Babyshower

Last Saturday we went to a babyshower. They had a few games and then we ate. My host parents told me that this was more like a birthday party that an babyshower, because usually there would only be girls and they would have a lot more "baby games". They made me dance with the chicken that was kind of fun and embarrassing at the same time.

Football game

Yesterday I was at the football game. The boys in my class was so dissapointed that i didn't go to their game last week so this week i had to. My hostmother dropped me of and I met my friend Daniella there. It was a lot more people yesterday than the first time i was there. We had fun cheering for the wolverines, but we lost 34-13 over the Brownswill vikings :(

A lot of food at school

Yesterday was a crazy day. First i had government class and my teacher took us to the gosenter. Every one had to sign up for the ACT test which is a test all Americans have to take to get accepted to collage. She wants everyone to take the test even if they are not planning to go to collage because she wants everyone to have the opportunity if they decide they will go after all. I had to sign up too. I don't really mind doing the test. First of all my teacher gives us a 100 as a test grade for signing up and another 100 for actually taking the test. The second thing is that we get to take this test for free and if you are not in high school you have to pay for the test. That means that if i decide to take a semester of collage here I have already taken the test for free.

After government i had physics and we had a test that i hopefully did good on. After physics I had anatomy and we had to present our project. The project was called "Edible organ - 3D" Which meant that we had to make an organ in a material we could eat in a 3D shape and do some research on our organ. I got the eye and made it out of "marsipan" which I made from scratch. Eggs powdered sugar and egg white. After the presentation we tasted everyones projects and rated te best ones. Bianca's tung was the best, my eye was second and Izzy's brain was 3. It is actually a coincidence that those three are the ones I have a picture of.

After anatomy we had Spanish and because we live so close to the boarder and every one here are Mexicans we had to celebrate their independence day which was yeasterday. All we did in class was eating Mexican food. It was a good day at school. We should have more days like this.

Full house

By the time i woke up and took a shower the house was already full of people. Ralph's (host dad) uncle form Dallas is in town so all his relatives came here for a BIG breakfast. We were about 20 people here and we ate tacos, eggs, bacon, beans and cake. It was really nice.

Today we were supposed to go to the zoo after breakfast, but my host grandfather bought a boat yesterday so we went out with the boat instead. It was a really nice day!

It was so hot so I just had to go in the water!

My hostbrother from Brazil

My little hostcuz

Sydney hostsis

Renan (hostbrother) and Roman (host uncle)

Hostgrandmother and hostcuz

Hostsis Sarah

Ralph, Renan, Sarah and Rapha (Hostgrandfather)

As the time pass by

I can't believe I have been here 55 days already! The time has passed by so quickly. I just finished my 3rd week at PSJA memorial and I really can't believe it. I have only got 38 more weeks down here in the Rio Grande Vally. I'm really going to miss this place when i leave about 9 months from now.

I have not been feeling very well the last week. It started last Sunday. My head was hurting, my nose was stuffed and I was coughing. It got worse on Wednesday so I stayed home from school and went to the doctor. He checked me fore the svineflue, but it wasn't that. He didn't really tell me what was wrong, but he gave me a bunch of medications first a got a shot so the symptoms would go away faster, then he gave me allergy pills, antibiotics and nose spray. I'm feeling a lot better now.

In athletics today we ran a mile on time. They told us that the goal was for us to do it on less than 8 min. I did it on 8:50. It wasn't too bad after all I'm still a little sick and there were people that used 12 min. I'm really starting to get in shape and I love it because I have so much energy.

I got my second package from mom and dad today. More chocolate :D My host family really love the chocolate from Norway. I also got some magazines candies and some flower and breads that are gluterfree.

Yesterday we were at a store called Sam's. They sell everything furniture, TVs food, cloths +++ and do you know what i saw there? Jarlsberg cheese form Norway! It even said made in Oslo, Norway on it! I think that is pretty cool they fly the cheese all the way down here to the boarder of Mexico.

This weekend

Saturday we left the house at 8:30. We went to McDonald to by breakfast... Its not as bad as it sounds. We didn't by fries or burgers but a yoghurt. It was a vanilla youghurt with real strawberries and blueberries and it was really good. We ate in the car while driving Sydney to practice and then we went to pick up Renan at the airport. He is from the south of Brazil. He is a nice guy.

We went home to eat lunch and then we drove around the valley to show Renan the area. We stopped by a book store where i bought a book called "The Host" and a strawberry- banana smoothie. Yes I bought a smoothie in a book store. The stores here are so "small" that they often have a Starbucks or McDonald inside of it.

Later Renan went with my hostdad to a football game. My hostdad is coaching a middle school team and they go to the other teams games to see how they play. Then it was only My hostmom, Sydney and me left at the house because Sarah was with her father for the weekend. We dropped Sydney of at my hostgrandparents house and me and my hostmom went to the movies. We watched a movie called "All about Steve" It was a really good movie, it came out here on Friday so it will probably come out in 6 month or so in Norway ;)

Today we went to the church at 10. My host parents told me when i first got here that We were going to church every Sunday, but I have been here 5 weeks already and we have gone twice.

Tonight we had a small BBQ with rice, chicken, meat, hotdogs and tortillas. They it tortillas pretty much with everything here, but it tastes good so i don't mind.

Tomorrow is labor day. That is a public holiday here and a lot of people has the day of from work, but we have to go to school. I think that is weird, but that is just the way it is ;)

Brazilian guy

Our football team won yesterday! Stay green wolverine! It was a lot of fun to watch all the people form my school. At halftime the band played and the dazzlers danced and the cheerleaders cheered throughout the whole game. It's just like you see in the movies! And the prep rally was a lot of fun to! We were pretty much just screaming and cheering for the football players. The cheer leaders, dazzlers and band preformed.

Tomorrow we are going to the airport to pick up Rennan. Rennan is a guy from Brazil that is going to live with us till they can find another family for him. Then we are going to be a really multi national household! Brazilian, Norwegian, Mexican and American at once. It's going to be rally interesting.

I don't know why, but I have been in a really good mood the last couple of days. I'm going around singing, dancing and smiling all day long. I'm really settling in here now, I'm also working out every day and it is giving me a lot of extra energy. I'm looking forward to every day.

Football game!

The basketball practices isn't that bad any more. That doesn't mean my muscles are not soar, but I'm doing better. All Tuesdays and Thursdays we are going to be in the wight room and today we were running around the track. We ran four times around. That is 1 mile, but that was not all we ran up and down the bleachers at both sides of the track so it was actually much longer. I didn't really mind because I like running and fore once I weren't the last one and it felt really good.
Tomorrow we are going to have a prep rally for the football team in 8th period. I don't really know what that means, but I think they are going to present all the football players and start cheering before the game tomorrow night. One of the girls in my class Stephanie is going to pick me up and we are going with her friends to the game. I'm really exited, even though I think it is a silly sport I think I would like this game better. I know the guys that are out there playing I will show school spirit by cheering for my team. GO WOLVERINS!