Hi friends and family,

First some more differences:
Restrooms in America are a bit weird haha. Their doors don't entirely close the whole 'view', so there's a vertical line through which you can see people on the other side of the door. The first time I saw them was on Indianapolis airport and I said to myself, "Welcome to America, you better get used to this" haha. I'll try to take a picture of it soon.

Last Saturday Cassidy and I went swimming with her dad and we had a lot of fun. We even got a tan (and of course we got sunburned too). It was really nice and relaxing. In the evening we went to dinner. This was also when I learned that food with 'Buffalo' in the name is really spicy.

Sunday we went to church and after we had done our homework Cassidy, Hannah (a friend) and I went shopping in Plainfield. I bought some basic supplies, sports clothes, a volleyball, a clock and school supplies, Most stores aren't very different than the ones in the Netherlands. For the Victoria Secret lovers (like Nicole), there are a lot of them here and a lot of girls wear Pink clothes, have Pink backpacks or other stuff.

Today was Picture Day and as always it feels like my picture was terrible, haha. We'll see how I will be presented in the Yearbook. We don't have a class like we do in the Netherlands, so we just got a normal 'lonely' picture and a team photo with the volleyball girls.

My first grade (doing your homework) was an A, so I'm happy with that! Tomorrow I have to give a speech for English about the 10 things I care about most. I have to bring those objects or if you can't bring the object you have to bring something related to it. These are my 10 things:
1 Dutch flag (my friends gave me this at my Farewell Party)
2 Polaroid pictures (of my friends to remember their faces -> just kidding!)
3 Teddybear (thanks Denise and Evelien)
4 i love New York T-shirt
5 Insurgent book (but it's actually about the whole Divenrgent series -> thanks grandma and grandpa)
6 First Monrovia T-shirt
7 Dream catcher
8 Phone
9 Field hockey (the only thing I have here that's related to field hockey is my hockey skirt haha)
10 Backpack (thanks Robin, mom and dad!)

I totally forgot to mention it, but last Friday I went to a bonfire at Kyrsa's house. It was really nice and I ate my first Smore (THEY ARE SO GOOD!). It's practically a cookie with marshmallow and chocolate on it.

I'll add some pictures on my blog as soon as possible.

If I think of more to tell you, I'll put in on my blog.

If you want to respond or have a question, just ask me in a comment on my blog.

Love,

Tasha