Only one week

Ladies and Gentleman,
my year in the US is getting close to an end. Only one week is left.
It is crazy; the time flies. I still can remember how I said goodbye to my family, I still can remember how I met my host family at the airport. I seems to be so unreal that I have to leave in one week.
I don't know how it's going to be at home.
When you go abroad it's easy to say goodbye and hard to feel home in another country. But, if you find your friends and you finally think you are home, then you don't wanna leave.
I don't to leave. I have the best friends I can imagine, it's going to be so hard to say goodbye. I hope we stay in contact but it's never going to be the same if you are not able to hang. I learned so much this year. Mostly only little things, but together they're able to change a person. I changed this year; I changed a lot.
I have to thank so many people for not giving up on me, for staying with me, and help me so much.
Thank you to my host family, Crystal, Chris, Lyla, Lexi, and Liberty. I couldn't imagine having another host family. You are the best and you made my year awesome!
Thank you to my friends, Ariel, Sydney, Haley, Kazusa, Lauren, and to all the other people I had so much fun with! Just saying; but, tubing was amazing, guys!
I'm gonna miss you all a lot, and I will try to come back ASAP!
If I forgot someone, I am sorry, but there are just so many people who helped me and how deserve a thank you!

I can't even realize that I have to leave soon, I feel like so much time is left, but it's not.
Monday, I am going to start packing.

For everyone who is thinking about an exchange year, it's going to be the best year of your life! Just do it!
I will never regret this year! I know there were hard times; but in the end it's totally worth it!
This post is hopefully not the last one, just to let you know.

Prom 2017

Hallo meine lieben Leser,
da melde ich mich mal wieder. Mein letzter Post ist leider schon eine Ewigkeit her, aber nun kommt ein neuer. Neben diesen hier ist auch noch ein anderer in Bearbeitung, der allerdings leider etwas mehr Zeit beansprucht und ich diese momentan nicht habe.
Naja, vor einiger Zeit hatten wir Prom! Ich habe mich riesig darauf gefreut und es hat Spaß gemacht.
Ich bin mit meinen Freunden hingegangen, hatte also kein Date. :D
Um 16:30 mussten wir alle in der Schule sein für den "Grand March", das Einmaschieren in die Turnhalle die mit Eltern und allen möglichen Leuten gefüllt war. Unsere Namen wurden aufgerufen und dann mussten wir uns präsentieren; drei mal mussten wir anhalten, damit die Leute Fotos machen konnten und danach sind wir, total froh, dass es vorbei war, wieder aus der Turnhalle rausgelaufen. Danach ging es dann mit dem Bus, oder eher gesagt mit 6 Busen, nach Clear Lake, Iowa. Dort hat die Schule einen riesigen Saal gebucht, in dem wir erst essen waren und danach tanzen. Um 12 Uhr ging es dann aber wieder nach Hause...Und das war es auch schon. Leider konnte ich nicht mehr mit meinen Freunden zum Essen oder so ausgehen, da es schon ein Uhr war und diese arbeiten gehen mussten. :(
Es hat trotzdem total Spaß gemacht und das Erlebnis werde ich wohl nicht so schnell vergessen.
Oh, und übrigens...Mein Kleid war ZU LANG!!! Ich als große Person bin davon ausgegangen, dass mein Kleid zu kurz sein würde, aber nein, es war sogar in High Heels zu lang. Nicht das ich High Heels getragen habe, aber ich habe mit meiner Freundin Schuhe getauscht und somit bin ich für eine Weile in High Heels rumgelaufen. :D

Fotos könnt ihr auf meinem Instagram Account sehen. :)

My weekend in Chisago City

A few weeks ago, I was on a little trip to Chisago City (yes, it's Chisago...and not Chicago ^^).
To be honest, I was actually not excited or happy to go on this trip. My host mum and my coordinator talked me into joining the trip. Now, I am very happy they did that because I had so much fun!
On Friday after school, we went to Kwik Trip (a gas station), where a PAX coordinator wanted to pick me and a two other people up. We drove through the cities (if you don't know it, if someone is talking about the cities, they mean Minneapolis and St. Paul) and shortly after, we reached our destination: a huge cabin!
We were almost the last ones, so there already were about 30 other students. For our first supper there, we ordered pizza. After being done, we played a few games to learn each others names and so on.
Right next to the cabin was a huge lake, the South Lindstrom Lake. Of course, it was frozen; we are in Minnesota here :D. The ice was about 50cm thick and you actually were not able to see it's a lake! It is incredible to see cars and trucks driving on the lake like it's a normal street! Also they put huts on the lake for going ice fishing.
I found some really good friends, I definitely want to keep in touch with!
Actually, it is really interesting to meet people from so many different nations! On this trip we were from 15 different ones.
Yeah, that's actually all for now. Sorry, it's not really interesting; but it's my blog so I can do whatever I want. :D

Update School and other things

Hello,
it's me again. I know I didn't post for a long time and I am sorry. So many people asked me when I will post my next Update; so, here it is!
About two weeks ago, I had my semester finals. I was really afraid because you get tested on everything taught during the semester; but I survived it! Actually most of the finals were really easy because the teachers here love multiply choice. Nevertheless, my Algebra final is bad...Algebra is definitely my least favorite class. But actually, in the other classes, I passed with A's. :)
Now, the third quarter started and I really love me current schedule. Creative Writing, US History, English, Drawing, Concert Choir, Chemistry, Algebra and an open hour (which is kinda stupid because I am not allowed to leave the school, so I have to wait an hour and after I can leave). But the time flies by really fast so that school is nice at the moment.
My English is getting better and better and I am not using my translator much anymore. My current problem is that I am forgetting the German words and don't know the English one either.
Moreover, I turned in my classes I will take next year back in Germany. I am kinda afraid of the next year because school is very different here and I forget parts of what I learned last year. I will see...
Today, the Juniors have to take the OLPA-test (a math test for the state) and the exchange students don't take it so I am sitting in school with nothing to do because my classes are cancelled. The good thing is that we have early release today so that my friend and I can go to the mall today.
On the weekend I will go on a trip to Chisago City with other exchange students. I hope that I have the opportunity to take photos because till now, I don't have that many photos taken.
Another thing I want to talk (or write) about is my birthday. It was kinda cool to have birthday in America, I didn't celebrate or something but on my birthday when I went down the hallways in school so many people said "Happy Birthday". I was really happy! Moreover I had a beautiful birthday cake (double chocolate cake). After eating cake, we ordered pizza at "Pizza Ranch" (oh my gosh, I love Pizza Ranch so much...It is amazing) and so we had some yummy desert pizza and chicken bacon ranch pizza...That are definitely the most amazing pizzas ever. Okay, stop...Too much advertising...But it's good though...
Actually there is nothing very interesting. My life here is totally normal and uninteresting.

If there are any spelling or grammar mistakes, I am sorry, but I don't wanna check everything. My laptop is still thinking everything I am writing is wrong.  Just changed my settings...It's English now.

I think I said everything I wanted to say. I will probably post an update next week after my trip to Chisago. :)