Today Is A Great Day.

Yes, today is a great day. I have been excersizing SO much this week. On Tuesday, I biked a mile, ran a mile, walked a mile, did 200 situps, and 20 pushups. Yesterday, I biked a mile and ran a mile, and did 100 situps. Tonight, I plan to bike a mile, and run a mile. It's great :) Mr. Duncanson would be proud!

SO, I haven't gotten the email yet about what my city is or who my host family is, but I hope it will be coming soon!

Just some thoughts about next year I need to get out...

Germany is nearing closer and closer, and with it coming so close, some thoughts have kind of accumulated in my mind. While driving home from school last Friday, I was thinking about how different it's going to be:

Here is the thing about Gardner. We have a love/hate relationship. The bad thing about Gardner is that it's so small. It's not big, and it holds no opportunities to move on. People who live in Gardner, live there for the rest of their lives until death. It's like a circle. You can't get out. You just...I don't know, stay there. No escape. But the good thing about Gardner, is that it's familiar. Something I will be lacking completely next year. I have my mom, and thirty minutes away, my mumoo, dadoo, emo, drueby, aunt sash, uncle steve, aunt dee dee, kaden, kamryn, kaleb, and krysten. And then I have my dad and my siblings.

I am going to be thrust into a world where there is nothing familiar, and nothing I can grasp onto. I'm so used to running to my family whenever something doesn't go my way, and they just fix it. I'll have to depend on myself next year, and I have only seldom had to do that before.

Another worry of mine my denial of the word "No."

I have never had anyone say "No" to me before. Actually, I take that back. I have. Not often, but I have. But the thing is, I am ALWAYS able to convince them to say "Yes" in the end. My mom won't be there next year to tell me "Yes." It will be just me, making my own decisions.

Please, please don't take this post as a negative one. I am still SO unbelievably happy to be going, and wouldn't change my mind for the world. I'm simply just posting some feelings and concerns. Nothing big. :)

The most important thing? I will be going to GERMANY. My dream. So, I'm not worried in the least bit. We all have to move on in our lives, I'm just doing it sooner:)



xoxo, shelby<3

Deutschland? Only four more months!

Alright, so four more months ( I leave in August ) until the big G!
I'm getting really, really, really excited, and I swear, I'm about to burst!

So this morning during seminar, we were watching anouncements, and Laura Wehmeier pops up on the screen! It was one of her videos from her blog that I follow religiously. For those of you who don't know Laura, she was the foriegn exchange student this year that went to Switzerland. She helped me so much through my interview process, and told me what to expect. :) Also, if you want to follow her blog, which  recommend you do, go to:

laurasswissadventure.blogspot.com

It's really great.

But back to my story, I was watching her video, and she was talking about Switzerland, and all that, and I turn around and smile, because that's going to be me next year. And by next year, I mean four months. So yes, I'm pumped.


Brandenberg Gate



Cologne Cathedral




Remains of the Berlin Wall





These are just some places I'm hoping to visit next year. I can't wait! :)



-shelby