Homecoming Week

Hi everyone :)

I hope you guys are all doing good! I am fine. I kind of get used to going to school over here and speaking English the whole time, waking up early and having a lot of work to do. Still, I have a great time.

Last week was so exciting!
We had Homecoming Week at Ponderosa High, which means every day was themed and the students would dress up according to the day´s topic. Tuesday for example was Superhero Day. We had such a great time, because everyone went nuts in this week :)
Some guys really had funny costumes. On Safari Day, two boys would dress up as bananas and on Wild Wild West Day they wore mini skirts and high heel boots: Cowgirls. Well.
On Thursday night there was our Homecoming Football Match and we had a Prep Rallye in 6th and 7th period, the cheerleader and poms danced and everyone got into the mood. When I arrived at the stadion together with Valentina, a friend of mine, it almost felt like a time shift back to the soccer worldcup. The school- spirit here in the USA is just amazing; we all wore school colours (cardinal and gold) and had painted faces. It feels great to be part of this.
Okay, I mean we lost the game. ;) but anyway!

I couldn´t do Cross Country last week because I got a shin splinters and my knee is injured, but I will be alright again in a few.

Then of course, Saturday, the Homecoming Dance!
Oh my gosh it was so much fun!
My dress was really pretty, it is creamecolored in the middle and on the sides a dark brown and it´s tied in the back.
My friends and I first went out for dinner, took some pictures afterwards and then drove to school. There were actually some kids with a limo! That was like in all the high school movies I´ve seen before - but it was there, part of it. It was hard to believe all these things were happening and I was not dreaming, seriously.
Dancing was so much fun. When I stood there then, in the cafeteria, with the loud music and the beat shaking the floor beneath me, it was so hot. I began to dance and twirled around, and all the faces I saw were formiliar. I could tell the names of like half of the students in the crowd, and they said "Hi Insa" and I could answer. I sneezed and someone said "Bless you" and I said "Thanks". He would say "You´re welcome."
And that is exactly how I feel.
You are welcome.


I wish I could share this with you.

I love you.

Insa