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So, after spending 5 wonderful days in New York City, and 3 great weeks in Florida with my parents, I'm finally back home =)
Now that I've been home for 2 weeks, I feel like I've never been gone. Okay, sometimes I still feel kinda like a stranger, or an observer, but now I think I'm pretty much back in the Swiss life.
I really really miss speaking English though. I am totally in love with that language, and in the beginning it was hard for me to accept not being able to speak it all the time. But I'm still in contact with my host family and friends from the US, I read a lot of books and journals in English, and sometimes I think in English - just because I can and because sometimes it's easier. To me it seems like I can express feelings better in English for some reason...

Well, anyway, now I am back here in beloved Switzerland. I have my room back, my bed, my computer :) And, most importantly, I have my family and my friends back =)

This entry here should kinda put an end to this weblog. It certainly does not put an end to my exchange year - the memories are gonna be with me forever in my life. I am so glad that I decided to do it, and I'll surely never regret it! Everybody who's thinking about going to another country for sometime (no matter if it's 2 months or 3 years) - do it! It won't always be easy, but it's definitely gonna be worth it!

Last week I opened up a new weblog about my life here back in Switzerland. It's actually for my friends back in the US (it's written in English), but everybody's welcome to check it out:
http://k-swiss.blogspirit.com :)

I wish everybody much success with whatever you're doing. If you'd like to write me an email, feel free to do so. My email address is katie.usa@hotmail.com.

It was great having you as a reader,
Katja =)

I just got home from my last day of school... and it kinda feels so... incomplete. I had 2 Exams today, and that was pretty much it. No sitting around in a class room, eating cake and watching TV. Not that I necessarily would want to watch a movie or eat cake, it's more about sitting together with people you won't see for a while (in my case a long while I assume). I wish I could have really said bye, or really realise what's going on. Because ppl with a car could leave school 15 min. early, and Martine & I had to get a ride from Lindsay, I couldn't even say bye to most of my friends, some of the teachers etc. It makes the whole Last Day of School thing feel very incomplete. I'm still kind of mad that I didn't get the chance to say good - bye, to go to my locker for one last time, or to slowly walk through the hallways and take in everything I see... Luckily I'll have a "Good-Bye K-Swiss" Party tomorrow, where I will at least see my closer friends again, and then next week is Graduation and a couple of Graduation parties where I'll hopefully will see a few more people again.
Wow, summerbreak! So surreal! And the fact that my exchange year is almost over even more! Okay, I probably should stop writing cuz it ends up in some psychological thing every time I do lol ;) I guess I'll just try to start realizing what's going on, prepare the party, then ejoy the party & later tell yall how it was =) Cuz right now I still feel like I'm in a bubble, or in a dream or something...
Well yeah, yall enjoy your weekends!
Katja

Wow! It's Thursday night, and tomorrow is gonna be my last day of school here in the US. It is absolutely crazy! Everything seems so surreal, like in a dream, and it just feels like this year just flashed by. Somehow I don't feel ready to leave yet. I don't feel ready to say bye to my teachers and just walk out of the room, not knowing if I'll ever see them again! I'm definitely gonna keep in touch with certain teachers, and of course my friends here and my American family... but still, things here for me are never gonna be the same again... and that fact is really, really scary! But yeah, I can't stop the time - which is probably good, since I actually wanna see my parents again, wanna go home etc. - and so I'm just gonna enjoy my last day of school here, my last day as a student of the Academy of Richmond County. About 9 months ago I had my first school day here... and sooo many things happened in those 9 months, it feels like so many things around me have changed... but actually I am the one that has changed... I'm not aware of it that much right now, but I probably will be in a couple of months when I'm back home. I wish I could combine those 2 worlds I've seen. Both cultures have good and bad things and I'd just love to create a world mix out of them. Reading those nice comments in my yearbook from both my friends and my teachers just makes me very... sad. I feel like I should have enjoyed my time here better, although I enjoyed it as much as I could. Still, I am looking forward to coming back to Switzerland, seeing my family & friends again, having my own room, I'm even looking forward to things like rivella, bread, and Swiss yoghurt. Bein an exchange students is a great experience! Everybody out there who reads this and gets the opportunity - do it! You might regret it very few times during your stay, but in the end, you'll know, it's one of the best things you can ever do. It'll change your life & way of thinking. Go for it!!!

