update #26 - LipSync/ Last EF meeting in America

days count: 277, days left in America: 51

I can't believe that I'll be home so soon. I actually really don't wanna leave at all. I'm driven by so many different feelings. When I text people from home, I really can't wait, but then I really appreciate and love every little thing here so incredibly and I get so sad when I think about leaving. It feels weird and I don't know how to handle these feelings.
The past couple weeks, I joined a hip hop group that practiced two to four hours a day for one of the biggest events at my school called LipSync. With hip hop practice and track together, I was pretty busy but it is definitely worth all the stress and pain.
Lip Sync was last friday and we are all so proud of the result. We got an award and I love all of those girls so much. The video of the complete dance is on my Facebook page. The actual purpose of the event is to Lip sync the songs, but the students make it more like a dance battle.

Today was the last time all of the exchange students in this area met. It was at a bowling alley and we had pizza and did some activities. I'll put up some more pictures as soon as I get them. We just got some information about leaving etc and it was kinda sad. And I really suck at bowling.

In love with Californian dusks

…and these weirdos

especially those two, because we fucked up
 and missed the flight in Phoenix.
Stuck with those jerks since day one
and couldn't love them more.

It will never be the same again, I will never see these people again, or even if, it won't be this group. They're like my family and just thinking about leaving them makes me wanna cry. Once again I'm at the point where I think about how many times I'll do all the "normal" things again. Like, how many times I'll go to my favorite food place, how many times I'll have track practice, if its my last exam in a class, and  I literally get sad about everything. This might sound really silly because I still have 6 weeks to go, but I just can't handle the thought that I might never come back, I'll never be in the gym again, cheering with my school for a team, just normal American things. I start realizing how much I've changed and it makes me happy and causes fear at the same time. It just weird being on exchange I guess. I'll definitely try to  join the Switzerland Ambassador program for information meetings etc. And btw I realized that I'm passionate about track and really sad that the season ends so soon. 


I really hate myself :') The pictures just came. By the way, its 10:39 PM and I'll get up at like 5:45.

I don't need to mention
that we are both high key
in love with Ice cream

we look like a typical Swedish
family but I'm not blonde and
not Swedish

this was after we had pizza, that's why
we look happy instead of
sad

so much love for those people
that made my journey so
much better

update #25 - spring break

days count: 270 days left: 58

Friday last week we had minimum day, but since we had a track meet at McFarland we didn't get home before like 8 PM. The meet was pretty big and the track we ran on was so nice.
During the actual break, we mostly stayed home or went on a little road trip to Palmdale.

There's a big field with poppies and we took pictures. It was a lot of fun. After that we just kept going, we went to Santa Clarita or somewhere like that, we don't know for sure. 

The rest of the week we went to Bakersfield or did stuff at home, then on Friday we went to Santa Monica and Venice beach, which was a big wish of mine since a long time, and it was freaking awesome. 

It was a lot of fun and there's so much to see, there's a lot of art and weird people, especially at Venice. 
On Santa Monica pier there's a little fair, which seemed pretty cool. We went there during the day, but I bet its even better at night. We saw the Western end of route 66, which is the longest highway in the United states. It is about 2448 Miles long, which is 3939.6 km.

In downtown Santa Monica there's a lot of little stores, cafe's and all that. There's a really cool thrift store and a German bakery or something. 

My bff Lucy & I 

We also took the dog with us, we planned on going to the beach and swim. We thought that we could take fish into the ocean with us but as we found out we weren't allowed to, which really sucked. So Lucy and I just went by ourselves, and it was really cold, like about 16 degrees celcius.

It was my absolute favorite trip so far and I highly recommend going there. I'm so glad that I got that chance. It was something special to do and its unique. There's a Freakshow and artists and a lot of different cultural things and foods. 
Tomorrow we have the last day off until Summer break, which means I have 7 weeks of school left and one week of Summer break here. Pretty excited for this last part.
I hope you guys are having a Happy Easter.

update #24 - fish

days count: 260, days to go: 69

The past week has been crazy stressful. I have a lot of quizzes and many track meets have been going on, tomorrow we have another one. 
We found a little puppy. He was running on the street in the morning, like a week ago probably. My host mum picked him up. He was starving, you could see all his bones and it was crazy. I don't have to mention that I hate that there's people that treat their dogs like crap. It honestly makes me so upset.
Okay, whatever, we named him fish. He's a mix of a Pit bull and Lab, and he's hella cute.
We're all so in love with him and he's doing way better than a week ago. He loves riding in the car with us, playing with other pups and sleeping. 

However, as I already mentioned, track is getting busy, but it seems like we're making progress. 

On the last meet on wednesday, Nadja and I qualified for a big meet tomorrow at a college in Bakersfield. So, I think the practice finally shows off.

honestly the worst picture ever

All exchangers got their homebound flight informations, and not that it's like bad here or anything, but we're honestly all ready to go home. Not in a bad way though, we just miss our friends and family and like the cultural things. I even miss Swiss schools haha, never expected that to happen. We're like at the point where the year is about to be over and where we're like totally fine with it. Obviousely I'll really really miss my friends and my family here though. I think the whole situation will change multiple times, the day when I'm gonna leave, I will want  to stay I'm pretty sure. Whatever, there's still a lot of time. Tomorrow is a minimum day, but the track athletes have a meet, so it will get kinda late.
And then we have a week of spring break.