Piano Lesson:)

Today I had my first piano lesson in half a year! The teacher was super nice, which makes me excited to see what new pieces I can learn this semester. To get to the music building, however, I have to walk up a hill... And today I noticed how gorgeous the field under the building looked. A zillion little purple flowers are growing and they look so cool from far away. 

But we also had p.e. today... And we played volleyball for two periods. My arms aren't used to that, so they got all red and I'm pretty sure the little spots are burst blood vessels. Fun, right?

Schlepping water

It's already almost Thursday? Again? Today was fun because we didn't have any p.e., we just got to hang around in the gym. And after school I helped my grandma buy and schlep (meaning carry, drag, lug) water from the store. Most people here don't drink the tap water, not because it's unclean, but because it's just a thing that you have in your house. Bottled water. Sometimes with carbonation. But anyways, water is heavy, and I think it's ridiculous that my small, older and therefore somewhat fragile grandma should have to pull a cart full of water up a hill home every few weeks. But she'll do it anyway, because she's that way. But while I'm here I get to be the pack mule. :) Quality time with grandma. Gotta love it. 

Random Thursday

Today was unexciting except that we had to run 4 kilometers in p.e. and I went to lunch with a girl in my class and we talked about teachers and people who do drugs...

Tomorrow's Friday!! Yay! And next week is a field trip with my class-I'm already excited. 

There was a solar flare yesterday/today and apparently if there are clear skies Friday through Sunday you might be able to see some northern lights! So go take a midnight stroll! I just moved my entire desk so I could lean out my window but there are too many clouds this evening to see anything...

Did you know that you can leave comments on these blog posts? Now you do. All you need is a google account (gmail, youtube, etc.) and then you can write things or questions on the posts... :) Just FYI. 

Rain

Today was gorgeously rainy. Which means all the slugs come out. I have never seen larger slugs than there are here. They're everywhere. (My hand is for size comparison)

School was school, only I got out super early! Yay! Tomorrow p.e. is moved to a different time, so I get out early again! Woot!

And all my classmates seem to be under the impression I live in a place like Alaska after seeing the video I sent them (see post "Monday"). I had to explain a bit that the video was made in the winter and that yes, we do in fact have relatively warm summers sometimes. 

Day 4!

Thursdays consist of a bunch of double periods of classes which makes the day a strange length. Today I had double English (I practiced German), geography, history, biology, double French, and double p.e.

During p.e. I noticed something. We were practicing volleyball, and a lot of the girls didn't know how to play at all. A lot of the students were uncoordinated and not very athletic. At home, if you're not good at a sport, no one likes you in p.e. because everyone has to wait for you. There is so much emphasis put on sports at home, and here it's just not a big deal. I find it refreshing to not have to freak out when you mess up and send the volleyball flying across the gym.

I feel like Switzerland is a happier place than the U.S. and I wonder how one could measure that scientifically to find out. Huh. But what I've noticed is if you pass someone walking, you say hello or good morning etc, whereas back home that's just awkward and weird. Here it's a courteous thing to do, and quite frankly, it makes everyone happier. Strangers aren't as much of a reason to freak out and be awkward so much as a reason to be polite and make room to sit down or something like that. 

I feel like here people also value the effort and/or money the city or someone put into something more and they expend more effort to make sure they don't mess it up. There is graffiti and all that just like anywhere else, but even the graffitiers don't go after the pretty sculptures and so on in public places. Just abandoned buildings and the like. 

Also, the trains, trams, and buses are unbelievably clean. You are allowed to eat and drink on all of them, and yet they are always tidy. Yay for random things I noticed today... 

The School System Is A Joke

So, today I went back to school after a 3-day weekend... *woop woop*
1st period: French. I love the language and the teacher, but one of the kids asked what the word "deafen" meant. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Deafen
2nd period: Choir! Nothing to say. I love to sing.
3rd period: 21st Century Literacies. We had a lady come in to tell us about how difficult sophomore year is going to be. They tell us that every year, that "the next year of school is going to be soooo tough!"
4th period: English. We wrote an essay. It was fun.:)
5th period: Math. I played on my friend's phone the. Entire. Time. I just did the math homework that he assigned in about 15 minutes. Easy.
6th period: Biology. This class is fun. We have a good teacher. And we learned stuff. Woot.
7th period: P.E. Easy, but fun.

#sorrynotsorry
Rant time is over now.
Bye!