Haha, huet hani mol widr e Unterschied zwuesche amerik. und schwyzerische Schuele miese feststelle: In de afternoon announcements het dr Christman doch tastaechlich akuendigt, dass Schieler am FR - dr letzt Schueltag vor de Summerferie - keini Rucksaeck, odr Taeschene und aehnlichs doerfe mit in d Schuel naeh. Mi erscht Gedanke: What?!? Anschinend isch das e Sicherheitsvorkehrig? Ich weiss jo nit, abr irgendwie dunkts mi d Amerikaner werde langsam paranoid lol. Okay, dass si nit wend dass me choennt Esse in d Schuel schmuggle well si keini Parties wend ha, okay, weird, aber okay. Abr well si schiss hend dass am LETZTE Schueltag no eine mitere Waffe in d Schuel latscht? Was isch denn an de andere 250 (odr wieviel au immer) Taeg??? Vor 2 Wuche sind mol eusi Taeschene durchsuecht worde well anschinend am Vortag 3 versch. Waffene in dr Schuel gfunde worde sind. Okay, das zeigt, dass es noetig isch dass si Taeschene durchsueche... vo mir us au nit jede Tag (nimmt eh vil z vil Zyt i) sondern halt random, aber wieso bitte am letzte Schueltag? "Die spinnen die Amerikaner" ;)

Jo, was gits no neus? Wie gseit, huet het die letzti Schuelwuche agfange *freu* Im Gegesatz zur Schwyz heisst das leider nit nur Kueche esse & Film luege lol, sondern - abgseh vom MO - jede Tag 2x2 Stund lang Exams schribe! Fun fun *sarcastic* Naja, wuerklich serious nimmis jetzt au nit lol, und morn hemer statt 1st period Drama Exam denn au eifach d Uffiehrig vo eusem Theaterstueck womer scho sit Wuchene dra schaffe. Genauergseit heisst das ca. d Haelfti vo dr Klass het dra gschafft, dr Rest isch jede Morge (wenn ueberhaupt awesend) dumm im Zimmer umegsesse. But who cares, s Stueck wird eh crappy werde (morn am Nomittag ischs, und mir hend nit emol no e Iebigsuffiehrig gha), und zum Glueck bini jo nit e Schauspieler und blamier mi denn nit haha ;) Ich bi mies, ich weiss, aber d Organisation vom ganze isch eifach obermies... naja, immer no besser als Test schribe ;)

Am MI am Morge hani denn e American Lit. Exam (vermuetlich uebere Film Moby Dick welmer de grad am luege si, i weiss es aber nit mol no genau... in dere Klass wird me abr au echt nie informiert wenn me was muess ha, so annoying...), und denn am Nomittag e Guitar Test wos hauptsaechlich drum goht e Concert DVD azluege und denn Frogene z beantworte, wie dr Lehrer eus huet mitteilt het.

Am DO gits denn Math und US History Exam, und am FR Spanisch und Physik, und fuer die alli muessi denn wohl scho chli lerne... obwohl i ueberhaupt kei Bock ha so kurz vor de Summerferie...

Naja, nur no 4 Mol frieh ufstoh fuer e amerik. High school, und denn chani endlich mini laaaange Summerferie gniesse =) Am SA gits denn no e tolli Abschiedsparty fuer mich *freu & schnief*, und am FR Zobe wirdi hoffentlich au no ebis mit Fruende mache =)

Jo, weiss jetzt eigentli au nueme was schribe, ha dae Itrag eigentlich meh us langwil gschribe lol ;) Oh, mir hend uebrigens letzt Wuche widr mol e falsche Fueralarm gha, abr jo, sind mer jo mittlerwile dra gwoehnt ;) Obwohl s jetzt nit dr sinnvollsti Blogitrag vo allne gsi isch, hoffi doch uf es paar Kommentaerli *Hundeblick* ;)

Wuensch euch e schoeni Wuche, talk to yall soon,
Katja =)

P.S.: Huet Zobe isch s Heroes (=TV Show) Finale! :)

Last Thursday the Starbucks in the Barnes & Nobles book store surprisingly had more customers than usually, a lot more. Reason for that: Mr. Christman's AP US History students from ARC were having a meeting that Thursday night at 6 p.m. With a coffee in one hand & papers, books, and pens in the other, students took their places in the comfortable chairs or on the slightly less comfortable floor. Probably around 30 students were sitting there for about 2 hours, to review questions about the history of the United States of America. No, I am not talking about questions like the name of the first town, nor am I talking about easy questions like the first president. I am talking about the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, mercantilism, Scopes trial, Bacon's rebellion, Wilmot Proviso etc.
There was a Swiss girl sitting in this crowd, her head pounding with historical information about a country she's been calling home for several months now; information about a country she's about to leave soon for a longer period of time.

