Footprints

four

I've already had a week and a half of school. The days have gone by slow, but all together it feels like no time at all. Mostly it's school that is slow and boring. See, I used to love school. In fact, I would look forward to it in seventh grade. That's mainly bcuase I was comfortable and confident with myself. Now, I'm an outsider and am struggling to follow along in classes. My head hurts at the end of each day just from talking in German. Well, trying to at least. It is progressing a little as time passes. 

I feel guilty of this, but sometimes I feel like I can't wait to go back home. Yes, that's almost a year away, but I miss everything in Washington so much. It's not that I don't like it here. It's great and obviously an opportunity that a lot of people don't get. I'm not complaining, I just don't know if I can hold myself together. I don't know if I can be this brave for another couple months until my German is better and school is easier.

School isn't actually as half-bad as I make it seem. The classes are hard, but only because I can't speak fluent German. If they were in English, they'd probably be a breeze. As shy as I am around new people, I think I've made some friends. Süveyda, a turkish girl, is super friendly. That helps me relax a bit around everyone. Lena and another girl named Chiara are really nice to me as well. It will take another week for some of the others in the class to "accept" me. They aren't mean or anything, some people just take a little longer to warm up than others.

Today, thank God, we didn't have any classes. Instead my class went on a hike, sort of like a fieldtrip, to the next city over called Eislingen. We hiked about an hour before we got there, but after we arrived we went to an icecream shop. Though it was long and tiring, the hike was worth it. (Not that I didn't enjoy it because I love any excuse to skip school.) Most of us bought icecream. Then again, there's always those people in your class that buy waffles, desserts, anything else on the menu that they can find. I got mocha flavored icecream in a sugar cone. Always have sugar cones over cake cones; you get more icecream in them. They taste better anyway. I was glad that we rode the bus back to Göppingen afterwards and didn't have to walk. 

This was one of the better days I've had so far. I got to know more about the people in my class and the icecream was pretty solid. Now I have homework to do from yesterday. I procrastinate a lot. Oops. The days, though I may not realize it, are already getting better. Soon enough these ten months will fly by and I'll be on the plane back to Washington, wishing that it was the beginning of the year again. That said, I will try to enjoy every moment I have in Germany.