First day of American High school.

early mornings. gaaah .
Hadnt really thought about school so wasnt that nervous. But I was when I got there. Freeeaking out.
So we arrived at school with Alex, Sarah and Sophie. Saw the national Cathedral. It is absolutely beautiful. So so so stunning. MAGNIFICANT.
Sophie and Alex went off to their classes, and me and sarah and Edith went to the cafeterai (MORE ABOUT THAT LATER!!!!!!! :D), and met up with Jane and Jeffrey.
Then wandered around for ages meeting teachers and stuff, until the person who organises our schedule came in. So this is my schedule
period 1 : Spanish 1c (For beginners, didnt have this today as we finished after the period finished)
period 2 : Chemistry ( So simple.omg. they havent even done elements yet.)
Period 3 : Introduction to Photography (SO COOL!!!!!!!!)
period 4: Algebra (they put us in like the dumb class. so it is really easy!!)
Period 5: English (very very very complicated.)
Period 6: The enviroment. (nothing really to do with enviornment, just loads of debates which will be really cool, like is genetic engineering morally correct and stuff)
peroiod 7: LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!! (Last lunch period of the day. at 1:30!! I WAS DYING OF HUNGER!!! everyone eats at different times.)

Period 8 changes everyday. So on monday it is chapel ( not really, it was just announcements and some singing). Tuesday and Thursday it is 'homeroom'. Wednesday and Friday is suppused to be stuff, but it isnt organised yet, so it is a free period!

Most people only take 5 subjects, so they all have a free period but i dont. Intro to photo is only 3 times a week though, so I have a 'drop day' on tuesdays and fridays. (which means I get a free period on those days).

So I have maths (MATH), The environment, and LUNCH with Jane. All the teachers and girls are SO amazing, so so so kind and friendly and welcoming. I cant even hear the accents anymore. Americans emphasise different syllables to us, and I am starting to speak like that! VERY WORRYING.

LUNCH. lets talk about LUNCH. LUNCH is amazing. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING! They have this cafeteria thing, but with such amazing food! everything from salads, to cooked meals, to bagels, toast, spreads, fruit, pudding, EVERYTHING!! and there is a whole room just dedicated to drinks! So you go and there are about 10 different of those juice machines with stuff like juice, flavoured water, lemonade, chocolate milk (!!!), everything! It is absolutely delicious.
And then , inbetween classes you can just run into the cafeteria and grab 'Food to go". They have a section for that.

After school today me and jane wandered around the gymnasium with Edith. This gym is absolutlely mindblowing. It goes under the sports feilds, and it is like world class facilities. We have decided to do Yoga on tues and thurs, and Hip Hop on mon and wed (Janes influence. everyone is going to laugh at me). we werent allowed to do a competitive sport. I really wanted to do volleyball. Sports are a huge thing heree. Like when you get introduced its like ' this is jane, shes a big hockey and tennis girl, and this is jen asnd she is a huge crew girl' (im so glad it isnt rowing season, so i dont have to show how terrible i really am at 'crew'' (rowing)). So yes we are doing Hip Hop and Yoga. Most people would only do one, but we are doing two. I have yoga tomorrow. WISH ME LUCK!

After deciding on sports, Edith took us for a tour around St Albans (NCS's brother school. Alex goes there). IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL! It is all like modern with stones and glass and absoultely indescribable! They have just spent 83 million dollars renovating it... I know. so much money. But it is so so goregous.

THEN WE WENT TO A FOOTBALL GAAAAAME!!!!!!!! I was so excited because they had like the proper outfits and everything (It was just a school game at STA (St Albans)), but they had mascots and everything! So that was REALLY COOL. but then it was a bit of an anticlimax because it is so boring to watch. Each quarter is 12 minutes, but it takes like 40 minutes for a quarter because they have so many stops! It is unbelievable. So yeah, Alex says rugbyh is way more fun to watch, but you dont go to watch football, you go to socialize. So yeah. And then when we were leaving I saw a lemonade stand!! Like ones from movies with like 5 year olds running it! And so i got a lemonade :D. I forgot my camera, which was so so sad! :( but yeah it was so cute.

I made the mistake of wearing jeans to school today, because I was scared they would get cross with me for having shorts to short on my first day. But i died. it is SO BLOODY HOT HERE. Tomorrow I am wearing shorts. Even if they are too short. Lots of people wear short shorts that are shorter than mine though so it should be fine.

Yes so that was my day. :) So it is 7:20 here now and 1:20 am there!hahaha. I havent been feeling jetlagged! Jane has slept an unbelievble amount. On saturday I went to bed at 9, and last night at 10, so yea it hasnt really affected me, thank goodness.

Ah i love you all so much.xxxxxxxxx