February fun

Now almost half of February has past, and yesterday we had another little snowfall. Winter is not giving any signs of being over soon, and the birds has not yet returned from the south. The snow yesterday came though in the evening, and before that the sun was out and it was very nice. Me, my liasion and my sister Mink therefore went out tubing. It is a lot like water sliding with a big round ring that you rite on. Here the water was just replaced by snow. It was a lot of fun! 

Last week was Snowball week, and you can say it is kind of Homecoming. Everyday is a speciel dressup day, og it ends Friday, with a dance. Unlike homecoming, Mink and I actually went to the dance. It was really fun, and I wore my new dress, so I am not complaining. Here is a picture of the new dress. 

The AFS kids form Webster excluded a german boy. It was really fun.

So we got basketball pictures taken the other week, and they arrived... I am so proud! A sport I actually thinks is fun, and I might have a little bit of talent for!!! (I know, who would have thought of that?) And now I even have documentation for it:

I found this funny picture on Facebook. Yes, this is exactly how much snow we have got...

A couple of weeks ago I got my first black eye! It was actually pretty cool, it didn't hurt for that long. Even though the next morning I had a little trouble opening the eye. The first picture is from the night I got the black eye, and the next 2 are from the next day. 

The date has finally arrived! We won a basketball game! And then we won the next one! Our last 2 games have been outstanding, just look at the scores! We are getting better!

Yes I know it is a long time since I last wrote, but everything is just normal for me now. Besides what I already mentioned, there really hasn't happened something really interesting the last couple of weeks. 

On Facebook there are all these groups about being an exchange student, and sometimes I love the pictures they post. They just hid the nail right on. Here are 2 examples:

- Troldungen

Snowday!

The christmas sprit has come over me, and my room is now decorated with the danish elfs and danish Christmas hearts. The rest of the house is on its way to get decorated, but it is still just the 4th of December. The last two days have been free from school, because of the big snowfall. Over a foot snow has already fallen, and it is still snowing like crazy. My Christmas package came today, and made the day a great day. The presents went in my present drawer, the training socks for my leg in my training bag (Oh yes I can finally say I have on of those), the hoodie on my jacket, and the Christmas decorations went up. Thank you to my parents for the big package with a little bit of everything in and to my aunt Birgit for the Christmas decorations. Today I was on my first snowmobile ride. I, who thought it was a little bit like the four-wheeler, got surprised. When Em told me to lean to the side we turn to, because otherwise it would tip over, I got surprised. That is dangerous! We made it through, but my heart jumped a few times (With my body). So pretty!

I realized today, that I should probably do a checkup for you. It has been long time since I wrote anything about school. I like the school over here. School in Denmark is OK, but here I have some really god courses. To give an example: In the first hour I have Debate. One of my favorite courses. I love to argue, and I am the best in the class. Second hour I have choir. Every single day learning about music and nodes and singing. Monday I was at honors choir all day, because I was selected with 6 others out of 30 in the class. The honors choir is were you go to a school, and the best from all the schools in your district comes and practice together. In the evening we then had a concert. It turned out so that we sang for 7 hours, and next day, I couldn't talk. It was a fantastic day, and it sounded so good. So back to the school check up. Third period American History, 0kay but a little heavy. Fourth hour English 11, next semester I am going to take a harder english class, because right now it is boring. Fifth and sixth hour Algebra 2. As fun as math can be. Seventh hour anatomy. Not as fun as I thought. I think there is way too many tests where you need to learn a lot of hard words by heart. A little heavy too sometimes. 
Basketball. I love itI It is so fun, even though half of the time I am lost. With basketball comes the question: How is my shin splint. Not good is the answer. I made a deal with my host Mom: As long as it doesn't hurt so much that I cry, I can play. Perhaps that is not a wise thing, but I like it so much that I just want to play. We were actually meant to have our first game yesterday, but since we had a snow day, it was canceled. 
Homesickness. Well... It is a battle, but I am winning most of the time. Yes, it is becoming harder as Christmas is nearing us, and all my fingers are crossed for the better after New Year. As I think of it the first two month ware easy, and as I come further it becomes stronger. Well there is only one way, because the option of giving up, isn't open for a second. I am going to toughen up, and get through it.

Last week it was Thanksgiving. We had plans for going to Arkansas Tuesday, but when there was a storm warning, we left Monday instead. Originally I didn't think that I was going because of basket ball. It turned out I missed 3 practices, not so bad, but anyway not good. In Arkansas we visited the Moseleys. They are some friends of Arlan and Debie (my American Dad and Mom). We did a lot of fun stuff, like watching a dinner show, visiting Silver Dollars City (a big american amusement park), and a cute little town called Eurika Springs.

