April

So there was a lot of celebrating this month :)

Firstly- the month started out with Kamíls birthday (Víteks dad, my second host dad), he turned the big 40. As the day of celebrating came to a close Vítek and I were put in charge of escorting a not so sober grandpa back home to grandma. It was soo funny, he didnt want to go back home and face his wife in his current condition so he wanted to go to the pub.. but he knew that the pub would worsen his condition.. the dilema. SO not knowing where he wanted to go Vítek circled the house for a while before finally dropping him off at home. Priceless :)

Secondly- there was a huge long weekend celebrating easter. The infamous Czech easter...
The traditions lived up to the hype to say the least. Monday 13th 8am it started.
I woke to the whisper s of my host dad and anonymous voices outside my door.. then ambush.. the door burst open and the anonymous whisperers turn out to be 3 little neighbor boys and a random mid 20, that i assume is a neighbor as well, armed withbottles of water, the traditional easter slapsticks (woven willow branches adorned with colourful ribbons) and worst of all collogne.

Slightly confused i run... round and round my room being chased by the sticks and splashing liquids, till i was informed that I was supposed to take it thankfully (since this tradition is supposed to help the women stay furtile). So they sing their song, splash their water, slap their sticks, and spray their cologne which I then reward and thank them for by giving them chocolates, coloured eggs and (to the older ones mainly) shots.

this continues till noon.

haha it was tons of fun actually.. despite the early wake up... I met a bunch of new neighbors and really, who doesnt enjoy a water fight :)

Of course thats not all that went down over the break:
- there was celbrating with classmates
- a pizza night with Josh and Vanessa
- swimming with Vítek and Jindra
- a trip to a hillside rollercoaster with the family
- baking 101 with Josh
and I added a few things to my Rotary jacket

:)

A bit of non celebrating- First day back to school I rolled my ankle. I have never been known as the most graceful thing so in my eyes it was bound to happen eventually.. it was gym class after all

Back to celebrating- Later Adam gave me a ring saying that Michal was having a bbq with some friends. So I headed over for a bit.

Thursday was picture day.. wedenesday I fell asleep in the sun. Result- half my face was burnt... result of the result- seriously great picture for my class to remember me by :)
Acutally the picture isnt soo bad and im glad i have it to aid in putting a face to a name many years down the road

That weekend I helped out at a Junior Red Cross training excercise. I played a victim.
SOO COOL!! We (the victims) all picked an injury, then the makeup crew got their buckets of fake blood and molding putty and made us look the part. We all took our places in the bus/car/bike collision scene and waited for the whistle to blow. At its sound our saviours rushed over the bridge (that was eperating where we were getting ready from where they were hiding out.. inorder to keep the element of surprise)

I was put on the bus as a screamer who was worried for her friend and nauseated by the sight of blood. I had a bleeding nose. I survived the grand collision and my bleeding nose was delt with, though there were two casualties. One was planned, the other was the result of an over zealous actor :)
After we headed up to a lodge in the mountains where the crew was staying and a few of the leaders started brewing a new disaster for the group to save us from. I was a screamer again, which was fun since im not much of a screamer in reality, but this time I was in the forest stranded in the dark with a broken pelvis. The call was made and the trainees filed out adorned with headlamps, all surprised that there was another drill.
They saved me :) YAY! though this time it was a bit more complicated than my previous bleeding nose. By the time the drill was over it was pretty late, so we headed back to the lodge and celebrated a job well done by all and crashed the night.

The day before the Red Cross camp I was a bit sick, after the camp I was a lot sick. So I came back bed bound and under a sort of house arrest to ensure a speedy recovery. Which worked like a charm.

the 22nd- Wednesday there was no school, perfect weather, and my first day out in four. Vanessa and I headed out for a picnic by the river. lovely.

A bit more celebrating-

*** MY MOM ARRIVED FOR HER VISIT ON WEDNESDAY***

6 pm mom landed at the ostrava airport.. there were a few tears and the best hug Ive had in 8 months... mom!!!!!



to be continued...