AFS camp and other exciting stuff

Heeeellooo everyone!

So last weekend I had the AFS orientation camp! It was the best, after an a awkward start and me being lost while actually being really close things really were fun. At first I  was a little nervous meeting all those people but everyone was really nice! 

At first (because I was late) I couldn't sleep in the same room with my friends,l and that kind of made me a little sad because then I had to sleep in a room with strangers..but I was placed in my friends room after all.
I woke up with a sore throat that saturday but chose to ignore it, and that was probably the best because otherwise I would have been sick and miserable If I admitted to it.
We played a lot of games at the camp, they all had something to do with the exchange. Most of the people were going to the United States and the rest was spread around the rest of the world.  The third person going to japan was not at the camp, he went on holiday.  Well, he sure missed some serious bonding! The first timw we will see him now is at the airport leaving for Japan,  and that will probably be a little strange since he is kind of left out. The people from the camp have become a close group of friends!

So when I left with my parents that sunday afternoon I was a little sad and down, I wouldn't see most of the people for a long time and that made me sad. But now we have plans to meet before the exchange in the summer.

So that sunday afternoon my throat started hurting more snd more, probably because I had been screaming and yelling throughout the whole camp. The next monday I woke up with a terrible throat, I could barely talk and I had gotten a cold. So since Monday I'm stuck at home being sick.

But there is a bright side! On Tuesday I got some amazing news! My AFS person told me the place of my school! I am so happy and lucky to know! My school is in kanagawa prefecture, sagamihara to be exact. Near tokyo, it is one of yhe suburbs! I am so thankful, because I could not have asked for anything better! I wwanted tk live near tokyo so bad, but the size and amount of people kind of scared me a little since I am  from a small town I  the countryside. But now I am near tokyo while still not being in  the huge city itself. I can't wait to find out about my host family, I hope I'll know soon! My mom is a little bit more at ease now that she knows where I'll be.

Another thing that I think about a lot lately; time goes so fast! Time really.flies! It feels like yesterday when It was still a 180 days and more and now it is less than 80! It really is coming close but I can't say that things feel 'real' and 'close' now because they don't.. I really can't wait to meet everyone who is alrrady in Japan and who is coming with me in august, the people I  the group are so nice!

I still haven't studied Japanese very well, and I feel I rrally should start soon! But first I have to focus on school because I really want to pass this year!
Well, that's about it for this time!

Reinhilde