day 100-110

again, it has been a while since I have written on here.
Life gets busier and busier as the days go on.

I am now settled into my new host family. I actually like them a lot. It is very loud and busy, which prevents me from getting homesick. I am never even left alone to think too much. There is always someone home that I can talk to.

Now my day is a little bit different.
My alarm goes off at 5:45 am, and I get out of bed at 6. I get ready and eat breakfast and we leave the house at 6:50. We stop to give water to the horses and then continue to drive the 3km to the bus stop. We catch the bus in the pitch black around 7:00. Usually it is so dark that the bus can't even see us with its bright headlights on so we have to wear reflective clothing and move around so they know we aren't just some reflective sign or something. Its about a 40 minute bus ride to school, with all the stops. I usually get to school around 7:40, which I like so I have time to sit and relax before all the noisy people get there.


Update from whats going on in school.
Nothing really has changed. Exams start this friday and I only have one exam so basically I get a week off of school. This is what my next 3 weeks look like..
Monday Nov 19 normal school
Tues Nov 20 normal school
Wed Nov 21 normal school
Thurs Nov 22 normal school
Fri Nov 23 no exam

Mon Nov 26 no exam
Tues Nov 27 no exam
Wed Nov 28 no exam
Thurs Nov 29 no exam
Fri Nov 30 english exam

Mon Nov 3 lapland
Tues Nov 4 lapland
Wed Nov 5 school in morning, assembly in afternoon
Thurs Nov 6 Finnish Indepedence Day, no school
Fri Nov 7 Continuation of Indepedence Day, no school

So basically I can get really caught up on my sleep :)
I might go to school some days because I have to do this huge project for my counsellor about Intercultural Learning and it is pretty long but should be easy. Also I might just come to school to see my friends since it will be so long until I see them hahaha.


Mutta joo,

I am very happy in this family and things are pretty busy right now. I went to Kotka this weekend and had a sleepover with most of the other exchange students in my district. We baked like 100 gingerbread cookies and decorate them but then nobody wanted to eat them.
When I got home, guess what my family had been making all day.... Ginger bread cookies. hahahaha

The weather here hasn't been that great. It has been rainy and sitting around 3 or 4 degrees for like the last week. Kind of sucks. But at least its not freezing cold yet.


Im not sure what else to write about..



Oh today is my host sisters birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELENA, or ONNEA HELENA. :)