To say it in a less elegant tone: Last Thursday AP US History students met at Barnes & Nobles to review their material & ask the last questions before the big exam. AP is a worldwide program, something like a higher class (I'd say probably about the difficulty grade of our Gymnasiums in Switzerland, maybe slightly lower - I think we might compare our "high school" with the IB program), which also includes a big exam at the end of the course. Luckily *sarcasm* I was one of those students. Learning A LOT of information about a foreign country can be fun. Learning it in a foreign language isn't always easy, but it gets easier after time. Writing a BIG exam at the end of the school year: NOT funny! The test included 85 hard multiple choice questions (Quote Mr. Christman: "Don't worry if you don't know the answer for every question, I couldn't even answer all of them correctly."), a DBQ (Documentary Base Question) which means there a question, a whole bunch of documents, pictures & information, and you're supposed to write an essay, plus 2 other free - response essays (2 questions, you choose one, write an essay about it, and that twice). Fun fun *sarcastic once again*.

Well yeah, the best part about the 3 hour exam was to get it over with lol ;) I don't think I did very well, and I probably didn't, but who cares, since it doesn't count for me (I could get credit for College, but I'm not gonna study history in College anyways, so yeah).

The cool thing about that FR was, that I went eating lunch after the test with Katie Anderson, Marjorie McElreath, Davis McKnight, Will Fletcher, and Ethan Padgett. We went to the Village Deli which is about 3 min. from where I live, so I could easily walk home after eating a big plate of a nice hamburger & very good fries =)

So, that was the promised story about my AP Exam lol. More about my weekend you'll find here later. Some comments would be nice though :)
I'll see yall,
Katja =)

2 weeks ago there was a "displace me" (Invisible Children Event) in Atlanta, as a protest against the war in Northern Uganda. I already told yall a little bit about Invisible Children, I don't remember if I told yall about the Displace Me though. People from all over the US went to the Eventcity closest to them (for us it was Atlanata, they also had Displace Me in NY, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Dallas, LA, Phoenix & other big cities in the US), only brought crackers and water, and some cardboard. It was to imagine how the people in the displacement camps in Uganda have to live, kinda like experiencing it for one night. So a few people from our school decided to go there together on April 28th / 29th, and we ended up driving there with two cars, the "boys' car" with Remer, Holton, Jeff, and Steven, and the "girls' car" [except for Daniel lol] with Daniel, Sara Ward's soon-to-be Brother-in-law, Sara, Caitlin, Martine, and me =) It was a very interesting experience, we learned a lot, we had a lot of fun together (without any parents haha ;)), and learned how it is to sleep in a cardboard box. There was also a reverend from Uganda who specially traveled to the US to speak at th Displace me's which was very interesting! It was lots of fun, and the next morning we went to eat breakfast at Waffle House (after only eating crackers for one day...), and then went to a HUGE (and I really mean HUGE) community church in Atlanta (they have 2000 volunteers, so take a guess how many ppl actually are going to that church. It's ENORMOUSLY BIG!). It was like the coolest church service I've ever experienced (seriously, I would love to go to church there =)). It started with a Hip Hop performance, and then a Rockband came up and played 3 songs, and then a speaker in Jeans & shirt talked for a little about the church, then we studied the Bible for about 15 min., and then he continued to talk about the church. The service was about 1 hour long. The church (that really doesn't look like a church, more like a Mall) has 2 auditoriums, and every auditorium has 2 huge flat screens. The whole auditorium looked more like a concert hall, it was awesome =)
And after that we drove home & spent the rest of the Sunday relaxing (after such an uncomfortable night...).

