kiwi night

Goodness, I really fell out of my "blogging" habit...Anteeksi ! Uh, well I guess I'll re-cap again for you :] I left off on the 18th, so lets talk about Sunday, if I can remember what I did. Which as of right now, I can't....Hm, sorry, guess it wasn't too exciting ! So monday :] Well, I had the day off of school because my school decided to extend the holiday 'til Tuesday, but I was also invited by Maria's english teacher to come and talk to her students. My first class was a class of fifth graders, so they actually understood most of what I was talking about, but then I had four classes of third graders who have such a small englsih vocabulary, it was really difficult to come up with a half an hour's worth of talking that they could actually understand. I mostly talked about my pets and my family, as well as my favorite foods and colors, so it wasn't too bad. But I'm actually going back this tuesday to talk to four classes, this time all sixth graders ! So it should be quite fun really, because they'll be able to ask and answer questions. So afterwards I went home and about an hour later I met up with Chet. We climbed up this big hill thing, which had a really gorgeous view from the top, and attempted to make a campfire ! It was fun, and we were there for like two hours, making like three fires, and gathering numerous amounts of wood which we didn't end up using at all...but it was fun. On tuesday I only had one class, but it was also Jason's goodbye chill night, so Annina and I worked on his presents and what not after school. The chill night was actually a bit awkward, because nothing was planned, so we kind of just stood around telling stories for the first hour and a half. And then we played signs until 7. It was a good party, root beer and all !, sad to see him go though :/ But this tuesday we get to meet the new missionary ! I'm excited for that :D Um, wednesday. I had psychology. And then at 3 Maria, her friend Sara, and I had a movie day ! We watched Brother Bear :] In finnish, but Lauri was kind enough to put on english subtitles for me (: I was supposed to have a dress appointment this day, but it got rescheduled for this Monday [tomorrow]. So on thursday I really didn't do much at all. In the evening I went to the EuroMarket with Anna, just so I could get out of the house. It was fun though, I love grocery shopping. On friday I didn't have any classes at all, but I still went to school and sat at a table and played cards by myself for an hour and a half before lunch. Yeah, fun fun :] Um, I came home and took a shower and then Maria and I went out for pizza at the local pizza arcade place. Then that night I worked the concession kiosk at the Hockey Hall ! It was the parent night for Lauris team, where the parents of the players work in the concession stands as part of community service. But Anna had gone to Tampere this weekend, so they asked if I would do it. I took Petra along with me, to translate and help out :], and we got to work with Julia, a girl from my psychology class ! It was so much fun ! And I actually understood what people were telling me and ordering, I was so proud (: I can't wait to do it again. And then today, I went on a girl scout trip with Maria. We drove about an hour away and then walked the circumference of an island for four hours, randomly stopping to cook food or drink something. It was fun, a bit boring because I had no one to talk to, but not too bad. We got home around 3, I showered and got dressed and then took a bus downtown where I met Annina. We then bussed to Jyskä to Piia's house ! We played this game called "knock-out" for a bit and then we went inside, ate popcorn and kiwis while playing yahtzee ! it was really fun, I love going to Piia's house :] And now here I am, about ready to go to sleep. Tomorrow I meet my second host family, the Viertola's ! I move to their house at the end of november, I'm both excited and nervous at the same time, but I'm sure it'll be fine. Have a nice night, sorry for the long drought...And congrats to Micah, my littlest brother, who just won ASB Vice President for his Elementary School !