Day 40... recap

SO I realise how horrible I am at keeping a log of things.. journals diaries and blogs aren´t my fortay, but I´m trying to keep you all posted.. so recap of days 37-40

37- fantastic day!!! I went shopping after school with Vitek and Miša in the center and bought some balloons for tomorrow (its my host moms Birthday!!!) Aparently balloons aren´t very common for anyone over the age of 6 but I told my host brother that at home balloons are a crucial part to any birthday (for me anyway) so it would be my little canadian touch on the day.. We found some fantastic yellow balloons that have smiley faces on them! fantastic! Later, Vitek and I spent an hour or two blowing all of them up and hiding them in my room! Exciting!!!! I LOVE BALLOONS!!!!

38- Its moms Birthday!! yay!! It was a super day, there was no school today! the class went into the center to the mini-cinemas and watched foreign films.. the German class went to one and watched a film in German and our French class went to the other and watched one in French! It was a fantastic little flick.. super cute! Don´t remember what it was called but the leading lady was the main actress in Amelie as well... it was really quite cute.. though the Czech subtitles didn´t help when my french faltered...
We went to library and found an english section.. YAY!! There is still a chance of me holding on to my english! (its been getting worse and worse since the day I arrived)
Some family came over tonight to wish mom a very merry day, though most of the family will be coming tomorrow.., and we gave her a few gifts.. then Brought down the balloons!!! it was great! there were enough to cover the floor.. and everyone form Grandma to my younger sister were having a blast playing with them! A definate success! Just when I thought the evening was winding down Vitek tells be that there is a ball tonight that we are attending.. a BALL... so we all rush upstairs and get all prettied up. Once we get there I see that it is infact a ball... Everyone is huge glamorous party dresses and suits. All the students take ballroom dancing lessons in school for at least one year, than many of them continue and take additional classes.. everything from the Waltz to the Cha cha... it was amazing to see.. I got up and danced a few rounds myself.. but not tiull the freestyle and disco times came around... my host dad told me that later this winter he will teach me to dance.. I´m nervous but excited! The night was truely fantastic and a great topper to the day...

39- Family, Family, Family! Host dads parents (the grandparetns that I met last weekend..), aswell as a few other family members, came over today. Toasted with champaigne yet again... this grandmother loves her champaigne! Later in the everning Vitek and I went to the movies and saw Mama Mia.. it was really cute. I had heard mixed reviews but the songs were great and it reminded me of my mom.. it was great! (it was in English with Czech subtitles!!)

40- Went on a long walk today with my host parents.. through the forest and in some of the nearby towns.. Lovely day outside!
I´ve picked up sewing as a new hobby... its cheap.. and easy to do a little here and a little there.. its great really!! I´ve altered a few tops and stiched some designs onto a few things... i love it.. My host parents were really concerend for a while though.. (thes probably still woudl be if it wasn´t for the fantastic translation skils of Vitek..) they were convinced that my clothes were really old and falling apart because I was sewing so much.. they pulled me aside and asked me if I needed to go shopping and if I needed anything to just ask.. it was really sweet of them.. and with Viteks help, I was able to explain to them that I wasn´t stiching up holes in my clothes.. just altering them a bit... it was really cute.. and now they love to see what I´m sewing!
I´ve been with this family just over a week and its really fantastic.. I love it here.. I´m not as lonely and I feel really comfortable. Less like a guest and more like part of the family!

Everthing is going really well.. and the last week and a bit has been absolutely great! I´m really happy with where I am now!

Love you all and hope all of your days are great!!

Ahoj!
Anička