3 Monate noch...

SO. School is getting better. I mean, I am understanding more and more of what the teachers are saying. So that is exciting!! I actually, amazingly, understood entirely what my physics teacher has been talking about for the past two periods, which is the first time that has ever happened! I have been getting my oral grades these past weeks, most of them aren't bad, ranging from 3-4, with one 2 in English. So school is going pretty well. However, I have to do a presentation in music and a book summary in german. So that will be interesting.

We also are getting two or three more exchange students at my school. One is already here. Her name is Jessica and she is from Brazil. Not sure when the others are coming, but I think they are from Costa Rica and Panama, or something.

Last weekend we celebrated my host dad's birthday!! It was a lot of fun!! We had a great chili/soup thing and just had fun dancing ( I didn't dance) and just hanging out. I met his work buddies, who are crazier than most of my friends!

I have also been asked by a relative to help out in his Flat Stanley project. I will be taking pictures of Flat Stanley in Hamburg, Kiel, and maybe Flensburg. But I will also be sending him to other exchange students in the other three corners of Germany. I really cannot wait to see where he goes!!!

I will also be finally going to a concert here in Germany!!! I have talked to my host mom about going to one about three other times, and have never gone. But this time I am definitely going. I even have the tickets already!! I cannot wait!! A couple of friends and I are going to see Panic! At the Disco in a club in St. Pauli!! HOW CRAZY WILL THAT BE?! I cannot wait!!

Finally, to end on a sad note. I applied for two major scholarships to two different colleges a while back and have now found out that I didn't receive either of them. Now I am really going to have to think about where I want to go and what not. But hopefully it will all work out. Also, a sad note for me, but a happy note for my American friends back home: Yesterday was my 3 month mark. In less than 3 months, I will be arriving back home in Missouri.....

I really cannot believe it. I can't picture myself without Germany, without Itzehoe. This place, whether I wanted it to or not, has become my new home, and I really don't think I want to leave it. I know I will miss all of my german friends terribly. I also really cannot imagine talking only in English again. I know I don't talk or think 24/7 in German, but the majority of the time I do and I have gotten used to doing so. Everytime I think about home, I get scared. Really scared. It sounds weird, I know. But it is true. I mean, don't get me wrong, I am super excited to see all of my family and friends again and DRIVE!!! But, still. Germany is now my home and I just don't know if I am ready to leave it.