Happy Birthday, Dominic!

Today was a half day, and I went running with Lara and ate cake with Dominic for his 17th birthday:) It was a good day. 

Also, if you are under the age of 30 and/or have access to the Internet, you most likely know by now that Zayn Malik officially left One Direction. I am having so much fun going through literally any social media site and seeing posts and videos of girls absolutely freaking out. 

Cinderella

Today I just hung out at home and did homework and helped my grandma with the computer. She now knows how to operate the simple functions of word and I'm proud of her. :)

This evening I went and saw Cinderella with Lara and Cecilia. It was good and basically exactly how you'd expect a fairy tale movie to be. I liked it. 

Lovely Wednesday

Today was a half day like all Wednesday's are. It was super nice weather again/still, so I went for a run with Lara and did some doodling outside.:)

My grandma informed me that I have been invited (only if I want to come, of course, there are much more interesting things to do as a teenager on Saturday night) to a dinner with the couple who lives on the same floor as my grandparents do. She insisted multiple times that of course I didn't have to come, and the sweet lady hosting had offered to bring me dinner if I didn't feel like hanging out with a bunch of old people. I was shocked. Is that what people expect from teenagers these days? I think that it would have been ridiculously sad and rude of me to turn that down just because I didn't want to hang out with old people. Of course I can spend four hours of my life with some people that I wouldn't normally hang out with. Old people love young people, I've found out. It's almost like we're another species, we have such confusing lives apparently. Anyways, I'm actually excited to go, because this lady is super sweet and I like listening to older people. Yippee!

Into the woods

Today I went with Lara and Cecilia to go see Into the Woods. It's some mashup type thing of a bunch of fairy tales. It's not amazing but it wasn't bad either. Yay for almost spring!

How to Internet

Today I spent an hour teaching my grandma how to click the mouse and use the Internet. It was pretty adorable. 

Then that evening I went with Lara and Cecilia to watch a new movie called Traumfrauen (which means dream women in English). I'd describe it as a romantic comedy. It was cute. :)

Happy Caturday

Today I hung out with Lara and did homework. We played Mariokart and watched The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I've watched it about 5 times now and if highly recommend watching it. It's funny, I tried reading the book but I hated it. But the movie is excellent.

Craftiness & what is school

Today I hung out with Lara and we decided to be crafty. So she updated some photos hanging on her wall, and I made paper beads. I've seen these on Pinterest before, but I've never tried to make them. They're surprisingly easy, just a bit time-consuming. 

I also got to skype with my mom & my dad. I think two hours is a new record! :p

But school starts soon? What? No. I really don't want to go back... Oh well...

Sleepover!

Yesterday I got up late and then met Lara and her friend Cecilia to go hang out in Zurivh. We went to an old-fashioned photo booth, got Starbucks, 

and just kind of generally wandered around talking. Then we went to Cecilia's house and made pizza and baked cookies and watched movies. :)

We were awake until 5 am, and then slept until noonish. Good morninggggg

Last day of skiing

Today was our last day of skiing, tomorrow we have to drive home... But it was really fun here and it went by so fast. The only thing that bothered me was how much ice there was, because I'm not comfortable skiing on ice and then I look ridiculous with my skis far apart trying not to fall down... But oh well.:) Something funny is that at the beginning of the week the boys were always waiting for Lara and I because we were slower than them, but by today we were the ones waiting for them...

ICE & night skiing!

Today was a bit colder than yesterday, but that meant that most of the runs were icy. Very icy, in my opinion. Everyone else thought I was crazy and that this was perfect weather. But I'm used to better snow at the price of lower temperatures... Oh well.

Today we came home early so we could get some rest before going night skiing! I'd never been, but it was super fun. They put more snow on the runs so the ice wasn't bad at all, and there were fewer people. Also it's just generally really cool to ski at night. But what's really scary is that I didn't notice how fast I was going. It was only when I tried to slow down or stop that I realized I was going way faster than I normally do. It was cool and creepy at the same time. 

 Tomorrow is our last day of skiing! I'm sad... It's really neat here, and I love skiing and won't get to do it again until next year. But we still have one more week of vacation! :)

Warm day & friends

Today was quite warm, which I found really weird. Because I generally associate skiing with freezing temperatures. But it was also really nice, and Lara and I took some cool pictures:)

Tonight we went to a restaurant in town and us "kids" (me, Lara, Dominic, and Joshua) wanted to stay later, so my aunt and uncle just went home and left us there. It was really fun because we spent two hours laughing at stupid pictures and telling stories and it's so fun to make a new friend. I'm excited for the few days we have left here in Sedrun.✌️

Skiing & tubing

This morning Lara and I walked down about 40 feet to the bakers and got gipfeli (croissants) for breakfast. Here that's a totally normal thing to do but for us in America it's just weird. But it's also really cool to have fresh baked breakfast so close to your front door. :) 

Today we went skiing again as usual and in the afternoon went tubing down a mini ski slope thing. It was super fun and Lara and I almost slid off the slope... And the boys decided to switch and try snowboarding or skiing (whichever one they hadn't done before) and it was super hilarious to watch. We're already halfway through our time here in Sedrun, it's crazy how time flies. 

Chegle

Today we went skiing all day again :), and then after dinner we went Swiss bowling, called "chegle". It was really fun, even though I'm generally horrible at bowling... But here they use heavier balls (I think) with different holes for your fingers (one for your thumb and one for the rest of your fingers) the lane is shorter, and the pins are set up different. It was weird. For me. 

Skiing!

Today we went skiing for the first time this week :) It was super fun, and I really really reallyyy missed skiing. There weren't even that many people! And I'm really looking forward to this next week. This is the view from the middle of the run, where we are staying is in the little collection of houses right behind the chairs on the lift. 

Zurichhhhhhh

Today I did laundry and homework and I went and wandered around Zurich and drank coffee with Lara and another girl named Leonie. It was fun, and there was a mild blizzard on the way home and Lara and I got a little snowy. :) But Zurich was gorgeous, as always. (Photo creds-Lara & editing-me)

Math final & movie night

Today I went to the Zurich International School and took my final test for my online math class. It was not fun. But I think I did pretty well on it. 

And then after dinner I Skyped with my mom<3, and then Lara came over and we ate cookie dough and watched "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud". It stars Zach Efron. Enough said. It was fun. Happy Saturday!

Monday woohoo

Today Lara came over for dinner and we hung out and talked and such:) Other than that it was a normal day... It's still bizarrely warm, today I wore converse and jeans and a 3/4 sleeve shirt and wasn't at all cold... It's weird. 

Cozy Sweater Weather

Today I woke up to gorgeous snow on the mountains. It honestly looked like a postcard. But my phone camera can't capture it properly. :(

 Anyways, I did homework and some drawing and went with Lara on a walk & drank hot chocolate. :)

Happy Spring

Today I hung out with Lara and did homework all day. It was so warm we went for a walk without jackets. It was 14 degrees Celcius, which is about 57 degrees Fahrenheit! The weather is weird. It was also super super windy... Happy Spring from Switzerland!

SNOW

So it finally snowed here. Up in the Alps there's almost always snow, but down in the valleys it's a bit rarer. It was so wacky not having a white Christmas, but yay now there's snow!!

Tomorrow I'm going to the circus with Lara (Christmas present from my aunt & uncle)! I'm excited!! 😊