2011...!!

So yeah I havent updated this for a lonnnngggg time. Since last year!! :D So yeah there's a lot that I wont include. And I'll keep it short. But anyways... to start is all off, I saw Prāta Vētra in concert. Allie had an extra ticket so she invited me to go. They picked me at some corner and I thought the dude taking us was her hostbrother or something, but it turned out to be her hostfather. Cool guy. But yeah the concert was awesome. Allie pointed out that a LOT of Latvian songs have lalala or something like that for sing-alongs. And Prāta Vētra put in a mourning  period for their bassist that died in a car accident 5 years ago? I thought that was interesting. But they could have used a better picture at the end. Just saying. During the entire concert, we could just tell that Rēnars knows that he is the coolest person in Latvia. Great concert.

Then AFS Christmas ball was quite boring. And to be honest, I dislike the fact that they make us give presentations at every meeting. It gets old. Especially when you already had to give presentations for school. OH well. They were funny though. Laughed at the dance the Latvians did: they grabbed each others feet and jumped around a bunch. TRADITIONAL Latvian dance. XD

Christmas had a very empty feel to me. It felt like another day really. I missed all the traditions that me and my family did every Christmas like snowman soup. That was always one of my favorites. And I miss my family and friends, and Ozzy :). Allie felt similarly and apparently so did the Badgers in Finland. But it was still a good day. Here, they open their presents on Christmas Eve and they sing or dance or do something before getting their present. They do something for each present. It was fun to say the least. :D

For New Year's, I went to a party with Allie. I got the notice about the party quite late so I asked asked Aija to take me up. Aija agreed to drive me up there despite the very short notice (20 minutes notice and I'm grateful for that :D) and then after a bit, we went to the party. When we got there, there was only 40(?) or so minutes until midnight. We went on the balcony at New Year and looked at the fireworks that people were shooting off. Oh! and on the way there, People were shooting fireworks off and they were going into the street. It was cool! It was like we were in some action movie cause they were all coming really close to us but never hitting us. :D Awesome. Anyways, at the party, nothing really happened..we were all just talking.  it was boring i thought. Then Allie said that there was sushi waiting for us at her house. We went but Allie forgot her scarf... so we went back and talked some more, got locked in...then left. No big deal :D

On other notes, I was sick yesterday but today (Jan 4th, 2011) I am feeling much better. I also figured that I need to start speaking in Latvian. I can understand a lot, but when I need to speak, I cant. I freeze up in front of people I know. I can talk just fine with strangers. So I am going to talk to Aija about talking to me in Latvian more. And to slow down hahaha :D And I am still waiting for the Post Office to send me the notification that they have my package and i can go get it. They are so SLOW!!!! ayayay. Im starting to wonder about the money that was in it...

Sorry for the long delay in the Update!!! :D