Spain Day 6!

This morning we got up late and hopped on the bus to drive two hours back to Málaga to get on the plane. The plane was delayed a little so we hung out in the airport for a while before flying home. 

We arrived & got our bags & ate dinner at the airport & everything worked out perfectly. Then we came home and I Skyped with my mom. :) 

I just finished unpacking and now I'm super tired! I'm looking forward to another week of vacation. Good night!

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...

Driving home

Today we drove home from Sedrun and I got to spend the rest of the day unpacking & cleaning up stuff from the trip... But I also got to skype with my mom & dad & Gage, so that was fun:) Im adding pictures to all of last week's posts, go check them out if you want to!

Lazy happy Friday

Today we didn't have school (yay!) and so I hung out in my room, drew some stuff, and cleaned up. And I got to skype with my family and Kiley!<3

Have you ever heard of M.C. Escher? This is kind of inspired by him-only he did massive optical illusion drawings. This one's only about 1.5 inches big. :)

Friday! :)

Today was a fun day school-wise. I also got to skype with my mom and I don't have too much homework for the weekend. :)

Happy Friday!!!

Thank goodness it's the weekend. I want to sleep. Happy Friday!

I also got to Skype with my mom again, which was nice. <3

Such an exciting Friday

Today my grandparents went into Zurich for a long lunch with some friends, so I had the house to myself for the better part of the day. Which meant that I got to sing Taylor Swift songs really horribly as I walked through the house. That's definitely what normal people do when they're home alone. Yep. But I also got the chance to play piano for an hour! Yay:)

Then my grandparents came home and I helped my grandma make dinner, and Skyped with my family. Hi Gage. 

Happy 2015!🎉

New Years Eve I went to Dominic and Lara's for dinner, and then we played board games until early in the morning. It was really fun. :) Also, I got to drink champagne because I'm legal in Switzerland!

Today I got up wayyy late and spent the day cleaning & helping my grandma around the house and doing homework. Eh. But I did get to begin a new drawing! Yay! Can you tell what it's going to be?

I'm so excited for 2015 and everything it will bring. I think it's going to be the best year yet. Happy New Year! 

😊

Today I cleaned my room, did some studying, drew some stuff,

and put up multicolored fairy lights over my window that I plan on keeping up all year:) I also got a super nice surprise-Grammy called me! Love you! 💕

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Today I got up earlier than I wanted to so that I could unwrap my presents from Montana. It was a super awesome surprise to see my stocking here... My mom gave it to my grandma in New York. Merry Christmas! 

Christmas Eve Day

Today I helped my grandma prepare for dinner pretty much all day. Then we had my cousins and aunt & uncle over, and ate a yummy dinner and unwrapped presents. We Skyped with my parents and then I got to unwrap my presents from my swiss relatives:) Then my grandma, cousin, and I went to midnight mass. It was gorgeous!

The plague is almost dead

Today I felt much much muuuuuch better. I had an appetite again, my fever & headache were both completely gone, and I was able to help my grandma make Christmas cookies! I am still super weak, but that's what happens when you don't feel like eating for two days... But I am staying at home tomorrow.

It also happens to be my dear friend Kiley's Sweet Sixteen! Birthday shoutout to you:)

I also got to Skype with my family! *insert embarrassing screenshot here*-just kidding. I promise once I'm back in school the posts will become a teeny bit less boring. Promise. Goodnight!

Sweet Sweet Sixteen

So today was the best day ever. Seriously. I woke up and went to school, where my awesome classmates had put up balloons, a banner that said "Happy Birthday", and a type of cookie called "Zimtsterne" that is never had before. Then two girls from my class and I went to Starbucks for lunch just cause.

When I came home I unwrapped my presents from my friends/family back home and was super surprised. Thank you Katie, Miranda, and Grammy Susan!

I went to dinner with my grandparents and aunt and uncle and cousins, whence was super nice. Lara and I danced around outside to loud music afterwards. (I look like I'm in pain but I'm actually very passionately singing to Taylor Swift. I promise.)

Then I came home and unwrapped my presents from my Mom & Dad & Gage. Thank you all so much!

Pretty much the best birthday in the history of ever. <3

Friday! Week 11!

Today I had a music test first period, which was... Interesting. All the notes have different names than they do in the U.S., and they use a different rhythm-speaking system than we do here. 

Choir was awesome as usual, and I signed up to try out for one of two solos for the concert at the end of the year. We'll see how that goes, but there were only a few other people signed up so... *crosses fingers*

On the way home from school I realized that I hadn't had coffee in a while, so of course I had to do the classic #whitegirl thing and get some. :)

I also Skyped with my mom. Miss you! 

