Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most.

So here's this weeks Post. This week had it's ups and downs which you will read. Well hope you like it and don't forget to leave me a pretty little comment.


Maandag 11 Oktober ’10

Today I had only one class and then I had to bike all the way to Abberkerk for more Nederland lessons. The lessons aren’t to bad, I’m starting to understand some stuff but then again I’m not at the same time. Later that day around 4:30pm I had to bike all the way to Twisk for dinner at Eric my counsellors house. The dinner went great, I had a lot of fun and the food we had was amazing. So all in all I had a good day even if I may be tired from biking 40 some odd km, it was still a good day.

Dinsdag 12 Oktober 10
Today I didn’t have to bike to school since my host brother Kylian was sick so Anouk my host mother drove us to our schools. I was happy not having to bike today since I had to do a running test in Gym class. The running test was that we had to run straight for 12min and see how many laps you could do. It’s like the cooper test that I wrote about but this time there was no break in the middle. In the end I ran 11 laps which is pretty good for me. Once school was over I had to bike home. All in all the day was good I may have not biked 32km like normal but I was still tired from biking 16km and running 2km.

Woensdag 13 Oktober 10


Today was another day that I didn’t have to bike to school which again was nice. Today was a somewhat good day. I got a 7 on a school project and that is pretty good. The marking system here is different then back home. How they mark everything is with a scale of 0- 10. zero being almost impossible since most teacher give a mark for your name but still its the worst type of fail you can do and then you have a ten which is amazing work. I think I’m going to leave it at that description since that scale can turn to be confusing when the teacher starts writing it in decimals or they just put plus signs with it. Also today I hung out with some friends which is a good sign that I’m making them. After school I biked home and called Eric my counsellor about when I’m going to my next host family. I found out that I will be leaving on the 7th of November. After I ended the call I felt well sad and a bit stressed and also shocked since I realized that time is going faster then I thought it would go. I also realized that I’m not getting very far on the language and I realized just how little of time I have left with my first host family here in De Weere. I also felt that I hadn’t done enough to fully show my appreciation to my host family. Its funny when I look back I wish that I was a more open person and not a person that likes to not show their feelings. In this time I was feeling that way I felt I had a song come into my head. You know the song Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home well there is a part of the song that says ("This is my temporary Home

It's not where I belong. /Windows and rooms that I'm passing' through./This was just a stop, on the way to where I'm going. /I'm not afraid because I know... this was /My temporary home." /This is our temporary home.) I think I really understand that those lyrics. Since this my be my home but this isn’t my home forever everyone moves on with life and everyone keeps going, no one can stand still forever even when that all we want to do. I may not fully understand the lyrics but this is my understanding of them.

Donderdag 14 Oktober 10
Today was another good day but it just had to try to rain which put a downer on my day. All I can say is that I’m glad its only a little bit of rain and not it raining cats and dogs. School today was long I had around 8 hours of school and three of those hours I had no classes. After school I biked home. All in all the day was a normal day nothing fully was totally new to me.

Vrijdag 15 Oktober 10
Today I had to bike to school which was a bit harder since I haven’t biked in the morning for a while. After I finished 3 hours of school I was done for the day, so I went to the old part of Hoorn and went shopping. I didn’t really buy a lot since what ever I buy I have to carry on the bike with me and I really don’t want anything that’s to heavy. After getting lost in the old part of the town I went home. Later that day my host father Luuk and I went to go pick up Kylian from school since he still is to sick to bike. Once we picked up Kylian we went and got fries from the snack store by my school. Once home we had dinner and watched Indiana Jones and the crystal skull and then went to bed.
Zaterdag 16 Oktober 10
Today I decided to go watch my host sister and brothers soccer games. Which went ok my host sister Marielle soccer game ended up with a loss but they still played well and my host brother Kylian soccer game ended up with their first win in the season which was great. After watching both games I went home and had a wonderful lunch and then tried to translate an article from the newspaper. So far I got that it’s about Breast Cancer and about this women’s life with the disease. Later that night Anouk my host mother brother and his wife came over for a visit which was ok , they are very nice people.

Zonderdag 17 Oktober 10
Today I got to sleep in well on Sunday I tend to always sleep in but I don’t sleep in to the time that I would back home I only sleep in till 10:30 or 11 am. The day was great it was nice and sunny so we decided to take a trip to the Sand Doon called the Honky tonk it was fun but tiring at the same time. After we went home and just had kinda like family time. The day end on a good note.