlin after being gone 3 weeks, so i am guessing he may want me to be home some. but then again, i really want to hang out with people from school so that i can have some friends who i can hang out with regularly.
and sunday is the big district-wide rotary meeting with all of the exchange students who are here. i am kind of excited to meet them all. they are also going to tell us about the weekend trips and the eurotour and the germany tour, so i am also looking forward to that. i hope with all of my heart that one of the rotary trips is skiing somewhere. it would be my dream to go to like austria or switzerland or even france to ski in the alps during my exchange. even if i have to take a trip by myself i will probably go. maybe even have to run away and hide out at the train station all night in order to get there, but gosh darn-it, i WILL go skiing this year. plus, the youth group back in mwc is going skiing over spring break. if they get to go, and i dont, im not gonna be happy.
speaking of not being happy, i am incredibly frustrated with this language called german. i can only speak to survive, and not to be human. i don't feel like it's improving fast enough, but i'm not sure what i can be doing. i just suck at speaking. i can understand, but i just can't respond. all the words just get mixed and smashed in my little brain and come out like i just threw up mashed potatoes.
my music teacher is so crazy. today he made me come up in front of the class and, using a pen, point to the corresponding musical notes from some classical song while we listen to it on cd and he sings the opera section of it. and he is no opera singer. i am also fascinated by the fact that every, i mean EVERY german boy can play soccer. hey we have 3 minutes of free time, lets play... soccer. or.... keep away (with a soccer ball, of course). it's crazy, you see. and not only can they play, they all play incredibly well for some kids who just play around in their free time. my friend gerry was telling me about how americans don't understand soccer because they have never spent "alone time" with the ball. for some reason he was explaining this in english, so it sounded pretty crazy to me. anyways, one must spend time with the ball, feel the ball, be one with the ball...etc
can you feel it?
no, i didn't think so. haha i searched "soccer ball" on google images and it gave me this:
have a great day