Long time no..blog??

The last couple of months have been really busy. Well, technically it's really busy all the time, and I have no idea why. I guess from the pictures you got thee main idea of my Christmas, which pretty much was what all of my December was about:) A lot of things have happened, and I've thought about a lot of stuff how this year has affected my physically and mentally. I don't regret taking a year abroad at all, but it's not like a dance on roses all the time. First of all AFS' unoffical name is Another Fat Student...so I guess the name says pretty much everything:p But it's just something you got to facew when you go through an exchange year. And no life isn't completely different even though you're miles and miles from home. School is still not the favorite part of life, and people bitch about it..guess what? it doesn't change:p but the thing is all the experiences you get. I could sit down here and write about my everyday life here, and what you would realize is that my life over here is normal:)

I'm training up for soccer season, so after the indoor soccer games are over now, we have practices on mondays and wednesdays, and it's fun:) Oh, by the way got my grade report card too today:) I PASSED ALL MY SUBJECTS! Surprising?..not really:p But if you would've asked me the first month of school..hell yea! School here is definitely a lot easier, it's pretty much all about doing your homework, and you'll be fine. Second term I got a 3.9...I don't know about you guys...but I'm pretty proud of myself:)(It's out of 4) I even got a B in my AP Psych class. Since starting that class with an F, you got to admit that's pretty sweet! (For me anyway).

Since semester is over, and we've started a new one...oh have to say something about finals here in the US...they're horrible! At least in my school anyway. We have finals over 2 days, where we have tests in all of our subjects over 2 days...doesn't that just scream FUN? Haha, but no it was OK, even though I was dead tierd after it was over:p Other than that my life is pretty much about friends, and we've had a couple of AFS orientations since the last time I guess? Yea, we had one in December, with the talent show and everything. I still think it would bee kind of cute to see 4Norwegians singing the National anthem..when neither of them sings particulary good:p

And then we had another one in January where we met at a golfing place..yea in January in Wisconsin! haah but they did have a minigolf thing going on inside...I figured that my future profession wouldn't be a professional golfer..so no worries for me becomming the next Tiger Woods! I'm still in a discussion with AFS about longer orientations, and I got all the AFS students on my side, but I don't know how much I can do about everything by myself. I like that they feel they can talk to me, and I love knowing that I have other people that are going through the same things as I am going throught this year. I have to admit that our first orientation a month after we got ehre, most off us were questioning whether we would ever find friends here, since Americans tended to stay with the people they've always been with. But can you blame them? We're in Wisconsin..even the state capital is a small environment. But after staying here for 6 months I've found some great friends, and my weekends are always busy:) I never have time to miss home:) It's not like I don't think about all the wonderful people at home, and I'm still excited about going home! I'm pretty sure when I leave Monroe, though how small it is, I will miss it A LOT too!

Life and your mind is pretty much based on experiences. Trust me, I know..AP PSYCH! haha. I think going abroad has been one of my greatest experiences, its had its good times and its bad times, the really crappy ones, but then when you're laughing your ears off with your friends those memories are all gone. I know after this year, the things that will really stick with me are all the good times I've had, all the crazy, weird situations I tend to get myself into(regardless country I guess:p) and most of all, all my EXPERIENCES. If somebody ever wants to take an exchange year, you should take the opportunity! I'm not promising you excitement all the year, but what I can guarante a year full of experiences taht will alst you all your life. You'll have friends from all over the World, and you will learn so much more about life.

I was thinking the other day (it happens!:P), I'm finished with over the first half of my year, I'm in a completely different country, but I'm still one of the others here. You'll end up complaining about the same things as everybody else, as I told my teacher too; we're students, that's what we do. I could never expect the perfect year, but all I could do is try:) Making the best out of everything, and jump into everything that sounds different and new, because you never really know if you'll like it or not;)

As of right now, I have my new schedule too, it's interesting..I have an Art class! I'm not really that artistic, so unlike the othher people taking art classes it's not really my favorite kind of class:p So here's how it looks like now:

1. Film Lit & Comp.
2. Calculus
3. Photography
4. Social Psych
5. RP (Study Hall)
6. Physics
7. 3D Concepts
8. Yearbook

To be completely honest, I'm really happy with my schedule..as happy as I can get with some of these subjects anyway, haha. Valentines day is coming up too now:) Haha I have a date..actually 5 dates; one of the AFS responsible and three other AFS students, and some serious ice-fishing at a cabin with no running water! I don't even know if I should be scared, or cry or simply excited?? What do you think? Haha. There's been so many things I would never have tried at home before I got here. Most experiences have been fun, and hopefully it'll continue that way:) Since I'm in the US, AFS is cooperating with BeloTrips, so we're offered different kinds of trips here in the US:) I'm really excited about my trip I JUST ORDERED THIS WEEK!:D I am SO going to the West Coast!:)