Strange-smelling adventure?

Today I got up and did some studying, then ate lunch and went with my grandma to visit my great-grandmothers grave. I never knew her, but today was All Souls Day, so a lot of people were at the cemetery putting flowers and such on the graves. 

I am currently a Catholic, but I think it's dumb to believe or trust in something when you don't know what other options or viewpoints or arguments there are, so I'm very interested in learning about other religions. Well it just so happens that this week the inter-religion group (or something like that) is doing a "religion week", where every day a different religion opens their church or temple or mosque doors and anyone can come and be informed about that religion. I think that is the coolest thing ever. So today the Hindu temple that's only a 10 minute walk away from my grandmas house was doing a presentation, so we went. It was super cool. Completely different from anything I've ever seen. The only bad thing was whatever they were burning gave me a massive headache. But other than that it was fascinating. (And I did ask if it was ok to take pictures, don't worry)

Afterwards I went over to my Aunts house for her to give me a mini French lesson. Then I came home, ate dinner, and Skyped with my family. I miss you guys!

Friday! Week 6!

Today I had school... the usual... and after school I went to Lara's. Her friend Leah grows really fast and is really tall so she gives a lot of hand-me-downs to Lara, and if Lara doesn't like them, she gives them to me. So I got some new clothes! Yippee!

Tomorrow I'm going to do homework and go buy chocolate and presents and such to bring to New York in a few weeks to give to my friends and family. :)

I can speak Spanish?

This weekend I basically just did homework and talked to friends. I did make some gorgeous little avatars for my family because I was bored... Voila.

Also one of me because yay

There was also a gorgeous sunset on Sunday evening, I couldn't reach my phone quickly enough to take a good picture so here's an ok picture. 

Today was another interesting day at school... In Spanish we had to memorize a paragraph and then present it to the class as a way of getting familiar with the pronunciation and such of he language. I did my thing and (mostly) memorized it, and a girl came up to me after class and was like "omg have you had Spanish before ur really good at speaking like super fast omg like wow" and I was confused because I've never taken Spanish....? So anyways, that was fun.

After school today I had voice lessons and as I was walking up to the music building a little (12/13 years old?) student decided to pass me all swaggy-like walking that weird way some guys do when their pants don't fit right I don't know... And I almost literally laughed out loud at him because he had the saggy pants, the weird suspenders as a fashion statement, a hat on backwards with Mickey hands rolling a joint, and the earbuds blasting rock music. So I decided to be a weirdo and take a picture. It was hilarious. (I'm not a stalker, I promise).

I had a little bit of time before my train came after my voice lesson so I got to read some German and eat cookies!!! (The cookie is a mini version of something called a "Spitzbueb" which means something along the lines of boy-with-attitude literally translated)

Also, I have found this app called Duolingo and it basically reviews/teaches you another language in 5-20 minutes a day (you pick your "goal"). It's really cool, and I've been using it for a few days.

Never mind, sleeping in is amazing

Friday: School, bonfire at a friends house... While we were there we found a baby bird, maybe only a few hours old. It had fallen out of it's nest and it looked like an alien. It had no feathers or fur, and it's eyes were covered with skin.

Saturday: I slept in until noon. It was Wonderful... Then I hung out with Katie and we went out to get coffee. #suchwhitegirls

Sunday: Today is my voice recital... Lots of family is coming, and then we are having a "goodbye" dinner for me since I won't see everyone for a year.

The Day of Misjudgment

So today we decided to go on a bike ride with some family friends... A 2 hour drive away, of course. 

Right when we get there, my dad decides to try out the bear spray. He figures since there's barely any wind, it'll be easy not to get any bear spray on ourselves. Well, actually when there's barely any wind, the bear spray just hangs out in the same general area. So everyone gets a face full of bear spray. That stuff is not exactly fun to get in your eyes, and the effects don't go away for a long time.

We bike up, take a walk down a mini trail, and then are biking down when Gage and I speed up. Then a sharp turn comes up, and I barely make it around without crashing. I see Gage just behind me going way too fast, and he crashes right into the side of the hill past the turn. He has bruises and a few scrapes, but he was lucky enough not to be too injured.

I just looked up how to treat bear spray if it gets on your skin, because my arms and legs burn a little bit still. Apparently showers only serve to irritate it more. So whoop-de-whoop for this girl, who just took a shower. Agh.