Edward....*sighs from girls all around the world* (In case you have no idea what I am talking about. Edward is a character from Twilight!)

I promise I haven't forgotten about you reader! I'll keep the posts coming! So I left you on Friday....Last weekend was a relaxing weekend at home which was nice. Notice how I used the word home. I don't mean that it's my home because my home will always be back in Canada, but I feel comfortable enough in this family to really think of it like home. It's a comforting feeling.

I like how now I know where everything is, my bedroom feels more like my room, and I've settled in really well with this family. On that note!!! I get to stay here for another month officially! I practically died of happiness! Three months feels like too short to get to know and feel comfortable in a family. At least for me. So now I get to stay here four months!! I don't have to worry about packing and moving, because if we'd stuck to the plan I'd have to be worrying about all that right now and trying to find the words to say Goodbye.

On Tuesday I went to school with my host brother in Bad Hersfeld for the day. I've done this once before and I was asked again. This time by another teacher. So I went to Johannes' English class and spoke English with the kids. It was really nice. The teacher was a very sweet lady, very friendly, and very open. I really appreciated that.

I also was in another class in one of the other school systems. There are three school systems in Germany. Kids are either streamed into a Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium schools. Johannes is in the highest level with is Gymnasium. My high school here in Germany is also a Gymnasium. So I was able to sit in Realschule class which was quite interesting for me. That is the level below Gymnasium. There are definetly pros and cons on both sides for seperating the students like they do in Germany or for having everyone all together.


On Tuesday evening I went to a film with my German class from school in Bad Hersfeld (a city near by.) Rotenburg doesn't have a cinema or a movie rental store. I'm not kidding hahah I wish I was, but it's OK because the Library here has a wicked selection of DVD's. Anyways the movie was called Buddenbrooks and it's based on a German book that we may or may not read in German class. The movie was long, but I thought it was pretty good and I also understood what was going on. It was rather sad and I was miffed that the Doctor never came back like he said he would! It was nice to get out.

OH MY GOSH so on Wednesday I got my Art projects back and I pretty much freaked out!! She gave me a really decent mark on both of them, so I was beyond thrilled! It was such a good feeling because I've never taken an Art Class before and I had worked so hard.

School is always short on Wednesday's so I got to go home early and of course that is always nice. Eberhard has been home for a while because he wasn't feeling well. On Thursday he went back to work but it was nice that Johannes and him were at home. This week Katrin was at her course for 3 full days. I also had a really nice SKYPE convo with Tannis which was great.

Thursday of course is my long day, but my afternoon classes were cancelled. That actually happens quite often here. I often will have one or two classes that are cancelled in a week for some reason or another. They never have substitute teachers here. Interesting eh? I thought so, although it happens an awful lot.

So I came home and had lunch with Katrin and Johannes and then walked back to school for Drama. That was nice. We only have one or two scenes left to create and then we need to perfect it. It's a bit rough right now but I really think we have some good moments and strong scenes. We have a 3 week pause in February which pretty much scares me to death considering we perform in the middle of March. On a Friday the 13th none the less! Hahaha. Although I am quite excited about it.

I've been getting all of my forms and such together for the EURO tour which I am so pumped about. We leave on April 4 for 3 weeks. I am so excited. We have a few other small get togethers before then.

Friday was another crazy day. I came home from school wolfed down something to eat and went to the train station to meet Caroline. There is a small town 6 km from here which also has a small cinema and we wanted to see Twilight. (A lot of girls over here have read it too, it's officially an international phenomeon.) Anyways, the train came and Caroline wasn't there and I thought oh no! I didn't have her handy (german word for cellphone) so I called her house, but she wasn't home. Katrin came and got me and when we arrived home Caroline called she had class longer than me and it ended a lot later than she had thought. No harm done, but she felt awful she even bought me some Haribo gummy bears so apologize.

Katrin drove us to this small cinema and another friend of hers was already there. We had to stand outside and wait for it to open. The man who owns it is quite a character. He doesn't open the doors to the cinema until 15 minutes before the film starts. The weather was awful half snow, half rain. It was rather sad and pathetic attempt to snow.

Caroline's friend was very nice and we all chattered excitedly about Twilight, in German of course. We were finally let in and this owner was such a funny guy. There was something about his manner and the things he said. I didn't understand him very good. The cinema was small and adorable although the screen squished the actors and actresses faces so they looked extremely thin. When he let us into the theatre ABBA music was blaring and we couldn't stop laughing.

Then Twilight began. This was the first movie where I sat there and enjoyed it like I would an English movie. It didn't feel like I was concentrating the whole time to understand what was being said. I just simply understood it. It was the most wonderful feeling. I just sat there and enjoyed it. Now that being said I thought the movie was OK, it wasn't wonderful, but I don't think they had a chance to create a film which could satisfy the Twilight fans. I imagined a lot of the characters a lot differently. Like for instance Charlie...Oh my...Oh Charlie....but I enjoyed myself.

Then I came home for an hour before leaving to a girl's birthday party that I was invited to. It also ended up going well although I barely know her. Some people who really haven't talked to me at school talked to me and were interested to know this or that about Canada. A few wanted to practice their English which I had no problem with because all I speak here is German. It was just a nice evening, a nice day really even though the weather was AWFUL.

So I'm not really sure what the plan is for today. I slept in like I usually do here on a Saturday and I've already eaten Breakfast with my entire family. We'll see what the day brings I think it will be another lazy weekend, but I don't mind. I'll definetly read some Twilight, catch up on my journal things like that!

OH YA and I've started playing my electronic Yahtzee game again. I think part of the reason I started up again was because of my wounded pride because Johannes pretty much destroys me at UNO and Yahtzee. I'm started to think that the electronic version is a bit easier....lol Or maybe I am just that good. Hahaha.

Oh and I have another excellent thing to tell you. So there is this button on the internet tool bar which I just discovered today that will translate things. So if I hold my mouse over an English word it will show me a variety of possible German words. I am SO incredibly amused! I have no idea where this button came from, but I love it! It amuses me greatly.

Well I think that's about it reader. I'll try to post twice next week, but I can't make any promises. Until then take care and drop a line! Miss you. =)

Oh before I go, this is the last thing I promise! The phone just rang and...OK you need background information first. Johannes is sleeping and Katrin and Eberhard are on a walk with Mira. Katrin said if the phone rang that I could answer it. So the phone just rang and I just had a small conversation explaining that Katrin wasn't here right now. I took a message and understood the whole conversation! BAH I love this stage in Language learning! I just thought I'd let you know that little tid bit!