Village Traveling

Its only 1 here (13:15) but i thought i would go ahead and post becuase we have a busy afternoon!.. Tomorrow is my host mom's birthday, but they always celebrate the night before and stay up until 12.. very cool! we got to do it on my birthday, but tonight will be much more fun becuase more people will be here! It means, good food, fun music, and lots of people. I am very excited! This morning Svenja and i walked through the entire village becuase she gets paid to deliver some sort of coupon book, or something like that, so we walked to every house.. it only took about an hour because the village isn't terribly large.. I enjoyed it though becuase once again the weather is fabulous!!!!!!! Sunny, a little wind, not too warm.. PERFECT.. and i got to see all of the houses and the rest of the village, so i really enjoyed it! I have to go help make goo-lah-sh ( i dont know how to spell it so i sound it out haha ) Hope everyone is doing great at home, i miss everyone a ton. school starts on thursday YAY!!!!! ohkay, one last thing.. haha, so whenever you see someone you shake their hand a kiss on the cheek, for those who dont know i am awkward becuase i avoid any form of PDA or hugs becuase i always do it wrong haha.. so the whole kiss cheek thing drives me bonkers.. for one, are you actually supposed to kiss their cheek? which side do you go to? do you just make a kissie noise, TALK ABOUT AWKWARD, that would mean i need to go practice a kissie noise HAHAHAH! I just stick to the lightly graze them with my cheek and smile big like "Hey im american and we just give a head nod and smile" hahahah.. ohk sorry for ranting. Have a good day! loveeeeeeeee -Emily

Leipzig, pronounced lie-p-zish !!!

Today was fun!! We got to go into Leipzig, which is only about an hour drive.. it was a lot of fun, tons of shoppping stores and big pretty old buildings and tons of people! I enjoyed people watching.. so many different colors of hair and styles. i love it! I tried to go shopping but it didnt work because i am Jeri Rooks' daughter, therefore if it is not a bargain then im not getting it hahahah.. just kidding, im having trouble adjusting to the style.. i love it on other people but i cant see myself in some of the clothes AT ALL hahaha.. For now i look the same, but today was so much fun! and i have a new love for Bratwurst, it is possibly my favorite food everrr next to home made mac n' cheese the way the simpson girls make it! yummmmm. they dont have mac n' cheese here and i have been craving it like crazyy! Anyways.. apparently my host brother, who is sixteen, is moving out becuase he has work ?? i dont really know the whole deal there but he is a chef, cool huh! If i figure out whats going on with that i will be sure and update !! Today was fun and i got a few pictures which is good, i will try to get them on facebook fairly soon! School starts soon YAY! Thats all for now.. -Emily

Summer Life

We are having beautiful weather! Nice and sunny, the sun comes up around six and sets around 9 its soo nice to have long sunny days! Daddy sent me some books and candy in the mail so i have been reading and laying in the hammock all day! It is beautiful, the hammock is right in the garden with beautiful flowers everywhere and the cow in the field beside me haha cool!!! We went to an Irish Pub last night haha, i feel too young to be saying that but anyways! It was a funna atmosphere, they were playing weird american country music haha very entertaining! I got coke, just for those who are curious. haha I had fun though, and today is beautiful! Svenja is sick so prayers for her to get better!!! I finished MySistersKeeper, it was amazing.. and i have started reading the books for Mr. Fossett's class for when i get home.. i just started *On the Road* by Jack Kerouac, i will let you know what i think when i get further into it.. just for the record I NEVER READ, haha i like math and science but to get me to sit down and read a book is almost painful, but for some reason i have found a way to enjoy it here! Maybe its a way for me to seperate into my own little world, i dont know , but i enjoy it! I miss everyone at home! I got to talk to Jessica again the other day, she was online at the same time as me! which is cool becuase there is an 8 hour time difference between us! haha.. But she is doing really well, she started school (in Costa Rica) and has met a bunch of people and made friends with a Girl from norway and one from New Jersey! I keep trying to get her to make a blog haha but she is doing well, thought i would let everyone know!.. It is about 3:30 so i am going to go read outside since it is so nice! I miss everyone at home! Love always -Emily
ps. ansley and jake both got a facebook and email now so i can talk to them all the time too! yay!!!

Sonntag 26. Juli

Less eventful week but still enjoying myself! Obsessed reading *MySistersKeeper* If your havn't read it, you must! It is amazing and i cant put it down!! I finally found people to play soccer with, and they know where the fields are so we got to play which was a ton of fun, definitely a soccer field with the best view ever.. Germany is absolutly beautiful!! It's lunchtime though! so im going to eat potatoesssssssss!! love love love -Emily