On Wednesday night I went playing soccer again (I am really gonna miss that!), and of course I got hurt again lol ;) I got a huge bruise on my left knee where Ashley's cleed hit me (the bottom of her soccer shoes), and then I hit Alan's foot once and hurt my big toe... but yeah, I am still whole and it was a lot of fun =) And after playing we went to a bar and had dinner there :)

On Thursday Lindsay, Ethan, Martine & me went swimming after school, since we do not have anything else to do lol. It was lots of fun & nice swimming again =)

On Friday in 7th period I went to the last AB Honor Roll. Students that only have A's and B's in their Report Card (the 6th 6 weeks) can leave 7th period early, go to the cafeteria, and there get a doughnut and a drink, and some other prizes if they're lucky =) haha, of course I went there (I only have one high B in AP US History, and yep, school is that easy here haha), I mean, when do I get the chance again to get out of Physics early?!? lol ;)

On Saturday I went to Atlanta with Alan to a mandatory YFU Meeting. It was all about going home, and although it was a kinda sad sbubject, we had lots of fun and it was interesting to see some other exchange students =) After that we went for a small riverwalk, and went to eat at Mellow Mushroom :) Yup, they do have Mellow Mushroom in Atlanta as well, isn't that amzing? ;) I love it! :) (for all the ppl that don't know, it's my favorite Pizza place here =)). After eating we went Dowtown to the Underground Mall, and then went to the Baseball Stadium to see my first real professional Baseball game :) It was very exciting & entertaining, and I actually really like Baseball (thanks to my host dad I now even understand the Basic rules haha). It's by far not as boring and complicated as American Football haha :) Plus No. 22 did a really good job ;) The Braves unfortunately lost to the LA Dodgetts, but it was still fun to be there, among with roughly 42 000 other Baseball fans =) The game lasted for 3 hours (it awalys depends), from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m., and after that we finally drove home. We had left the house at 6.30 in the morning, and got home at about 12.30 a.m., so it was a long, but exciting day! :)

On Sunday then I slept in & enjoyed the day at home, and on Wednesday night I went playing Soccer again :)

So, today I finally had the big, scary AP Exam (plus preparation @ Barnes & Nobles yesterday), but I'm gonna tell yall more about that next time :)
Hope yall enjoy the last weeks of school - we have only 2 weeks left ;)
Katja =)

PS: I just realised that I still haven't put up my text about the LA trip. I think I'm gonna open up a special category for the trips as soon as I find the time for that.
PPS: Happy Mothersday for SO for all the proud Mothers that read this =)

Die letzte 2 Wuche hani rechts Programm gha, wege dem wirdi nit genauer uf die einzelne Erlebnis igoh (ussr sisch noetig...).

Am Zischtig nach dr Schuel bini vom 3 bis am 5i mit em Ethan ins Fort Discovery go schaffe. Er het no CAS Hours fuers IB brucht, das heisst Stunden wome als Freywillige schafft, und er het mi gfrogt ebi au wuerd mitcho. Fort Discovery isch es Science museum wono recht cool isch & sehr beliebt fuer Field trips (also trips wo Schuelene organisiere). Es goht meh ums praktische usprobiere als ums theoretische, und sogar ich wo weder gern Museum het no Sciene (lol), find sisch es tolls Museum (irgendwie findi dr Begriff Museum passt nit eso... das toent so langwilig ;)). Jo, und denn hemer nit mol no richtig miese schaffe - die ersti Stund hend mer quasi e privati Fiehrig becho und alles choenne usprobiere, und vom 4i bis am 5i sind mer denn no chli umeglofe, "zum s Museum besser kennezlerne". Am 5i sind mer denn zu dr Bibliothek gange, wo mini Gastmuettr schafft, und immr am DI gratis Englischstundene fuer Nicht-muttersprachler git. Doert het denn dr Ethan au mitgholfe z lehre zum no meh Stundene z becho. Am Viertel nach 8i Zobe bini denn au endlich heicho :)

Am MI Zobe sind d Martine und ich uf die 5 zur Schuel, wos letzte Baseball game stattgfunde het. Welli jo no nie i mim Lebe e Baseball game live gseh ha, hend mer denkt mir miese denk scho mol go :) Baseball isch no e recht coole Sport (vil cooler & vil interessanter als American Football!), und erinneret stark ans "Brennball" wo mir in dr Schwyz amigs im Turne spile :) Nach ca. ere halbe Stund hemer denn abr ins Stadium gwechslet zum dr letzti Fuessballmatch vo de Boys go z luege. Leidr hemer verlore, abr sisch e recht intense Match gsi und het gueti Stimmig gmacht =)

Am DO bini denn widr vom 3 bis am 5i ins Fort Discovery. Dismol hemer die 1. Stund tatsaechlich ebis gschafft, und die 2. sind mer denn eifach no umeglofe und hend gluegt eb Bsuecher hilf bruche, hend dr Kids Room ufgruumt etc.

