Easter MONDAY?

Yes... Easter Monday had arrived with whips...
It is a tradition for the men to whip the girls with braided twigs and to whip the girls. The girls then give the men a shot of alcohol, an egg, or some chocolate. They have to say a chant before they whip you though. I luckily didn't get whipped very many times because my host mom didn't want to open the door... but I opened it because I think it's a tradition and I'm not going to let my host mom hide this from me. So I opened to some gypsies. I must say... they are MEAN! Haha... I got whipped by some normal czech people, but it sucked because there was no window to see if they were gypsies or not, and if they were... they whipped really..... hard. It was really awkward too to get whipped by little gypsy boys... AH! Hahaha.
I woke up to my host father and his little son whipping me... but I was half asleep and I thank God I was wearing pants :D
I learned some really cool new ways to decorate eggs and I am excited to bring it back home to my family and to everyone. It is something that I never knew how to do but now I know how... and it's all thanks to Crayola crayons... :)
As most of you probably know, I have switched families. Which is nice. My new address is:
April Opatik
Na Houpackach 966
Pisek 397 01
Czech Republic

They are really nice, I have known them since my first arrival here to CZ. So they aren't too new. And the mom is a lovely... cook. So it will be really good foods for my last 3 months.

Wow.

3 months.

It's so hard to comprehend it all and just take everything I've learned in. I think I have changed alot... but in really good ways. I am excited to come home, but not yet~! I have too many trips left and travelling to do! I can't think about coming home!

On a really happy side note, my sister got engaged a couple days ago! Which I am so proud of her for. Nathan, my sisters FIANCEÉ, is a really nice guy and I can't be happier to have him as a brother in law. :) And I can't wait to be the maid of honour! AH! I was litterally crying with my sister when she showed me her ring and everything. I wish I could be there to have hugged her and just congradulate her and everything... but I am so thankful for skype at least, and I will be there for the wedding so everything is alright :) I am just so... happy for her. Good job sis!

Okay... now back to school. I hate school. I will say it again, I HATE SCHOOL. I appreciate being able to have friends and speak English and do sports and have clubs AND EVERYTHING back at High School. I LOVE BARABOO HIGH SCHOOL! So weird right? But really..I appreciate it so much more now than I ever have. I have NO and I will rephrase. ZERO. friends in school. I thought I had a friend and we even hung out.... and now she is too busy to hang out so any time I ask her she always says no. And I think it's because I talk to much for her. Because after I hung out with her the next day she was saying how I "talked" too much and tired her out. She NEVER hangs with people so everyone in my class was even surprised I was going over there. And now I know why she never has friends. She's never even had a girls night sleep over! :O
And I am actually quite offended because my first czech friend that I hung out with doesn't like me.
So... now my whole class treats me as I don't exist... and there's no way to get away from any of this so I am at loss of what to do. For the past months I was trying really hard and getting their numbers and texting them and so on... but no such luck. So I am giving up and I have been running everyday.
So to all those who have friends in school for 7 hours of the day and can do sports and clubs. BE THANKFUL ALRIGHT?

Well anyways,
I haven't talked with Lydia in a while, but I know that she is having a fun time. :)

I really... cannot tell all of you how much exchanging is worth. It's worth everything... even not having friends in school.. it cannot get me down because I have Kike and Hilary. They are my friends for life. I have had so many laughs and just they are my best friends... forever. I cannot imagine life without them now that I think about it. I know that why I came to Czech Republic was for a reason and it was for me to meet them especially. <3

Well that's just a quick update of everything that has been going on! Hopefully I can post some more pictures.. but probably NOT~! hahaha. I will try to blog a bit more now that I have an all time use computer. haha. But whatever whatever!

Take care everyone and thanks for reading and learning!

-April