Pizza in Willimantic, Gospel and First days of school!

Last friday Tim and I went over to Anni in Willimantic, and a pizza-party-thing at another exchange students place. They had invited loads of people, and amongst them where a couple of seniors at Windham highschool. They were really nice and we basically spent the night chatting and grilling marshmellows.

On Sunday, Anni came with us to a Gospel church in Middletown. It was an interesting experience, and a very different church than the other one I went to. They had dancers, ''clowns'' and the type of pastor you see on tv; singing his own things while there is a choir of 40 women behind him.

In the evening we went to the boat and met Skip and Lydia, old friends of Rick. They have a sailboat and have spent the past couple of years sailing up and down the American coast. Joe from Ricks band, his wife, Anni, and her hostmother Annette were there too. We went down the Connecticut river and swam in the Atlantic. Also, Skip and Lydia want me to join them on the boat for a 5-day passage from New York and south to Charleston. It sounds very interesting, but I'll have to talk to the counselor at school first!

On Tuesday school started. It was probably the most interesting day so far, and I had some troubles with finding classrooms. But people were really nice, especially those who understood I was an exchange student. I was unable to open my locker though, and asked random people for help! I was really lost at lunch, however. It's just like in the movies. You just stand there with a tray, and you have NO clue about where you're supposed to sit. Fortunately, Evan from the Crosscountry team saved me!

The next day, everything was a lot easier, but I realized that my English class was too hard, and that the teacher was a little bit too generous when it came to homework.. So, I switched into aneasier class and ended up in a class that is way worse! The teacher is the most monotonous and repetetive thing I've ever experienced.. It's definetely not a good sign to fall asleep in your first class..

Anyway, my math teacher is possibly one of the best teachers I've ever had! He's really good at explaining and a load of fun too! My teacher in physics is also really nice, and he's a co-trainer on the crosscountry team, so I know him from before. My US History teacher is also really nice, and he spent half of his class today interviewing Tim and I about what Europeans think about the US, and what the differences between our countries are. My chemistry and photography teachers are nice people too, and I'm looking forward to get started properly in those classes.

It's funny how many people know who I am now, and how few of them I recognize myself! It's also interesting how shocked a couple of people from my first day lunch table where when I didn't wait for them to show up and sat with some other people instead. I am very glad that I joined the crosscountry team though, because both the students there and the teachers have been helping me out a lot! The team spirit is great, and it's good exercice.

But now I'll have to wrap it up; homework is waiting! Last night I had four hours... Good old Norway with it's fourtyfive minutes :)