Am FR bini nach dr Schuel fuer 1 Stund ins Fort Discovery. Denn bini schnell hei go dusche, und mit em Bus in d Mall. Bi denn doert fuer ca. 2 Stund ellei chli go shoppe, und ha mi denn nach de 7ne mit em Dorian us minere Lit. Class troffe. Mir sind denn zemme no 1 1/2 Stund chli in dr Mall umeglofe und denn ueber zu de Theatres gfahre. Urspruenglich hemer plannt, ca. z foift ins Kino z go, de andere is denn abr doch nit gange & schlussendlich sind denn nur mir zwoi gsi ;) Mir sind go Vacancy luege, e Thriller woni meeegga geil gfunde ha =) Ha scho sit Afangs April de wele go luege woni d Vorschau gseh ha, und mir sind au nit enttuescht worde :) Mir bedni hend gfunde es sig mega scary gsi lol ;) Wenn de ind Schwyz in d Kinos chunnt - unbedingt go luege! :) Mega cool =) Ich wird mir de sichr uf DVD chaufe wenn er denn use chunnt :P
Uf die halb 12i bini denn widr dehei gsi =)

Am Wucheend hend denn no s Displace me vo Invisible Children in Atlanta stattgfunde, ueber das verzehli denn abr s noegschte Mol. Isch au es super Ereignis gsi =)

Wuensch euch jetzt allne e schoene Start ins Wucheend, hoff dir hends au so schoen (geschtr hets 32 Grad Celsius gha!!!) :)
Glg, Katja =)

"Wow, nur no 4 1/2 Wuche Schuel & scho sind Summerferie!" Mit dem Satz choennti wohl einigi Schieler in dr Schwyz ifersuechtig mache, het me doch doert erscht Afang Juli Summerferie ;) Summerferie heisst fuer mich persoenlich abr au, sich langsam ufs Abschieds naeh vorzbereite... abr jetzt mol zu mine Erlebnisse vo de letzte Taeg:

Am FR isch jo Prom gsi - de Event wo irgendwie immer so "am End vom Schueljohr" isch, und jetzt scho widr verbi. S ganze chunnt mer im Nochhinein sehr surreal vor, und ich glaub mi Kopf verstohts gar noni dass mis Ustuschjohr sich jetzt langsam em Endi zueneigt.

Also, Prom isch andere amerikanische High school so zimli s Highlight vom ganze Johr (glaubet mer, sooo genial is jetzt au widr nit lol ;)). Mir isch im vorhinein scho gseit worde dass vili Luete werde schwaenze a dem Tag - glaubt hanis denn allerdings nit wuerklich - bisi denn am FR imene Schuelzimmer mit (z.T.) nur 5 Schieler statt 20 gsesse bi lol. D "cutters" (Zitat Christman ;)) sind denn au hauptsaechlich girls, wo dr Tag bim Coiffeure und im Nagelstudio verbringe... ich persoenlich ha allerdings nit grad s verlange gha, no meh Geld fuer Naegel uszgaeh, und ussrdem hette mini host parents sowieso nit erlaubt dassi dehei blib - au wenn Schuel a dem Tag irgendwie nit so wuerklich Sinn gmacht het haha. I minere Gschichtsklass hanis sogar gschafft, s einzige Meitli z si ;) Waehrend die 5,6 boys wo nit gschwaeznt het am Schach spile gsi sind, hani mit em Christman Clips im Internet vo alte TV Shows agluegt ;)

