Natsu Yasumi! Summer Vacation!

I’m writing probably my last post before I change families for summer vacation. I’ve got my bags out and filled but I still have so much STUFF! I’ve gotta get packin’. I change this Sunday. I’m looking forward to experiencing a different family structure. I’ll have my first brother and live-in grandparents and my first chance sharing a room. So many new things! Except my sister did seem happy to mention they eat bread for breakfast (I’m well known now for liking sweet pastries). Oh and do I have good news! My family that I’ll have for five months, the next next next one, has three cats! Now don’t everyone get all excited at once! I can’t wait to meet them (the people too! ;P), I still haven’t figured out Japanese cats. Maybe I’ve lost my touch! Well, I’m sure this topic is extremely interesting. So, yesterday my host mom taught me how to make my favorite dish, it’s real easy. It takes like five minutes, two eggs, some rice and the special ingredient! Not really, just the instant stuff that comes in a bag and makes it into ‘Chahan’. Another food I’ll have to help catch on in the States. Today at school I watched one of the teachers grade the English tests from this past exam week. I haven’t been so puzzled in my life. If you want to feel good about your language ability just look at the tests from the sports course (sorry, the jock stereotype is totally true in Japan). According to one student July is spelled ‘seve’. How come no one ever told me! And the months, all this time I had no clue! December, that’s wrong, it’s really ‘dessembre’. And August=Ougust, February=Flebulary, and well I think you get my drift. One poor first year was having brain farts or something test day because for the multiple choice section he just rewrote the letter choices in random order… Who knows. It was enlightening to say the least! This is after I found myself reading ‘Junior Prom’, because I forgot all of my study books. Advice, don’t read anything with ‘prom’ in the title. I have no clue why TGU High School has that book. Some of the other titles they own range from ‘Little Lies’ to ‘Just Sixteen’. Haha, I won’t forget my study books again!!!Well everyone, I hope I get to stay in touch over the summer break with my blog. If not… don’t cry, I’ll find a computer with the net somewhere someday!