Best Day So Far!

               Good Morning!

    As I promised, it's Sunday and I'm here. 

 

    Time has become a really interesting thing here. Each day feels so long and I'm always really tired at the end. But by the time Sunday rolls around, I have no idea where the week went.. Part of me is excited because I'm one week closer to being really good at German, having friends, and simply feeling completely a part of my village. Then the other part knows that I'm that much closer to the end. I know it's really too early to be thinking about the end and I know that's always been my problem, always worrying about the future. I can't really explain this feeling. I'm still in my euphoric phase during the day, doing everything I do. When I lay down for bed though, I already think about how I'm going to miss here like I miss home. It's really bizzare. But it doesn't keep me from enjoying everything. Love what you have while you have it (:

    On that note, I wanted to say that yesterday was probably the best day of my year so far. The weather was perfect, sunny, light breeze, moderate temperature, so I spent a lot of time outside. My host brother and I worked on the Ketcarts since their chains were a little long. Then after lunch, my host dad and I sat around for an extra hour or two and talked about funny TV shows, Turkish people around the area (anyone who knows the movie "Die Fremde", something like that happened in my little village..), and made fun of the neighbor's chainsaw. My host dad was saying once the neighbor stopped, he'd lean out of the window and yell the chainsaw noises back at them. We were both laughing so hard, he couldn't even do it! Then my host brother, sister, and I all worked on the hammock together for a good while and it's getting really close to being finished. My host parents went out for the night, so my siblings and I biked to the nearest store to get groceries for a curry-peach-auflauf. We went home, cooked it, and ate a big dinner by candle light, just to be cheesy. And for whatever reason, I had a laughing fit and started to cry. My siblings were cracking up because I laughed really out of nowhere and they went on to say how my laugh is really funny and contagious.. I don't think I've laughed that hard since a couple months before I left. So all in all, yesterday was just so happy.

    Other updates: I had band practice and was allowed to play along. And I didn't suck too badly! And tomorrow my little sister back home has a birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILI!! I LOVE YOU DEARLY!!!

    My camera is still being mean, so no pictures this time, but soon. I promise it! Just be patient and they will come! (:

Not the best picture, but here's the corn from the kitchen window!

 And here's the corn from the living room window. 

More to come once I have my real camera (:

Any questions, feel free to ask!

Until next week,

Katy Rose