Donnerstag 13.08.2009

My fairly eventful week has been quite enjoyable! The kids at school are getting a better feel for me, and even starting to talk to me! I even got the courage to start a conversation with one of the girls that sat in front of me! They are very nice but i found out they dont talk to me becuase they are scared to speak in english becuase they dont want to say something wrong, i told them I dont care how you say it, even if we have to play charades, i just want some human interaction and the opportunity to talk and hopefully learn some german! they were really nice though and slowly i think i am starting to make some friends! But just my luck, next week i start classes with the younger kids, i am taking some with 7th and 8th graders even becuase they dont know english well so i will be forced to learn german, i will see how that goes and hopefully it helps me learn the language faster but i would really rather be in classes with people my own age, so we will see! In english class today, we had to read an analyse a poem called "I Into Tea" (we are learning about great britain), it was an ok poem, easier to analyze than the ones we do in Mr. Fossetts class for sure haha but the english teacher asked me to read the poem because i am obviously more fluent and it would be easier for the students to understand when they heard it, side note: most of my classes have better 9 and 12 people in them, except my english class with has closer to 20.. haha just my luck! so i get up and read the poem and i am so nervous, my voice was quivering and i know i was beat red haha but i think the other students understood that i was nervous and that made them more open to talking to me, which was wonderful! We have vollyball tomorrow YAY, i am so looking forward to it!.. Today after school, Svenja and i went and ate italian ice cream and it was so amazing, seriously the best ice cream in the world with everything you could imagine and all the fruit you could ever want on top or any topping possible, and it looked like it should cost 20 euros not 4! I loved it, im not sure what i got but it tasted amazing and the presentation itself was worth spending money on haha then i went with her to get her tattoo! I am not a fan of the idea of getting a tattoo for myself, but i was excited for her and it turned out really cute! She loved it and i had fun watching her get it, looked too painful for me to even remotely want one haha but the tattoo lady was SO COOL, i love artsy people so much, she freehands every tatto she does because she wants her clients to be able to change anything on it so that they get exactly what they want, and she made it look so easy, it looked identical to the picture svenja brought in (which the girl in my class, the cool one who talked to me, drew! yay for artsyness!) haha i was amazed and svenja loved the outcome so it was a good day! We ate lasagna for dinner, which was good but not nearly as good as my moms hah! I am starting to really buckle down and try to learn German though, and svenja is being great with trying to help my, she is really a nice person and easy to get along with and she is doing to much to help me! Anyways, im going to wake up tomorrow at 5:30 to run before i shower for school becuase i need more exercise until i find a soccer team or people to play with on a more regular basis! and UNC posted the application essays so i suppose i will get to work on those tomorrow, if you have any advice on college application essays at all I REALLLY would love as much advice as possible so please please pleasee email me at em.rooks@yahoo.com I need all the advice i can get, i am a HORRIBLE writer haha wish me luck! and i miss and love everyone.. there are so many things i took for granted in morganton, i complained wayy to much.. I MISS THE MOUNTAINS.. and being able to drive.. but there are soo many things im going to miss when i have to leave germany, so im doing everything i can not to take ANYTHING for granted haha -thats all for tonight! xoxo -Emily!