Finaly here!

So I am finally in Germany! I can't believe it. When I landed in D.C. I had soooo much excitedness built up...I was bouncing off the walls. My dream of 5 years was coming true. I went to get my baggage then i found the AFS red shirt person I then got on a shuttle to the Crowne Palce Hotel in D.C. I then went up to my room and just chilled. I arrived at 10:30 and there was no plan until lunch at 1 pm. I didn;t have a roomate, so I just relaxed in my room. I went to lunch and there i met the other Core afs students. It was really cool. I met Moria who is staying very close to me and will go to the orientations with me, also. The orientation was really bad. The Core kids didn;t really matter. It was all for the CB scholarship kids that we sat through thier last couple of sessions. Everyone was nice though. In teh picture above on the right is of me and my name tag. All the kids coming in always have one and I washappy because I now have mine! On the afternoon fo the 11th we left for the airport. It went pretty fast since only the 24 Core kids were there. The 50 CB scholarship kids left later on a different flight. We got to the gate and had plenty of time to just sit and talk. It was fun. I handed out my card to people so they could look me up on facebook since all the Core kids left the folder we were giving because we never used them. Liek i said the orientaiton was for the CB kids not the CORE kids. I looked a tmy ticket and saw that i didnt have a window seat, but a aisle seat. Another kid was like NO! I have a Window seat! I need! an aisle seat...so I won and I got a window seat. Many people wanted the seat and I won. I was very happy. When we got ont eh plane thogh I foundout I was not sitting by an AFS student but by some guy that noe one knew. That wasn't cool, but I didnt let it get me down because I had a window seat! I was able to sleep for a coupel of hours...Everytime I woke up I took a picture of the map on the T.V. screen! When we had abotu two hours left i got my dress and I changed int eh bathroom. AFS told us to dress nice when we were on the plane...but thats not Comfortable. I didn't want to meet my family in sweatsa nd t-shirt so I packed extra clothes to change into. After I was all ready to meet my family I had about an hour left. I then talked with the other AFSers across the asile. It was cool! When we landed we got off the plane made srue everyone was there then headed towarda baggage claim. AFS said that there would be a German AFS person at the gate whenw e got off the plane, and when there wasn't soem of the kids started to freak. The go with the flow people werejsut like who cares if they aren't here we'll jsut start headign to customs then to baggage claim then we'll find a blue shirt person. Once through customs we did find a blue shirt person and the worriers were all good. I got my luggage and headed towards where I was to meet my family. I walked though ad I was sooo happy. I was abel tomeet my family finaly! Only Susi the 4 year old was not there. After that, we got in my host dad's car and drove to my house. Moria came with us so she coudl meet her family sooner. We arrived and I saw my room and the house. My room si awesome! I have my own bathroom and plenty of space. I then took a nap after having some coffee. At dinner there was a whoel bunch of people. Lieven myolder hsot brother, Saskia, my older host sister, Marcos, her boyfriend,the neighbors, Sabine and Uwe, and someof Lievens friends. During dinner i was eating and completly happy and I started to cry. It was very weird for me! I was completly fne, but yet I was crying. I couldn't stop either. My host mom, Manon, thought it was because of my alergies to the cats, but no it was my emotions. It didn;t make much sencced to me, butg apparetnly it is normal for a F.E.S. After dinner I went to my room called my mom, and then went to bed.

On Sunday everything is closed in Germany. We went on a walk through the forest that is in my backyard and watched a movie. We watched Schneeweiss. Which is Snow White and the Seven dawrfs. I could understnad very little, but I know the story so it was all good. I then checked facebook for the first time in a while and talked with some friends.

Today, Monday, I got up ate breakfast, and then the phone rang. It was Susi's school. She was sick. Manon was oging to take me to go get my resdency permit, but since Susi was sick Peter did. After we got back from that, and Manon from teh doctor with Susi, Manon and I went into the city to buy some things. It was nice. We also stopped at a cafe to eat ice cream and drink some cofee. I had spagehtti Eis. It was soo good! I knew I had to try it since it is alwys in our German book. Then we went back to the house and watched the Lion King in german. For dinner we ordered out. I got the tacos, butit wasn't tacos...lol I have no clue what it was actually...it was ok, but it was not tacos...lol. I didn't eat too much becaue I was soo fullf orm teh ice cream earlier...My family thinks I'mnto eating enough. I am not sure why. I am eating how I normally do. I tried to explain to them I jsut don't eat a lot, but I don't think they get it. I am eating untilI am full and then I stop. O well, I will keep trying to say I am not hungery.

I start school tommwor. I am a little bit nervous, but I'll put hat energy into meeitng people. I don't think I'll be able to understand much in class, but I will sure try my hardest! I am now going to go to bed. It is kind of late and I am very tired! Everything is gong pretty good here, but my emotions are affecting me a lot. I am not used to it. I constatly feel like I am going to cry even though I am really happy. I hope that stops soon. I am always tired too. I believ eit is from the constant translating. All my thoughts I am translating into German even when I not speaking. It's kinda cool. I'm not gonna lie...so Guten Nacht everyone. Iwill try to write again soon!