MIA

Sorry Guys. Im not dead. I just have much less access to the internet. See, I moved to my new host family, who is SUPER AWESOME AND AMAZING; however, we have been very busy running around and having fun and also the only computer is in my host sisters room, so it is kind of awkward to use it. Which is bad because I really need to send the penpal emails. But they are ridiculously long. So anyway, I realized that this blog has gotten away from its main purpose, which was to tell you the interesting things I have been doing and I have just been talking about everything. Which i think is kind of boring. However, since I have not written in a LOOONG time I will just give a short recap of the awesome events of my awesome life.

1. On the last day with my old host family, host mom and dad went mushroom pickin gin the forest. Then they cleaned and cooked the mushrooms and they were probably one of the best things I have ever eaten. Mushrooms. from the forest.

2. When I got taken to my new host family, my whole old host family came along and there was this awkward like 30 minute conference where they were telling hte new family all about me, and I had no idea what they were saying.

3. My new host family has a cat. I love cats. It is white and fluffy. Also, one day we saw some puppies that a woman was selling at the market and they were soo cute. They were all sleeping in a duffel bag and we got to play with them and one almost peed on Reid.

4. Oh, so my new host sister's name is Asia (Asha) which is a nickname for Joanna (Yoanna) and she is really awesome. Today is her 18th birthday. Also, Reids future host brother is her best friend and they decided to do this hosting thing together which is good because Karol (polish version of Charles, kind of pronounced like a 2 syllable Karl) is my new favorite person ever. He is a dancer and does hip hop and ballroom dancing and tried out for the Polish version of "So You Think You Can Dance"

5. Karol and his friend Lukasz (who is the 2nd best ballroom dancer in Poland) are teaching Julie and Reid and I a hip hop dance routine. We have been having dance classes after our English classes. We are going to bust out our moves at the mid program conference this weekend at Zakopane. I am so excited.

6. Also, I have met my future husband. I do not know his name, but he is number 4 on the Polish Junior National Men's Volleyball team. and he is beautiful. And I took 2 pictures with him yesterday after the Poland vs. Argentina Volleyball match, and will be attending his match tonight as well.

7. Today was probably our best lesson we have ever taught the whole time we have been here. Yesterday we watched the movie "Hot Fuzz" which is a really funny Police movie. So today we talked about law and the courts and things like that. Anyway, so we did like a short lecture on courts and they had a worksheet to fill in as we talked and then they had like a few minutes afterwards to finish it up, and during that time Reid (who had brought his guitar to class) hid his guitar, then pretended it went missing, then we accused one of the students of stealing it and pretended to put her on trial. And we had people be like the prosecutor and defense attorney and witnesses and the jury. Reid was the judge and I got to do all the "please rise" and "do you swear to tell the truth stuff." But anyway all the students got really into it and it was really fun and they actually spoke English and proved that they understood what we ahd been talking about earlier in class, so yes. Awesome. (Oh yes, also the fake trial thing was my idea)

I think that is it for they awesome things I have been doing. I think I figured out though, that like at my old host family, my host mom was the one who had wanted an English speaker in the house and here my host sister was the one who wanted me ehre. So, it is much better because she is like excited to like do stuff with me and wants me to have fun and talk to me, wheras Karolina nd Ewa jsut kind of didnt really know how to fit me in their lives. Also, my new host parents are really cool. My host dad is a retired vet who writes poetry (like he is published) and my host mom is a teacher. And they are really nice and stuff. So yes, I am doing fantastically and am not dead, but will probably not be writing in here as much as I was before.

HOWEVER, while I was not on the internet FOR A WEEK, I recieved 1 email (2 if you count the super long comment from Youngjoo, which I do, thank you to the 2 of you). This is upsetting. I am pretty sure you ahve not all just been sitting around doing nothing for a week. Keep me updated, yo.