Church Prom, short hair, and the beginning of the end

Hi you guys!

It is just crazy how my year abroad is getting closer and closer to the end, and in less than 4 weeks we will see each other again. I still can't really figure out if I'm incredibly happy about that or just plain sad. It for sure is bitter sweet, and I'm enjoying my last couple weeks very much. The weather is beautiful. I'm sitting ouside on the patio right now in shorts and a top and the sun is shining, it's really hot. The pool is going to open this weekend and I'm looking forward to hanging out there with my family and friends again.

Unbelievable, I know, last Thursday was my last day of school here in Colorado, here in America, here during my exchange year. After lots of work and studying for my final exams last Wednesday and Thursday, it was very overwhelming for me to say good bye to my friends, to my teachers. To all those people that became part of my everyday life and that I might now not see ever again.

To switch to a much happier topic; on Friday my friends and I celebrated the last day of school and the summer at Church Prom. My friend Nikki and I got ready together at my house and met everyone else in our group at my friend Caroline's house. We planned it so that all the girls would arrive half an hour before the boys. So us girls were waiting upstairs with our flowers for our dates. One after the other arrived and we walked down the staircase - like in "Plötzlich Prinzessin". It really felt like falling into a movie, it was amazing. We took tons of pictures, of course, some of them you can see above in this post, and then went to dinner together. It was really fun, we split the food which was so romantic :) and then we headed to prom! It looked so pretty. We got to th building and the trees in front were decorated with light chains! Once we got inside it started to rain, so after the dance was over, we all got soaking wet on our way to the cars. Except the girls - the boys were being gentlemen and gave us their tuxedo jackets. It was for sure the best night of my life so far.

Some fun stuff happened since then. I went hiking in Castle Wood Canyon with Mom, Dad and Emma, which was really fun. I also went to the mall with Valentina, we got our hair cut and highlighted to look our best when we return to home! My hair is chin length now, and I have caramel highlights - I'll look very different than you remember me!

Saturday I went to my last orientation from YFU, and that night my friends and I were all hanging out at Tanner's house watching scary movies.

I'll keep you postet on my graduation on Friday and all that jazz.

See ya in a few!

Love always,

Insa

Frühlingserwachen

Hi everyone,

time is running fast and tomorrow begins my last week of school.
Monday night, my Choire, Women´s Select, will perform at school and I´m really excited already. We are singing "Cowboy take me away" by the Dixe Chicks, "Ain´t no mountain high enough", "All that Jazz" from the movie Chicago, and "Angel". I also tried out for a solo; Leaving on a jetplane by John Denver, but the solo artists were not announced yet. So I´ll have to wait till tomorrow morning.
On Friday, the big Graduation ceremony will start at 8 am, in case somebody wants to come by! I heard flights from Germany are really cheap right now! :-)
It will be so exciting, I´m sure. I´ll receive my cap and gown on Thursday, and then we´ll be all set!
Friday, after Graduation, I am going to go to my second prom (I know, I´m spoiled) with all my friends. It´s organized by the church, and it´ll be a blast.
The sun starts to shine again and I hope to get some of the amazingly beautiful sunny days of Colorado before I´m going back to good ol' Germany, and get a little tan!
I´ll keep you postet about the concert and Church Prom!
See ya in 37 days! Holy crap!

All my love,

INSA