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This past week I started school.. Ooo! Scary (: Haha, surprisingly, (at least to me) I was not even half as nervous as my first day of high school in the US. I dont know if this is normal? I was just ready to get out there!! Find friends. Learn German. Experience. It was almost like this:

Let's say i thought everything would go wrong on the first day of school... Now, in the US i would think "that would make my whole year and probly the rest of my high school career a disaster!!" However, since i am here in Germany, i think "Oh, if tomorrow doesnt go as planned, eh.. I'm gone in 5 months anyway" plus, i thought, "hey i have an excuse to mess up on a few things... 'Ich komme aus dem USA, ich spreche kein Deutsch.'"

 Anyway, school this week went really well (: The students here are so kind and so helpful to me! My schedule is pretty nice and easy going, yet very difficult for me because of the german. By the time i get home from school, i am ready to go to bed because my mind works so hard all day trying to understand the things that are being said all around me :P
On Tuesday I went with my host sister to my host father's work for a barbecue (: He works a lot with music and recordings etc. He has an awesome office with all the furniture made out of instruments. There's a way cool Musik Hall where bands perform and, to me, it's like the movies. It has the upstairs balcony and couches and a bar on the side and all that (: So cool. We played table soccer and i realized that i really suck at it. I haven't really ever used the one in my basement back home, but the germans were pulling out all these sick moves and not even thinking about it!! Crazy... I'll have to practice for next time cuz i didn't even come close to winning any games :P
On Wednesday i had theater (: ...in America i probly never would've taken this class! But i am so glad i decided to here in Germany! I think it will be lots of fun.
I also had English class this week. Luckily, I can do this. Haha, I am the class 'Audiobook' (: If anything needs to be read, everyone turns and looks at me. (: It's pretty amazing how good they all are at english! They are only allowed to speak english when talking in the classroom, so you can imagine they're pretty good...some of the words they learn, I don't even know the meaning of :P I'm happy to help when i can though (:
I only eat lunch at school on thursdays and fridays because of my schedule, and this thursday I went to a pizzeria with some kids which was fun (: and on friday some girls my age invited me to sit with them (: Like I mentioned before, the students are so kind!!
Unfortunately, I was a bit sick this weekend so I was not able to go to Fußball practice :/
I did, however, go to a HANNOVER 96 GAME!!! Oh my goodness.. so cool (: We had great seats at row 12 in the biggest stadium i have ever been in! So awesome and Hannover won 4-1! So great. Oh, and we witnessed the historical event of the first successful streaker at a Hannover 96 game (: It was sooooo funny. The fans got so loud cheering the guy on as he hopped the little fence and ran to the center of the field. It took six security guards to corner and tackle him and escort him off the field. Pretty hilarious.
This week i was also able to: attend a small birthday party, visit some of my host family's family on the other side of Hannover, race go-karts, go to the market, become a resident in Gehrden, get my Visa (I am now a Legal resident in Germany!!!) and meet tons of new people (:
Made it through my first week of school, even with being a bit sick (: Can't wait for more adventures!!