she's all happy about it

Facts:

- it's 4.23 p.m.

- 72°F / 22°C

I'm back from my cruise to Mexico/Cozumel and it was AWESOME. (Just saying)
Syd and me had so much fun and I think we got a little tanned, even if it rained all day long in Mexico. Oh well, let me start with january the 6th.
That was the date I had my first soccer game, and I was so nervous. ;D
Isn't that cute?
I was so surprised that I started off w/ my girls, that I thought I just heard wrong and Coach Jordan said Monika instead of Mara. So when the game started I went back to the bench to sit down.
And Jordan goes like: Germany, aren't you paying attention?
Me: Well yes I do, but I thought you said Monika and not Mara.
Jordan: No, I called you, too. So go out there!
Me: Where do I play?
Jordan: Left midfield.
I was a bit scared, because I like to play defense better. And Jordan saw it, so she switched me with the left defender. And I think we played a good game, even if we lost 0-1.
And btw: I love the soccer girls. They are just so funny and always in a good mood, they make my time here so much better.

The quality is very bad, because Syd forgot her awesome camera at home and so I decided to show you 2 pictures. Who ever wants to see more can click on this link and look for the number 9 ;)

http://www.premiersportsphotos.com/Soccer/2012/LP-G-JV-S-vs-Cl-Falls-1-6-12/20924186_mDvjQJ#!i=1662640094&k=srDfV4H

On the 7th I attended my first wedding reception and saw a "real bride", like someone I know. It was awesome, and the Bride (she's really young and married my cousin) looked so pretty.
 

Our pup grows a lot, btw. Yall remember the puppy we got in (I think) november, Beau? Well he has gotten SO tall. He's almost too heavy to carry down the stairs in the morning (because he needs to pee, and when we let him walk'em down he may pees on them :/ ).
I can't believe it, even if I always say it: Time flies!
For some and sometimes that is something good, because that means all the embarrassing, sad, worse moments fly by. But the awesomly good, wonderful, and almost perfect moments are as fast (if not faster) as the worse moments.
I mean christmas time is over, that means my year is halfway over, and I didn't even do a little of all the things I wanted to do. But at the same time I experienced so much, I couldn't ever imagine.

He looks so funny, though, because his one ear is standing up. 

A whole bag of german chocolate I got over christmas time from my mom

I saw an awesome/crazy car. And most of you are about to say: That's how I always thought america is. And yall are right, but wrong at the same time.
America is like this, but america is totally different, too.
Wanna see what I'm talking about? Here we go.
A friends of us came over to show us his new truck.

Look at our truck (and our truck is a very big one) and Devans...

And the crazy thing about it is that this truck can be legally driven on a road, except for the back lights, they've to be a little bit lower. Lol.

So, Syd and me decided to take pictures with Marinas phone while she was drawing something cute for the back of my binder, because I always hated the back of my binder.
The front looked always cute, and the back was just lame. And so I cut out some stuff to put it in there and forced Marina to draw something, and Syd signed the blue tape. ;)
Oh and btw; the Lp stands for La Porte and I got the stuff from Mrs. Ipsen, to keep me busy in APUSH. :D Jk, I did it beside listening to Mrs. Waligora. ;)
-Of course

nooo, my binder isn't big. :D

 

And Mayra and me had some fun with her iPad (it's white, and I'm sooo jelly. She has the probably prettiest backpack and a freaking nice, white iPad! And her brother got her new cleats for christmas. They look SO nice, I'm about to steal them :D jk) after soccer practice.We were all sweaty, but oh well ;D.

And today I came back from the awesome 5 days cruise to Mexico. We had so much fun...I don't even know how to describe it, but it was awesome.
And most of the pictures we took are just so..stupid that yall couldn't be serious around me anymore. :D (Don't know if I know someone who is serious around me)
But they are pretty bad.
Real talk, though (How Arne would say it).
Syd and me gained a lot of insiders ;D
So here are some pictures yall can see without making fun of me for the rest of our lifes.

Well we had lots of fun, and I bet I won't forget this trip. :)
How one of my friends said:

I'm just scared to forget all this!

And I am, too. But guys, lets just don't worry about what we could forget without wanting to, and create memories we won't forget.

Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.

Facts:

- it's 3.10 a.m.

- 39°F / 4°C

It's been a long time.
I'm not just talking about my last update, I also talk about my life here.
How you can, most likely, imagine a lot stuff was/ is going on.

I had Jordy, mommy, and my birthday party ( a weekend too early, but no one would believe me that people in germany say its bad luck. ) and we had some fun.
I had an american birthday cake and I drove a car for the first time in my life.
I was pretty amazed, even if I'm probably the slowest-teenage-driver on earth, but I was excited.
Because my cousin Kyle came over and stayed the night, and he had to go to walmart (and everyone who reads this  blog from time to time knows I'm in love w/ this store) so I asked to go w/ him.
So Kyle, Avery, and me went to walmart in his VERY old car, and I kept asking if I can drive on the parking lot.
Well he wasn't amazed by my idea, because "no one drives his car." but I guess I'm just too sweet to say no (haha, jk. Probably just too annyoing) so he finally told me to get in the drivers seat.
It was already in our neighborhood, all I had to drive was straight, take a right, take a left, straight. A normal person needs like 1 min for that.
Well not me. :D
I took more han 5 min. but I had so much fun. 

 

The next day we went to the YFU christmas party, and I saw some exchange students I already know again. And I met another girl, she is very nice. We talked for awhile and she told me she's in her 2nd hostfamily and isn't happy there. Her parents completly changed their attituted after she moved in, and she doesn't want to leave, because she is a bit scared.
That makes me to be thankful for everything I got and became.
This isn't the right place to talk about problems or worries, everyone of us have (and I believe that everyone has problems [big or small] because that is live and what we asked for), but I think I did pretty good.
And I won't leave my family for someone else. I think that is one of the best results you can make. 

 

 

Syd and me are pretty excited for Mexico in some days. Yes, there are just days left. ;D

I will get SO tan that everyone thinks I'm a blonde mexican. Haha, no but I'll be so dark in january that they'll be jelly as hell.

So let's talk a bit about soccer. I love soccer, even if it hurts my shins so bad. But I had a whole week off (first week of christmas break) and I decided not to run and relax my shins. I just ran twice, and just 1 mile to stay ,at least a bit, in shape.
I did the bike and one day I pushed myself to ride 15 miles. I was proud. :D
Well back to soccer, the first couple days of practice felt awesome, I could run like I did when I first got here. And my legs didn't hurt at all.
Today they hurt a little bit, but it still feels so good to walk w/ this huge pain. So please guys, be smarter than me and don't increase your distance amount too fast! :)
On friday we've our first game and I'm excited if Jordan let me play. We'll see / play.
I love soccer and I've to say I'm a bit proud that I actually learn it. Like I remember the first few practices, and the difference now. And I enjoy to play, so I'm seriously thinking to play in germany.
But I've enough time to think about that later and I've to wait how school works out for me anyways.
So guys, keep in mind:
It's never too late. If you think about doing s.t. than stop thinking and go out in the world and try to make it real. You can always get back and stop, but you'll be dissapointed later when you realize you haven't even tried.
Haha, wisdom came to me. ;D

On christmas eve (24th) I attended the best church service. It was in the church if my mommys father and his wife. We had dinner w/ them, and went to their church before. The service impressed me so much. It was very similiar to a german church service, but the priest was so good.
I can't even describe why I like him so much.
Anyways, I decided to go more to church in germany, even if I think different about God and the world theory, but I feel good after church and how this priest said:
You don't have to believe anything, if you just heard a little bit you can identify yourself with then thats enough.

my cousins dec., 17th

ready for church and dinner

So, I promised to talk about why I do feel so much more american /texan than I did in the beginning.

- the car size is normal for me
- I don't stare on the road, because it looks so different
- I wear shorts and sweatpants
- the big trucks doesn't look amazing anymore
- I understand almost everyone
- palm tree's are normal
- I jamm w/ Syd and my family as loud as I can in the car


- I fall for peanutbutter w/ banana
- I use yall

that's how I'm about to fall asleep after soccer practice in the morning. 

I hope yall had a good christmas and a good New Years Eve. I wish yall the best and spend time with the ones you love.