Viikko Kaksikymmentäviisi

maanantai:
Baaaa, school again... somehow I got up in time. In music we talked about the 'prepared piano' where you put random objects on the strings of the piano, and it sounds really cool! Fish sticks for lunch... "Pidätkö kalasta tikut?" Isn't as funny as "Do you like fishsticks?" but I tried... In english there were presentations on Victoria Beckhem, (posh spice) I then realized I couln't remeber all the spice girls... I'm a failed 90's child... but it turns out I do know them all, I just thought I was getting Ginger, the movie star from Gilligan's Island, mixed up with the spice girls... but there is a ginger spice. Then a presentation on Justin Beiber. Woooo..... Dance class! we now know how to dance all the dances with only a few mistakes and awkward moments. Soon we will be ready to go! After school some quick dinner and then right to the bus stop for my lesson. I don't understand, with no fail, every time I have my horn on a bus it's pretty much full! But it was my favorite bus driver!!! Both ways, there and back! When I got home, I made Rice Crispy Treats because I'm bringing them to the rotary meeting tomorow... If I can handel resisting them for a day...

tiistai:
English class, there were presentations on the Simpsons, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mr. Bean. I really need to see more Mr. Beans, I've only seen one actually movie, but then him in Rat Race, Love that movie! Study hall, and Henriikka and I headed to the center. She had a doctors appointment, and I was bored. We didn't want to, but we had to go back for history... blahhhh On the bus home, when it was time for my stop I tried to press the button... But it wasn't working... I had a quick moment of panic, like, 'oh man I'm gonna be stuck on this bus forever!' Then I started running around the bus pressing all the buttons I could find. Finally one of them beeped the driver, we had maybe 300 feet till the bus stop, so she could have stopped for me, but she didn't. I got to walk... I have realized the metric system has messed me up and it's hard to convert stuff to our system, so a quarter kilometer... i'm not sure, and it's not even that important. I got to walk. Home, and I got ready for the rotary meeting, Rice crispy's cut and boxed. And I'm off! I love the meetings! This meeting we had a presenter about making a water pipe that gose all the way to Nokia, so we can share water with them. I think because a couple years ago they had a really bad water contamination disaster and many people died. Now their water is really cloronated, and maybe if this tube went in, they wouldn't have to cloronate it anymore. But that's just my guess for only half understanding what was going on. And they really liked my rice crispy treat! People were grabing some to bring home! Score! And they have all the things to make them here... I guess they just don't.

keskiviikko:
Today I went to Tampere to met my other exchange student friend Ashleigh, She lives right now outside of Kouvola, And she's from the US, West New York actually! We were talking how we have probably passed each other somewhere, highway, ect. But to actually met we had to come to Finland. My bus was suposed to get to the train station half and hour before she got there, so when I got there and she wasn't, I kinda freaked out a little... I first sat in the obvious loby for a little while. I found other exchange students! Lots of hugs, and laughs, I got some cell numbers so we could met up later, and went back to wait for Ashleigh. I then walked all around, thinking maybe there was another loby that she could be waiting in. Nope. And we probably should have traded cell phone numbers... Then I just sat and wait at the lobby, I decided I had the time her train came wrong. She finally came! HUGS!!! I just I had the time right, her train had broken, cause today was really cold, and she had to switch and stuff, hence the delay. We found a place to lock her bags up, then explored the city. I took her to the Kaupa halli (store hall) and introduced her to Musta makkara. we shared a link, it was actually really long. And when I say shared, I mean that she had a bite, and I ended up eatting the rest, she dosent like that texture. But it was really good sausage! And we spoke in Finnish a lot that day, It was fun to speak with someone on a similar level as you, I think she is better at speaking and understanding than me, but similar level : P. Then meeting up with the others, and around 4:00 the new exchange students from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and I met a girl from Argantina, It was her birthday. We only got glimses of some of the newbies, they wanted to explore on their own, and I understand that! But running into some around was a lot of fun. Teaching them some things that they don't tell you at the language camp. : P Ashleigh and I had McDonalds, and then for the first time in my history of being in Finland, I used a pay toilet... well Ashleigh and I shared the same pay, she went in first, then me. But the lights had turned off for my turn, luckily I have a flash light on my phone so, let there be light! Then we realized our bus would be leaving soon so we scrambled to get to the bus stop in time. We made it! Then home, We slept in the TV room, I don't think we slept too much... Just spent pretty much the whole night talking. It was awesome!

torstai:
Up, and to school, with Ashleigh, I hadn't told any teachers she was coming, because it was kinda last minute that we decided that we would go to school. We dropped her stuff at my locker, then I showed her around Hämeenkyrö, well as much as you can by foot. She said it was such a long way to the center, and then not much happening there, unlike her town. Which, I guess explains why she says she dosn't go to school a lot. Location. I guess she travels a lot too, I need to travel, I've been her over 5 months and havent missed more than two full days of school. That is unexceptable! We went to English class, presentations on South Park, and a little known actor, I forgot his name, Then I brought Ashleigh to the bus stop because her train was leaving at 1:07, So sad to say goodbye, but we decided that soon I'll be visiting her and we can compare schools! I'm excited! Dance class, then Sewing class, I got darts and gathers done on my dress, and sewed up the sides... when I got home I realized I wasn't suposed to sew up the sides because I for got to put the zipper in... woops. When I finally got home I was just so tired, from going all yesterday, and then getting little sleep. I just fell asleep on the couch.

perjantai:
Today, not much happened... Last block of the day I had study hall, so I visited a few stores. As I was leaving the school there were some 3rd graders (seniors) in the parking lot, they had a sled-type-thing, tied to the back of one kid's car and were driving around and around. Oh the fun you can have with snow and cars... I miss my car. I was the third graders last friday so they were all dressed funny and going finnish crazy... a new term coined by the exchange students of finland. Then waited for the bus home at the SMarket spot. I had a long time to wait, and my bus was 20ish minute late. So I made up a game you can play at Finnish bus stops. You smile at the people in the cars going by and watch their reactions. 2 out of 5 people don't see you, 1 out of 5 people stare at you, and the last 2 out of 5 people do double takes and look really confused. It was soooo funny! The bus actually stopped for my stop this time. Good. Roosa and I made a snow fort! I was planing on sleeping in it, but it's cold outside. Then I skyped with mom and dad! <3<3<3

lauantai:
It's getting lighter! I can tell because I can't sleep in to late anymore, I was up before 10 (a much improved time since christmas break when I could easliy sleep to 12) Not too proud of it, but it's the truth. Landry day! Also do your history essay day! And so on. Roosa had soccer training in the city, and Susanna and Juha went gorcery shopping, I stayed home to try and finnish my history (well, start and finnish it) I have gotten so lazy with school work, all exchange students have i hear, I think of it as, I'm getting all my lazyness out this year, so next year in college I will be ready to work! Roosa and I made our fort even bigger! Made pizza for dinner,sauna, and watched Potous, a finnish comedy series... so funny!

sunnuntai:
Worked more on my history essay, I started enjoying the process of researching. The essay is on international relations of a country of your choice (I chose Finland) from 1990-2010, So it's reasently current event stuff. I realized that I had no idea of what was happening in the 1990's and early 2000 probably because I was little, and nothing outside my little bubble of Castleton, interested me. Well, and plus this was about things Finland was involved in. I learned that in 2003 Yugoslavia became two different countries, there gose my dream of vacationing in Yugoslavia...