Party Time ^_^

this last week at school was AWESOME! it was sooo much fun. let me tell you about it::

yes, even though i was super sad to have to come back home after that last amazing week and go back to school, i still enjoyed being back. i missed all of my danish friends believe it or not ;) So it was nice to come back and see them all. It was especially nice to have a fun week.

Pretty much all week we have been preparing for friday. Friday was "sports day". It happens once a year. Every class dresses up like something, performs a little dance, then competes against each other in sporting activities. It was great. My class decided 3 weeks ago that we were going to be apes. Then we decided to do bay watch. Then we FINALLY decided to be penguins =D so the class bought their costumes the week I was gone, and unfortunately I don't own one. One of my friends let me borrow hers for a couple games.

Anywayz, on Monday we practiced our dance during gym class. Then at various other times during the week. The teachers let us do it during class a couple of times. Which helped a lot. We eventually got it down enough to where we could perform it. My class did great =) I am going to try to post the video if facebook will let me...we also did a pretty ok job on the activities too. Well, we lost almost all of them. But it's the spirit that counts haha. There was this baseball game. A game with an American football. 'water skiing'. A wheel barrow race. Volleyball. Field hockey. And frisbee. It was fun =D like I said, we lost almost everything, but it was great to just hang out with friends all day and not have to do school work. fun fun =)

then that night there was a party for the whole school. i went to steph's house and then with her to her host sister's pre party. we got to the dance at about 9:30 and had to wait outside...in the rain -_- yea, my hair died...but when we FINALLY got in, soaking wet and all, we started finding some people we knew and started having a good time dancing and what not.

the party started at 8, and i arrived about 2 hours later. there were 2 bars at the party/dance. and they were used, believe you me. most of my classmates were already 'gone' by the time i got there. because of the pre party and all i guess. everyone was crazy and having a blast. i was having fun too =) dancing with friends is always fun. they then had some live music play, and that pretty much killed the mood..yes, THAT bad. so i took a breather and wen looking for stephanie, and eventually i found her with another exchange student. now this other girl had had a bit too much to drink, i could tell becasue someone had drawn a mustache on her in blue pen. is it wrong to find this funny? haha sorry if that offends anyone.

anywayz the party was to last until 1, but we didn't make it. 12:30 and we were calling stephanie's host mom to come pick us up. then we went to bed =) sleeping the night away!

and that was friday. haha the rest of the week was comparably boring, but still had some ups. one day with my geography teacher, my class went up this ginormaous hill and climbed to the top of a water tower. i think we were measuring wind speeds?? by the way, i do NOT like heights...so i was pretty scared up there.

then one day me and stephanie went shopping in downtown næstved. we wanted to buy some shoes for the dance, but no dice. we walked around for a long time, then we ended up at a little supermarket store underneath the library. we were both craving cake, so guess what i bought =DDDDDD yes, a little chocolate cake that we shared. we only got half way through with it, then we were done. haha or, i made us be done. cuz we would hae gotten so sick! then we went up to the library for a bit while we wre waiting for her mom to come get here. and then i left to catch my bus! not getting lost by the way =)

o, something exciting that is coming up! volleyball is starting here at the gymnasium. every thursday there is practice. i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo stoked! for those of you who don't know, i have played since 5th grade with the amazing crusaders with amazing teammates and amazing coaches. i played until 10th grade and 11th grade i couldn't play becasue i had missed out on sign up, but i assistant coached a 3-5th grade team of girls =D it was great! well, anywayz, i really miss playing the sport, so i'm really happy i'll be able to do it again. now i just have to find some sports store that actually HAS volleyball gear...=P

that's all for now folks! keep in touch =) and i'll try to update more often!

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR::
danish girls loooove mascara, for most, that is all they wear makeup wise. and i must tell you, it feels really nice to not wear as much makeup anymore =)
they have donuts here, i have seen them...also pringles =P
when calling for a cab, count how many people will be riding in it SEVERAL times...and pray it's not raining outside where you're waiting
nothing feels better than a letter or package from home (thanks mom)
danes DO know that smoking kills you
don't give a drunk friend a rubber stamper, becasue he will go around stamping EVERYONE he meets
denmark used to have an empire! no joke, just learned that today...they used to own sweden and norway and the virgin islands and more of germany...CRAZY
we no speak americano is like my new favorite party song
danes CAN'T dance ^_^ sorry guys..
coffee and tea and cookies is pretty common on a sunday afternoon =D

ok, that's all! o, shoot! language stuff...ok, i'm starting after school danish lessons every monday at school. i hope they are effective. i learned a lot of danish at the intro camp i feel like...i have OFFICIALLY been here one month =DD and i can understand a lot, if you speak slowly and repeat. my pronunciation sucks however. but reading is getting better =) some people in class said it's not fun that i'm learning so fast because now i'll know what they are saying to me. haha and yes, people have said that i am learning danish quite fast. and this makes me sooooo happy. maybe i'll actually be able to conquer this language that some people say is harder than chinese =P

now! that's all haha please keep reading. i hope you like what i have to say, and my opinion on things. ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. i'll answer. love you all. miss you <3

rebekah smith (jeg elsker dig, i love you)