Hey everyone! I hope the new year is going fabulously. Mine is pretty decent. I'm still not going to school, not until February 6th (yah, I know, right? haha). I was kind of in a slump of not doing things, but I'm out of that now, haha :) I changed houses a little while ago, about 2 weeks ago. I like my new family. I have a host sister and 2 brothers (only one of which lives at home) . Actually!! One of my 'brothers' just had a baby!!!! TODAY! Valentina !! so that's super cool. The first baby !! They are all nice. I like the new house, I have my own room, with a big double bed again, and my own bathroom! Coolio, haha! And now that I have a funky new LAPTOP (*thank ... read more

Merry christmas! (finally!) I realize this blog comes very late, and I apologize. I hope everyone's christmas was SUPER amazing, as christmas should be. I had a really rocking christmas, and have been througharly (have no idea how to spell that. My english spelling is getting worse, if possible) enjoying my insane amount of vacation time. Vacation started for me about Thursday the 14th , when I went to Guadalajara. Went out with some friends that weekend, did a little christmas shopping (Which I ADORE!), hung out. Then my friend, another X-student from Canada, came over on Sunday and stayed at my house, until we went back to Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday. So unfourtunatly Rosemary(my friend) comes the only week we've had with clouds in the last two months, so we didn't get a chance to ... read more

Hi everyone! (as either cheers or sighs ring out around the world at the news that Kristina didn't fall off the side of a cliff to be lost forever) I realize that I haven't written a blog in a hundred years (that's accurate, if you round up),but here we go to make up for it, random jotted notes: So a few weeks ago, I had a district breakfast, where all the exchange students were introduced to all the Rotary Members that had chosen to come. We all wore our fancy jackets that are quickly filling up. My favorite thing about mine is the glittery Virgin of Guadalupe patch I bought and sewed to the back. After the breakfast, we went to the house of one of the students for lunch, cascarita- casual soccer, and hang out ... read more

This is just an update to say I have added pictures to two previous blogs, so that makes just about ALL the blogs with pictures. If you just scroll down on the original page when you opened THIS blog, you can see which blogs have pictures, that maybe you didn't see. And by the way, got the results of some of my tests back, and turns out, I'm NOT going to fail, at least not this term! i have a solid 10/10 in history, snaps for me! 9/10 in Biology, got 7.5/10 on the math test... the others aren't as good, so won't be bragging about them here. haha. But I didn't fail the subject I actually like, and thats all that matters right? The teachers I like like me too now, so we're all good. ... read more

So I was in school for one full week (almost a record I think) after the conference. it was good to be back in PV, to see my friends, to be in my own room and not live out of a suitcase. School was fine all in all, although there are a couple things about school that I can live without (namely the crazy boys and the literal mountain of homework I accumulate). The homework really is ridiculous. I get a new assignment every day in almost every class, and the classes are only every two or thre days so the teachers give us big assignments to 'tide us over' until the next class. Not counting the homework I am missing this week while I am in GDL again, I have almost 20 different assignments ... read more