My New Family

It's been a long time since I have had time to sit down and write in my blog. I have had SO much going on. 

I'm currently living with my second host family. It's so different. And it's so strange not to wake up to the Kappes family. 

I'm slowly adjusting, though it's strange to be home all alone and not have any idea where anyone is. 

This house is so big. Such a change from my last family. Before, we all shared one bathroom and we were always close together in the flat. Now I have a whole floor of the house just to myself. There's 2 balconies, and I have my own HUGE bathroom. But it's lonely up there all by myself. And cold. It's so cold in my room, but my host dad insists and the heat be turned off and the window opened for fresh air. I don't need fresh air in the middle of winter, but whatever makes him happy I guess. 

I take the bus to school now. It's not so far, but it's good to not have to walk half an hour in the cold winter mornings to school. I still see my old host family all the time. I see my old host brother at school all the time, and I still go to dance and volleyball with them. 

There's always those certain people that you'll remember for the rest of your life. My first host family are definitely some of those people. And they are always welcome in Alaska. I couldn't have asked for more.

I'm sure I be perfectly happy in this new family too, it'll just take me a while to get used to things. 

I now have a little brother and an older brother. The little one is 10 and the older is 20. The middle child is my age and she is currently on exchange in Ecuador. I have spoken with her once, and she seems very nice, though I don't know if I'll ever get to meet her. On Monday, I spent time doing homework with the little one. I was helping him (a little) and he was helping me (a lot). It was a lot of fun. I had a blast. So for now I'm hanging in there and just getting accustomed. :)

More soon.