Woni denn am Viertel vor 3 vo dr Schuel hei cho bi, bini denn abr allerdings wuerkli chli in Stress cho. Ich bi mit dr Martine schnell zu de Laede uebere glatscht, und ha e "butonniere" bsorgt (e chlises Bluemegsteck fuer ad Jacke vom guy), ha denn duscht, dress agleit, Hoor gmacht, Make-up etc., und am halb 6i sind denn dr Ethan (mini Begleitig), sini Muettr und Schweschtr verbi cho. Ich ha vo ihm es Bluemearmband becho, und mir sind ganz traditionell vors Huus und hend die erschte pictures gmacht (bi witem nit die einzige a dem Obe haha ;)). Denn sind mer imene Restaurant Dowtown guet go esse (Jamaican Jerk Chicken, mit Safran riis, schwarze Bohne & Corn Bread, *yummi*). Denn sind mer zum Boatshouse, wo dr Prom stattgfunde het. Sisch - wies dr Name scho verrotet - am Savannah River agsi, und no e mega schoeni Location gsi. Sisch zwar zimli chli gsi fuer d Mengi Luet wo denn schlussendlich doert gsi sind, abr drfuer hets e schoeni Terrasse use zum Fluss gha.
Mir sind denn also vo ca. 7.20 bis am 10.45 p.m. doert gsi, bisi denn leidr abbroche hend well es paar z wild tanzt hend lol. Welldr Ethan am 11 het hei miese, und ich nit wuerkli gwuesst ha wos Afterparties git, het mi denn sini Muettr au grad heigfiehrt. Grundsaetzlich is e schoene Obe gsi, und definitiv ebis wome sett mache imene Ustuschjohr, wells halt eifach irgendwie zur High school experience derzueghoert, allerdings git me e schoeni Mengi Geld fuer nur 1 Obe us (okay, dr dress chame au nocher no alege ;)). Nur scho d tickets sind meistens um die 60 Dollar, denn brucht me natuerli no e dress, und evtl. halt no Friseurtermin, Naegel, odr halt eifach Make up. Fuere Typ wirds denn no tuerer well er traditionsgemaess fuers Znacht zahlt (obwohls am Prom selber eigentlich denn au nomol gnue z Esse het lol ;)). Und yes, es het au e chocolate fountain gha - allerdings isch d Schoggi so grusig gsi, dassi nacheme Stueckli Pineapple druf verzichtet ha lol ;) (Also d Ananas isch guet gsi ;)). Drfuer isch dr punch mega guet gsi: Ananassaft, sehr siess zwar, abr mega guet! Allerdings goht jedesmol s Gruecht ume dass er "spiked" isch, d.h. e chli Alkohol dinne het. Naja, dr Polizist doert hets au drunke ;) Und guet gschmeckt hets allemal :) (Ussrdem is s einzige Getraenk doert gsi, vo dem her hani kei anderi Wahl gha haha ;)).

Am SO sind denn d Martine, d Shirley, dr Alan & ich nach Charleston gfahre (ca. 3 Stund Autofahrt vo do). Zerrscht sind mer fuer knapp 2 Stund an Strand (yeah =)), und denn sind mer chli durch d Stadt gschlenderet (die hend e meeega guete Candy shop *yummmmi* ;)). Und doert hani denn au zum erschte Mol i mim Lebe e Delfin live gseh =) Allerdings nur ganz kurz, und uf dr Foti gseht meh au nur no d Flosse ;)
I freu mi abr definitiv druf doert denn nomol z go in ca. 6 Wuche =)

Letzt Wuche hani denn au endlich definitiv bestaetigt becho, dassi Afang Juni nach New York City cha! =) Juhuuuuu! Freu mi MEGA! :) Und denn au widr e Teil vo de exchange students vom LA trip z gseh, das wird sichr hammr!!! :)

So, jetzt muessi mi abr widr go parat mache, huet Zobe gangi ans Home Soccer Game vo de Boys :) Ueber d EOCT, AP Test & Fort Discovery verzehli denn s noegschte Mol...

Alllso, schribet flissig Kommentaer (merci Mami fuer di Itrag letzt Mol =)).
Machets guet, und gniessets Wetter (ich glaub bi euch is au so schoen wie do, odr?)
Katja =)

Und scho is April - unglaublich wie schnell die Zyt do vergoht. Und mit em April hend denn au mini 2 letzte Monaet vo mim "richtige" Lebe agfange - sprich bis zu de Summerferie, wo Endi Mai afange. Im Moment hemer jo grad Spring break, danach nur no 7 Wuche Schuel (!), und denn hani knapp 1 Wuche bevor's denn (hoffentlich) nach New York City goht! Ich wird denn doert widr 5 Taeg gsi, denn zrugg nach Atlanta fliege, und denn mini Eltere, mi Tante und mi Unkel vor Schwyz widr gseh =)

Mit em April isch natuerli au dr 1. April cho. Ich hoff dir hend alli realisiert dass mi Itrag undedra nur e Aprilscherz gsi isch und hend euch nit z grossi Sorgene gmacht lol ;) Wer uf e Link klickt het haetti das eigentlich au grad sette usefinde lol ;)

