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.