Construction

Yesterday I was helping my father in his new the resteraunt to try and strip it down from what the previous owners (stride rite) had left behind, yesterday it was just the first 2 coats of paint an

Return from isolation

So quite a few things have happened and are still happening. My moms moving so I have to help her move which is taking forever and we have 2 more days to be out... Yikes! I'm working at 5 below right now part time after school 1 or 2 days a week right now, if I don't get more hours I'll get another job working for my dad at his new resteraunt (opens in a month and a half!) And make some spending money for while I'm over seas as well as try to pay back some people for the money they gave in the beggining.

Now for the excuses, I haven't posted lately for lots of reasons, I've been busy moving, my phone bill and my paycheck we're about a week apart this time, I couldn't figure out my custodian password for the blog, and im buay with finals final projects and ap testing but the biggest reason is I simply forgot, for that I'm sorry to those of you who read the blog and to those who have given me the opportunity to go overseas for a year. 

I still haven't been contacted by my host family or host club but I'm waiting patiently...kinda. I'm going to try and post at least 2 times a week for now on but I can't promise anything for the next 2 weeks as that's when I get out of school and finish moving.

I had an interesting thought the other day while eating a waffle, "I don't eat waffles very often so this could be the last waffle I eat in the united states" then I've had waffles 3 times since then:) so it's been my symbol for the time being that I have time to do what needs done and I have time to eat waffles.

April 29

Still no word from Germany regarding contact or host families or really anything. My little sisters really sick with some virus right now so all I can hear is a symphony of coughing from the next room (poor kid). I am absolutely swamped right now, I have finals, ap exams, I step, final projects in 3 classes, work and the exchange to work on. On top of all that my dad is setting up his new restaurant in mishiwaka and my mother is packing to move in 2 weeks. The south bend chocolate factory has called me back about me buying some wrappers to make buttons for the rotary jackets, 65 dollars for 250 I don't know whether to try and haggle or not :/ all my grades are fine right now I just have to make sure that with all this going on I don't lose control of them.

2nd post

Second post

Sorry about being late on this bye well... a lot I've been busy and forgot about it, I'm working on finding "support team" members right now, I don't have all off them yet but I'm working on it! I still don't have a city nor have I been contacted by my host family but there's still time so I'll be patient...for now. The conference went well and was a lot of fun the pictures below are from waiting in the lobby for something to do. The conference at the Radisson hotel had some interesting guests and speakers, they had one former biggest loser contender and somebody that does work in Nepal regarding human trafficking. Some students from RYLA were there too (its essentially junior rotary members). 

I'm deathly allergic to cats and had a bit of a close call 2 days ago that I'm still recovering from, we went to a friend of my mom's for dinner and they had a few cats, within 7 or 8 minutes I had to leave the house because I couldn't breath well, my whole chest became a little swollen including my back which is the part I'm still recovering from, I couldn't move for a few days without a lot of pain but luckily it was over by the 3rd day, just in time for my 3rd day at work. Speaking of work I did finally get a seasonal job at the new 5°below in Goshen, no that does not mean come in and mess with me...you know who you are.

 I'm meeting with the production manager at the south Bend chocolate factory in a few days to talk about getting wrappers to put on my buttons for the jackets, I'm going to need somewhere around 200 to 250 buttons overall I think to be safe. Then I have to find a place that will let me use their button maker. 

The model UN that a few friends and me were trying to make is looking like it won't happen after all, the school likely won't approve the version of it we want and to do it outside of school would be far to expensive. 

Prom was a few days ago, I didn't go since I'm a.) Broke until my 1st paycheck B.) Single and without a junior or senior to go with and C.) Didn't really have any desire to go. I realized to day that I have 23 days of American school before I leave for Germany in the fall, so holy freholes (I do not think I spelled that correct). I also made some more food (desserts of course) I'll put pictures up below with the ones from the conference  

FIRST POST

                                      FIRST POST

This is my first post I guess, I was told to keep a journal to get ready for this stuff on a daily basis but it's still a bit of a shock.
The district 6540 rotary conference is tomorrow (the real reason I'm doing this now) so I guess I'll let you know how it goes. Every day gets me a little closer to leaving which is SUPER EXCITING but still a little scary, I kept thinking "oh its a long ways off I have time" I am lying to myself to keep myself calm, my year abroad is only 4-5 months away and getting closer every second. Also ITS SNOWING DURING MY SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear mother nature is by polar when it comes to the American Midwest. I'm working on selling t shirts at 25 dollars a pop to try and make some money to go towards this foreign exchange so if your interested let me know and I'll send you some more information. Mike Richardson I'm doing this early so I won't be late on something for once so ha. late night 1 day assignments aside I'm giving you a shout out because of all your help in regards to paperwork nightmares that have come and the ones that are yet to come.