A little bowling of course:

Arkansas. Do I have to say anything more?

This church build out in nowhere, and made out of only steal and glass.

We visited this old hotel, with a lot of stairs. 

Eurika Springs:

A statue out in the middle of nowhere. Why not?

So pretty lights!

While we ware there, it was Black Friday. First I thought of it as fun, but then they told me, people had been tramped to dead before, which I found a little bit scary. We did it Thursday night at 10, and people were staying in huge lines, just to get into the stores. The line in front of the Nike store was about 100 meters long. It was crazy. I kept to the stores, that were a little bit less full, and got a nice leather purse for half price at Fossils with a makeup bag, and a lightweight jacket from Wilson leather. 

So now there is only Christmas in front of us, and I am as a little kid again. Even though I do miss the calendar show which is a Danish traditional TV-show with a new episode each day of the Christmas month. (I read the one on TV2 is a number 2 of Ludvig og Julemanden. Typically when I am gone they show a new one...) Well that just gives me the right to see it in June. I am now short of 1 years of calendar shows... Hmmm. The only solution to that is double of it next year! Have a good 4th december everybody!

- Troldungen

Skole...

Pyha hvor har det været en travl uge. Mandag var Labor day. Ingen ved hvorfor, men det er en day, hvor alle får en fridag. Vi brugte den egentligt ikke til noget fornuftigt, men sad derhjemme og ventede på tirsdag. Fordi tirsdag var stor. Jeg er nu startet i skole. Hele dagen startede med, at jeg stadig ikke havde fået mit skema. Det skulle vi så hen på kontoret efter. Det gik faktisk okay. Den første dag holder skolelederen altid en tale i teatersalen/kantinen. Da Diana og Emilie havde sagt, at alle de andre år, havde skolelederen fået udviklingsstudenterne op og stå, så folk kunne se, hvem vi var. Det skal lige siges, at i år har de fået en helt ny skoleleder. Han gjordedet ikke i år. Jeg er på en eller anden måde glad for det, men også forundret. Hvorfor gjorde han det ikke? Jeg har læst mig frem til, at AFS havde svært ved at finde en plads til en tysk dreng i Webster. De havde fundet en familie, men skolelederen vill ikke tage flere udviklingstudenter. Nu er vi også 8, så det kan jeg måske godt forstå, men er han ikke så vild med udviklingsstudenter?

Det var så efter denne lille tale, at alt brød ud i kaos. Med kaos mener jeg, at alle farer hver deres vej, og jeg havde ingen anelse, hvor jeg skulle hen. Jeg fandt dog ud af det, og i slutningen af dagen vænnede man efterhånden sig til det. Jeg har ændret mit skema onsdag, da jeg havde fået interior design. Det var ikke noget jeg havde ønsket mig, og den første time var ikke så sjov. Skolevejlederen tror meget på mig, da hun troede, at jeg kunne være to steder på en gang. I 2.period hun havde både sat mig på Advanced chemesty og Choir. I stedet for interior design,   valgte jeg Anatomi, fordi det var det eller Psycology. Da jeg så sagde, at jeg gerne ville beholde Advanced chemestry, sagde Debie, at det var nok ikke sådan en god ide. Det ville medføre, at jeg kun havde boglige fag, og ingen "sjove". Nu tager jeg Choir, men læreren var virkelig god i Advanced chemestry. Heldigvis har jeg stadig ham i Anatomi. Sååååå, for lige at smale trådene, er mit skema nu: 
1 period: Debate
2 period: Choir
3 period: American History
4 period: English 11
5 period: Algebra 2
6 period: Algebra 2
7 period: Anatomy

Den første uge har været travl. Det var ligesom, at da vi kom til weekenden,  åndede jeg nærmest ud. Mit liv består nu af: 1 skole, 2 cross country træning, 3 homework og 4 sleep. Indimellem når jeg så lige hurtigt at spise noget. Nu er vi kommet hjem fra kirke, og jeg tror, at jeg skal tidlig i seng. Når jo, huskede jeg også at nævne, at skolebussen kommer kl. 7? Vi ankommer til skolen kl. 8. Hvis vi kører dertil selv, tager det 10 min. SUK! Jeg kan heller ikke deltage i cross country træningen, da jeg har fået det, som de kalder shin splint. Når de andre løber, cykler jeg, fordi det er stødet fra underlaget, som gør ondt.

- Troldungen