Hey,
So today is November 4, 2012! I have adjusted to my new
family and am loving it here! I love my family…I have 2 sisters both older and my
host mom and dad are sweet! I can’t
believe how fortunate I have been to have great families so far! School is
going good….still not understanding much, sad to say I’ve slept more in classes
but I don’t think it helped with the switching families and all! I love having a sister my age she is awesome!
Both of my host sisters dance and play the piano. When my mama (my host mom) explained it to me
she said that my one host sister, Mari, was learning to play and then when I
heard her play for the first time, I knew I had majorly misunderstood, because she
knew how to play and she was good! I
sometimes get jealous because my sisters are just amazing and I'm not, they
always say I'm pretty! They are always saying it! It sometimes gets annoying as if they have
to! I love them though! My older host sister Nao goes to college close to home,
and Mari is in High school with me, same grade! My host dad (papa) works with women’s
fashion, and mama is I guess a lady who answers the phone and what not for a
spa (?)! Sorry I'm not completely sure! My host family doesn’t speak very much English
so I have picked up more Japanese! I
have met my host cousins and they are very nice! The one is in High school and the other one
is in middle school! I have also met my host aunt and they are all so
nice!! I’ve met some of Maris’ friends
(in school and out of school friends!) I
still miss soccer a ton! The longing to
play will never leave me! My friends
back in New York have started to post about basketball starting and though that
has started to tug at my heart, I know I would rather play soccer than
basketball anytime! I sometimes wish the
love stories on TV were real, they are so cute and the Japanese love stories on
TV are even cuter! I love the Japanese school teenager love stories, it doesn’t
help that the Japanese school boy and girl couples are just adorable! I’ve been reading which helps take my mind
off things, but I do really miss my friends and family in New York! I should be
studying but have learned to except that I won’t do good in school and have kind
of given up, though I know I will have my rough days I will keep trying! I felt really good 2 lessons ago in my Japanese
lesson, then this past week it was majorly difficult and a real put down for
me! I’ve had trouble studying, and not just getting myself to study because by
God I’ve studied a lot and it’s like I
just study the words and none of them seep into my brain so I didn’t do well on
my last Japanese test! It annoys me because I studied all week and just to
fail. So studying has gone by the way
side and I’ve started to think about guys again. I hate to say that but it’s true! Going to an
all-girls school than seeing guys outside of school stinks, especially since Mari
happens to have a ton of guy friends! Oh
having talked about TV shows…my host sister flipped to Disney channel tonight
and I just about lost it because it made me miss home soo much!! I also watched my first Japanese horror film!
It was very scary and but having a talking bird in the room helped, since he
(the bird) would start laughing at random moments and you really couldn’t help
but to just laugh at the bird! MY host
sister says she and I will go and see paranormal activity 4! Yay! :/ sounds
like a repeat of when we had the sleepovers at savannahs and watched a horror
movie!
Sorry if this is all over the place....I had a lot on my mind! Hope all is well at home! love and miss you all! :)
Love,
Sarah
