Wednesday:
Well, I woke up at 5:00 AM, and even though it was
crazy early I did have that little bit of what ever feeling its called on the
first day of school. I'm pretty sure it’s a universal feeling of a little bit
of depression that you seriously have to go back to school, a couple of nerves,
but definitely that “excited-sh” feeling of seeing friends, new teachers, etc
etc etc. Anyway, of course we leave pretty much on time (6:15), because we
Maxwells are planners/like to be on time. So mom and I pull out of The Lodge
and are on our way down the mountain when we run into Spencer over by the baby
home with the Condor (a car) that’s at the bottom of the little dip and has
stalled or something (dead battery, needs to be pushed to start, which is
impossible when you are facing up hill)... to sum it up, 10-20 minutes
later we finally can get by him (Dad to the rescue on his ATV) and are back on
our way to school. Then of course a little later we get a stuck behind the
orange pickers “train” (tractor pulling huge orange crates with workers stuffed
in the back) ... but anyway we were back on our way, picked up Bailey Klee and
were good to go. Interesting way to start the first day of school, but we made
it to the school on time, and I got my schedule and locker etc.
The first day was kind of insane. I met about 1,000
new faces who all knew me, but I had yet to meet them. We went from a
general assembly to English, Physics, tutor period (which is like an
advisement), compute science, and math. I ended at 1:00 PM because it was a
half day (all Wednesdays are). Overall, it was a pretty good day, but I
felt like a kid at Disney world. The first time you ever walk into one of the
parks your just mind blown. You don’t really know what to think or where to go
or anything, and of course you don’t know anyone in the parks there either,
just like my school. I knew it would quickly change and I’d make friends,
understand my thick thick teachers accents, grow to understand the slang (like
“sketchy in America would be “dodgy” here), etc. But it was just very
different.
Other than the school part, we DID rescue our first
baby!! (: His name is Spamandla (probably spelling that wrong), and he is
theeee cutest little baby. Little did we know that we had also received a baby
at PC (Project Canaan) as well! Two babies in one day. It was a good day. (:
Thursday:
Now this was a long day. Woke up at 5:00 again,
school started at 8:00 and ended at 4:00. Here the classes are 40 minutes and
there are 11 periods a day, but you have “doubles” through out the day which is
when a class had double the time it normally is (so 80 minutes instead of 40).
So my schedule was: Double math, English, French, double chemistry, lunch,
business, biology, & double art. Everyone says Thursdays are the
longest/hardest days.. lol woooo. So that wasn’t too bad, just a long day, but
it was nice because I had made some friends and new a couple more names (some
of which of which I can actually pronounce). When I got home the container with
all our stuff from home had arrived!!! The house was well on it’s way and I got
to set up my bed (: you have no idea how exciting that was. Sleeping in my bed
for the first time since the beginning of April. So. Great. Also it was
Spencer’s 18th birthday! So it was a
pretty good day (:
Friday:
You know it’s funny, normally when I'm in Africa
for the summer I totally lose track of time and days, but being in school I
sure knew it was Friday and was so happy the weekend was right around the
corner. After my alarm clock didn’t go off, we run out the door, sped down the
mountain roads on to the highway and just made it to the bus
on time (7:00). By now I had a pretty okay idea of how to get to some of
my classes, and I new some people from some different groups. My day included:
double Biology, double French, life skills, English, math, lunch, a double Free
(so 80 minutes of break or study hall – its great) where I learned chemistry
because last period of the day I had a chemistry test that my teacher was
making me take. Haha. 2 hours from lunch and break to learn chemistry,
yep. (: By the time I got home I was ready to crash.
It’s been a pretty long week, but we got through.
My life kind of feels like it’s on the edge and I'm missing my friends more
than anything, but I know it’s gonna get easier. Going to a new school is
always a challenge and is always different, so why shouldn’t this one be. It’s
going to take some getting used to.
Today being Saturday AND I have
internettttttt! A lazy day, maybe a ride on the 4wheeler (ATV) with
Bailey and Spencer to the top of the mountain (where the waterfall is), and of
course, a play date with the babies. (:
I'll keep updating! Prayers would be greatly
appreciated. <3
Glad to hear everything is going well for you Chloe. You are very courageous and we will keep reading your updates. Praying for God's peace and blessing as you enter this new and exciting chapter of your life.
ReplyDeleteCraig & Tricia Ford
Thank you so so much
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