Dr Afang vo Spring Break het denn au recht gmietlich agfange. Am FR bini dr ganzi Tag dehei gsi und ha mi vo all dene Schuelstrapazene erholt (3 grossi Tests und 1 Presentation am DO)! Am SA sind denn d Martine und ich wuerkli zemme in d Mall (dae Teil isch also nit gloge gsi lol), und sind doert fuer ca. 3 Stund umeglatscht zums richtige Promkleid fuer mi z finde. Es het zwar recht grossi Uswahl gha, abr weme ebis moeglichst untr 100 Dollar moecht ha, muess me scho genauer luege. Ich ha denn au nach Stundene "the most beautiful dress ever" gfunde! Sisch zwar nit e typische Promdress, wege dem bini mer noni 100%ig sichr ebi denn au wuerkli mit dem dress an Prom gang, abr sisch echt e meggga schoens Kleid =) Und die normale Promdresses sind eh so mega uebertribe, das me die denn vilicht 3x im Lebe cha alege, und dafuer zwuesch 90 - 120 Dollar uszgseh luegt mer irgendwie au nit so i... abr ich bi gluecklich mit mim Dress, jetzt fehle nur no schoeni Schueh und es Taeschli - mis date - dr Ethan Padgett - hani scho sit Endi Januar lol. Er isch e Kolleg vo mir und mir sind au zemme im Schwuemm team gsi. :)

Am SO sind denn d Martine, dr Alan und ich gege Obe no e paar Stund go Fuessball spile in North Augusta (dasch NIT die glychi Stadt wie Augusta. Augusta ligt am Suedufer vom Savannah River in Georgia, und North Augusta isch grad gegenueber am Nordufer, allerdings isch das denn South Carolina).
Womer denn widr dehei gsi sind, sind mer schnell go dusche, und denn uswaerts imene japanische Steak house go z Nacht esse. Dasch au so ebis vo me mol muess erlebt ha. Doert sitzt meh so ume risigi Herdplatte ume, und dr Koch kocht (und entertained) denn vor dine Auge ;) Dir werdet denn irgendwenn no mol Foeteli vo dem in dr Gallery finde. Zur Vorspiis hets Suppe und Salat gaeh, und ich ha denn Ris mit Gmies und Chicken Terijaki (odr wie au immr meh das schribt lol) gha. Yummi! =)

Und am MO bini denn au widr dr ganz Tag dehei gsi, genauso wie huet, und ha Woesch gwaesche, mis Zuegs ufgrumt etc. Irgendwenn die Wuche moechti denn no mol ins Kino, vilicht huet Zobe, und morn und am DO wirdi denn wohl no in d Suppekuchi go helfe. Am SO isch jo denn scho Ostere (ich weiss jetzt nit emol eb mini Fam das fiirt), und denn am MO isch euse letzt Ferietaeg bevor's denn widr mit dr Schuel losgoht.

Im Moment sind jo au no grad die weltberiehmte Masters (Golfturnier) do in Augusta. D.h. wenn dir in de Nochrichte irgendwelchi Bildr vom Turnier gsehnd - in dere Stadt wohnich jetzt grad ;) Ich wird doert zwar nit higo - wer het scho so vil Geld lol - abr jo, irgendmoime doert in dr Gegend bini denn grad haha ;)

Jo, das waers denn au widr gsi... ich meld mi denn ines paar Taeg widr. Und uf Kommentaer warti immr no (an dere Stell merci Claudia fuers Email :)).
Wuensch euch e ganz e tolli Wuche, hoff dir heit au so schoens Wettr wie mir do meistens hend!
Katja =)

Okay, ich ha euch nur schnell wele mitteile, dassi grad vom Spital us schrib. Ich bi geschtr mit dr Martine in d Mall, und waehrend si Subway isst, hanich natuerli miese das chinesische Sweet & Sour Chicken esse. Toll, und jetzt hani e Lebensmittelvergiftig :( Sisch nit allzu schlimm, ich cha halt eifach nuet esse wellis sofort widr muess erbreche... Man, that sucks! :( Wieso grad denn wenni mol Ferie ha?!? :( Und denn wirds no so scheisse kompliziert mit dr Versicherig... :(

Immerhin ebis guets hets gha dassi in d Mall gange bi - ich ha de meeega schoen Dress gfunde =)
Ha geschtr Zobe no es Bildli gmacht, und denn ins Internet ufeglade:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/duncanmathewjames/dress.jpg