I'm not dead, just busy... ;)

Hey guys!!! 

I'm truly sorry that my last post was published about 3 months ago :( That's a quarter of a year!!!! I looked back and saw that I posted something almost every week in November. I'll try to keep that up, since I only have 2 months left... :/

I'm sure many things happened, but I won't remember everything. Maybe the people I told things that I can't remember now, will be so kind and write it down there in the comments?;) 

In March, we went to Disneyland. I don't think that I have to write a lot about it, so let's just move on...

Just kidding!!!! :D Okay. We left on a Thursday, so I missed 2 days of school. We left at 4 in the morning and we (except my host dad, the driver) pretty much slept the whole ride (8 hours). We only woke up once to leave the car for breakfast. We arrived at the beach near Anaheim, California, at noon and spent 4 hours there, playing, digging in the sand, having mud fights and so on... Then we went to "In 'n' Out Burger", which is the typical American fast food restaurant. If you go to America, you have to go to In 'n' Out. Otherwise, you can't say that you've been to America!!! They only have Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger, Chicken Nuggets and Fries there. That's it!!! They didn't change their menu since the 1950s. It's awesome (and delicious ;) ). After we were done eating, we went to the house we rented for those 3 days. We spent the rest of the day at the pool and the whirl pool, reading and having fun. At night we played pool billiard. The next day, we went to Disneyland and you can describe it with one simple word: WOW!!!!! I mean...It's freaking DISNEYLAND!!! It looks like a little town and it has all those characters, including Micke Mouse, Chippendales, Goofy, Donald Duck and so on...and you can take pictures with them!!! Then they have tons of shops where you can buy Mickey Mouse ears, hoodies, shirts, stuffed animals (hehe...) and more "necessary stuff". They have lots of fun rides, but most of the rides are for little kids. My favorite ride was probably "Indiana Jones" or "Splash Mountain". After Lunch - we brought sandwiches, string cheese and fruits and veggies - we went to California Adventure, which is a huge amusement park right next to Disneyland. By the way! It's smart to bring your own food because the food there is way expensive!!! Especially, if you have are with a big group ( we were 13 people). California Adventure was AWESOME!!! The best thing is "Soarin' over California". It's like a 4D movie theater, where your seats are lifted up and you see a huge screen which is Iike a globe. It really looks and feels like you're soaring over California ;)

We spent the whole day going on rights and at night, we watched the Disneyland parade, where they have all the parade wagons with the characters. Every "story" has its own wagon.

The next day, we only went to California Adventure. One reason was that 2 of my younger host sisters were performing with their dance group in California Adventure. California Adventure is owned by Disney, so it's practically "Disneyland 2.0". We spent the whole day there and at night we watched the "World of Color" show. It's on a the lake in California Adventure and it has colorful water fountains and the story of Arielle and music and all the awesome stuff!!! Then we went on rides in both Disneyland and California Adventure again and then home. We were home way late, so I struggled setting my alarm for the next day. I felt like a dying person and my phone (alarm clock) was my remedy. I literally tried to crawl over my bed to my phone, but fell asleep (or passed out?) on my way there. When I finally reached my phone, I fell asleep while setting my alarm. Then I started to set random alarms for the next day at 5:43 pm and 8:32 pm and so on... I think it took me about 1 hour to set my alarm. Then I fell asleep with the light on and the fan off...of course!!! So I woke up in the middle of the night after dreaming I was in a tropical forest, blinded by the sun...it wasn't really a dream! My room was freaking hot and humid and the lights were blinding me, so I opened the window and stuff and fell asleep after another 2 hours...It was the best night of my life!! (Uhm...sarcasm...)

The next day, we went to Disneyland again, but only to Downtown Disney, which is a part of Disneyland where you can buy Disney stuff and Build a Bear and you can buy food and smoothies and so on. We headed at about 1 pm. 

That's it!! That was Disneyland!! :) It's an absolute "must seen"!! If you have the possibility to go there, take it!! It's an once in a lifetime experience! First, I wanted to stay home because I didn't want to miss my school's talent show because some of my friends were performing there and one of my best friends was hosting the whole talent show, but it was worth missing it!!!!

The weekend before Disneyland, I went to my first high school dance EVER!!! I went to the dance with one of my best guy friends. First we went on a day-date with 2 other "couples". We went to a park in Cedar City, where we went on a walk first and then had lunch. After lunch we played bocci ball ("boccia") and we had a competition with chalk. No one really knows who the winner is, but...I think that we all won;) After drawing with chalk, we did the funnest thing ever!!! We had a paint slide!! We just took a plastic table cloth and pinned it to the grass, then we put "washable" (haha) paint on it. One by one, we ran and then slid across the painted table cloth. After all the paint was gone, we started to chase each othe, trying to give each other a wet paint-hug and hand prints. Then we threw the little paint bottles at each other, trying to get the last drops of paint out of every single one. After the day date, I went to one of my best friends' house to get ready. Of course, I got an epic sunburn and looked like a lobster on my first school dance..but it's alright :D My best friend covered the sunburn in my face with make up, so you could just see it on my arms;) One of the other girls' mom picked me up and then we picked my date up an went to the other girls' house to take pictures. After taking thousands of pictures, we went to dinner at "Chilis".yumm...:) After dinner, we went to the dance, where we took more pictures (professional) first. They turned out really funny!!! The group picture was cute and our couple picture was hilarious!!:D then we danced until 11:30 pm and went home:) it was a looking day and that weekend was summer savings time, so we got even less sleep :( Worth it!!:)

Yeah...This is pretty much everything I remember. If you guys can think of something that I told you about, please write it down there (*thumbs down*) in the comments :) 

Just like I said at the beginning of this post, I'll try to keep it up to post regularly:)

Have a great week!!!

Charly:)