It's the most wonderful time of the year
Merry Christmas / God Jul! đđ
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We made it to Buffalo on Monday and luckily we got a white Christmas! I was so happy waking up to all the snow yesterday!
This morning I was the last one to wake up so Delaney came bouncing into the room saying I had to get up so we could open our presents haha! So we all gathered in the living room. I got socks, clothes, speakers, charms for my charm bracelet, candy, money and I bough myself a pair of uggs hehe. đ
Then we just hung out and watched the Lord of the Rings but I was the only who was really paying attention. We also made swedish chocolate cake (kladdkaka), a little taste of home! I skyped with my family too, it was fun to talk and see them again. I miss them a lot.
It's really nice to be in Buffalo and just relax and sleep as much as I want haha!
Loving break!
Christmas Break
Hey guys!
Sorry for the aweful update! This week has just been full of finals at school and stuff. But now it's finally break! So I was up at 5 am this morning and we headed to the airport to fly to NYC. The thing is that my host family flies as "standby" which usually works out for them since their a high priority. But for me who has the "buddypass" it's harder for. So Brayden and Delaney could fly but I was so low on the standby list so I didn't make it. We decided my host mom and I would try the next plane, which didn't work out either... So we ended up going home instead and we're gonna go tomorrow instead. We're probably heading straight to Buffalo though, but hopefully I'll get to go to NYC at the end of our trip. But oh well, what to do, what to do.
When we got home I texted Kaitie and Allie and headed over there for dinner. Then we came back here and watched funny youtube clips and watched a Harry Potter movie. Wade and Darian stopped by for a bit too.
It was too bad we couldn't fly today, but there's still tomorrow and I still had a good day!
San Antonio Riverwalk
The Weeks are Flying
On Monday it was back to school again after an exciting break. I got at school at 7:30 am and you may be wondering why I was there that early. It's because I tried out for soccer! It was a lot of fun. I've never actually played soccer before (other than pe class) so I wanted to give it a shot. Then after school the choir was going to sing the national anthem at a Spurs game (nba). It was really cool to sing and see a basketball game. They ended up winning, 102-100. It was super close!
Then on Tuesday I had soccer tryouts after school so I got home about 7:30 and was so worn out. The next morning when I woke I was so sore!! But I guess thst proves that I actually did something haha. On Wednesday the tryouts were before school again and finally when school was over we headed home and took it pretty easy, Maren and Darian came over for a while too.
Yesterday Delaney and I didn't go to school because we were going on a fieldtrip with one of the guys from Rotary to see the caverns in Sonora. The caverns were so beautiful and it was pretty humid down there and the oxygen was lower than usual. I had never been in a cavern before so I was just in awe. There were crystals and different types of minerals decorating the walls, little pools of water where the bottom had turned a blue color and tunnels leading all over the place. I think we almost spent two hours down there and it sort of reminded me of the Hobbit when they're in the goblins' caves. I also found out I had made the jv soccer team!! I am sooo excited! â˝ď¸
We were supposed to have practice this morning but it was waaaay too cold. So I got to sleep in a little longer. Nothing too special happened at school. In the evening we went to Dickens on Main again but this time I went with Delaney, Darian and Wade. I had a lot of fun even though I was freezing my butt off.
Now I'm going to bed cause I'm exhausted..
G'night! đ
Rest of the Break
On Saturday we went out to Delaney's grandparents' ranch to pick up the Christmas decorations. They had llamas, chickens, donkeys and a dog. One of the llamas, Mingo, runs up to people when they come to say hi and then stops right in their face haha. He was very friendly though.
After meeting the animals we went inside and had some hot chocolate.
When we got back home we all went do Dicken's on Main (for me it was the second time). But this time I went around with Katie, Delaney and Darian. We watched Allie's, Katie's little sister's, band play. I must say I was really impressed!
After that Delaney and I went home to Darian and we jumped on his trampoline. It was so much fun and had some good laughs. I hadn't been on a trampoline in so long.
So on Sunday I was supposed to get my homework done but that didn't work out too well haha. We went to church in the morning and then Delaney and I went grocery shopping. When we got back I skyped with my family and then we got ready to go to a wedding, Taylor's sister was getting married. It was beautiful and I loved her dress! We only stayed for the ceremony though so we were back home after two hours from when we left the house.
And then Darian (Delaney's boyfriend) and his friend Wade came over. We played Foosball and it was so much fun! I laughed so much that I was crying.
After they left I was too tired to do homework so I didn't get anything done but that's okay! That was my break, pretty sweet right?
Thanksgiving
Sooo this is the third time I'm trying to write this post. For some reason the blogg app just shut down twice and everything I had typed got deleted. I was sooo frustrated!
Anyway, Thanksgiving was last Thursday. We all got up in the morning and had waffles (yummy) and then we helped out a bit with the food and went to find the decorations. The Hartson's (my host family's) relatives came over at noon and we all sat down and had the "typical Thanksgiving meal"; mashed potatoes, turkey, cranberries, rolls, pumpkin pies and cheesecake. It was all really good and it was fun to meet a few of their relatives. Anyhow, we literally ate nonstop all day. But that's what Thanksgiving's all about, and saying thanks for everything/everyone you're grateful for of course!đ
Later in the evening, around midnight, Delaney, Brayden, their cousin and her boyfriend and I went Black Friday shopping. It wasn't as hectic as I thought it would be, I mean I didn't see people fighting for the last pair of shoes anywhere. Of course I went to Hollister and Abercrombie and got two pairs of long-sleeved shirts and a pair of sweatpants. We also took pictures with the models haha! We got home around 3 am and I was out in a just a few seconds.
On Friday Liina, Delaney and I worked on our physics project most of the day. We were building catapults and Delaney's dad got super excited and helped us out. Man, I wish I got that excited for physics projects. Ours went 33 m!!
After the catapult building I met up with Maddie and her family and we went to Dicken's on Main Street. They basically shut down Main Street so you could walk around. It's all been decorated with pretty christmas lights and it was just really cozy!
