The Best of Both Worlds.

Hey!

So I was just watching the movie High School Musical, I'm sure all of you know it. It's this movie about a boy and a girl in High School who dare to do something new, end up proving everyone wrong, and changing the whole school. That's what it's about for normal people, for me, however (and I bet every exchange student in the US) it is the reason why we're here. Without movies like that I never would have gotten the idea of doing this year. Of course, High School is not like all the movies make it seem - no dancing and singing in the cafeteria,  no mean girls and no happy end at the end of every school year. But, nevertheless High School is awesome! We might not be dancing in the cafeteria, but what do we do at pep rallies? It's a huge party! We don't have mean girls, but there certainly is a lot of drama, and while not every school year ends movie worthy, it ends with a bang and the promise of an even better new school year ... Unless you're a Senior or an exchange student, then school ends with lots of tears, anxiety and even more tears.

Im not sure why I'm ranting like this, but I just feel like time is running. I can't believe school will be over in two weeks, which  means I have to say goodbye very soon. I'm not gonna lie, I'm very excited to see my parents again, go to the beach, and yes, even fly back to Germany and see my friends and family again, to sleep in my room, and do all the things you can only do in Germany (at least when you're under 21), but at the same time the thought of leaving, tears my heart apart. This has been my dream for roughly five years, and to think that it's gonna be over so soon is terrifying and even more terrifying is the thought of starting new again. I have made some of the greatest friends here in Texas, and part of me wishes I was born here, just so I could have spend a lifetime with them, but then I would have never met some of the greatest people in Germany which are as equally important to me. It seems like I just can't win.

My exchange year in Texas has been a blessing, but at the same time it has also been a curse. From now on, I will have two places to call home.  I turn 18 in September and I already know that I won't be able to spend it with some of my closest friends, and the same goes for every upcoming birthday or holiday. I live in two worlds now, and I will never be able to combine them, but I know that my friendship with the people I love the most is strong enough, on either side of the pond.

When I came to the US I had many goals, such as improving my English, getting to know a new culture, becoming more independent, and just leave my world for a little bit. I was more or less expecting to make "friends", but I never expected to find sisters. I'm not going to go much (more) into detail, don't worry I'll have a surprise for y'all, but I just needed to say how much these people mean to me. I love you guys so much! You've been there for me no matter what, and thanks to you I've become a better person. Thank you, I'll never forget you.

Now, before I get even more emotional I'm gonna add some pictures and go to bed.

Love y'all sooo much

- Georgia

corrected by Alisha Adams ^.^

Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock, time flies ....

Yes I am still alive! 

I am probably the worst blogger ever but the last four months were just  crazy busy! I literally spent all my time dancing, stretching or in school. The American way of life is awesome but also exhausting. 

I'm going to summarize everything that happened in the last months. That is, if I remember everything - so let's get started!

I think I stopped somewhere around January so that's where I'm going to start. Like in Germany we had two weeks of Christmas break before school started again on January 6th and that meant it was finally here: competition season! Looking back now that's what January mostly consisted of, oh, and exams luckily I was exempt in most of my classes, which meant I only had to take my Algebra 2 and English final - I made a 98 on both of them! 

The last weekend of January we left school early on friday to drive down to San Antonio, which is a beautiful city right by a river. We arrived in the evening and I had my first dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Unbelievable that it took me five months to eat Mexican food in Texas but hey, better late than never, right? I definitely enjoyed it, but even better was the atmosphere between all the dancers. Maybe it was the thrill of our first competition, but we all felt so close! After eating we took pictures and danced to a band/singer, who was singing almost exclusively for us. It was so much fun!

The next morning, however was extremely stressful. We had to get up early to get costume, make up and hair ready. Since it was our first competition no one really knew what we wanted and "high buns" were taken a little bit to seriously. It took us several hours but in the end we all were bathed in hairspray, bobby pins, lipstick and blush (ain't it fun to be a girl?) and we drove to the Spurs stadium. Before we had to perform we got to see some of the other teams perform, and holy cow! There were some routines that were absolutely amazing! Sadly we didn't get to see a whole bunch because we had to start stretch and then perform! 

I'm going to spare you with all the details and am just going to say that we did good, but were no where near the four winning teams, which was never our goal anyways. We got a sweepstakes which means we got 85 or more and most importantly we all had FUN! We spent the rest of the day going back to the hotel, changed, had dinner at Applebee's and then came back for the Spurs game. It was my first professional basketball game to watch and I enjoyed it a lot! The entertainment between the actual game is probably the best part, but it was pretty cool the see them win. The two teams who performed during half time (they both had kick routines) made me so jealous! Their kicks where high, pointed, straight and everything else a dancer wants them to be! 

Sunday, we had to leave earlier than we wanted to because bad weather was about to hit Whitney and Texans are very paranoid about their "bad weather". At least we got to stop at BJ's which is now my favorite restaurant!

Sista's Cydi & Yesi 

Ready for competition!

I'm going to write about February tomorrow!

Thanks for reading <3