søndag den 26. oktober 2008

26. okt. 2008

Okay, so since everybody is asking for details, and I am getting tired of explaining it again and again, here you go:

Og faktisk skriver jeg det på dansk. Så er der nok mindre sandsynlighed for at såre nogen.

Okay, så i torsdags blev jeg flyttet fra the Cutshaws hus. Det var ikke min eller familiens beslutning, men AFS' bakket op af skolen. Det fungerede bare ikke.
Min værtsmor havde meget store krav til mig (som hun sådan set også har til alle andre og alt andet i den her verden), som jeg tydeligvis ikke levede op til i hendes øjne. Det blev hun meget frusteret over, og var derfor overbevist om at jeg ikke var klar over hvor privilegeret jeg var over at være landet i DERES familie - og det sagde hun rent faktisk et par gange. Pointen er at hun klagede mange gange til AFS og skolen over mig, som jo derfor fik et indtryk af at hun ikke ville have mig boende.
Udover det, snakkede jeg selvfølgelig også med Agnes (min kontaktperson) om de mange gange hun var gået amok på mig, fordi det jo skræmte mig helt vildt. Hun fik mig til at snakke med en high school counselor, som så i sidste ende besluttede at det bare ikke var sundt at jeg boede hos dem.
Det er en meget travl familie, og jeg tror bare ikke de havde tid eller overskud til mig i deres liv. Det respekterer jeg, og jeg er meget taknemmelig for at de prøvede.

Torsdag, efter min sidste time, gik jeg så op til Agnes (som er spansklærer på skolen) hvor jeg fik at vide at jeg ikke skulle tilbage til the Cutshaws hus. 
Jeg tog hjem med Agnes den dag. Hun sagde hun ville snakke med the Cullens (næste værtsfamilie) for at høre om jeg kunne komme og bo hos dem lidt før det var planlagt. 
Torsdag aften hentede Agnes og en lærer fra skolen, alle mine ting. Eller næsten alle, for der mangler stadig nogle få ting.
Så vidt jeg ved er the Cutshaws meeeeeeget sure. Like virkelig rasende. Hvorfor? Agnes' teori er at det er fordi min værtsmor ikke fik det præcis som hun ville have det (altså at AFS og skolen tog beslutningen om at flytte mig, og ikke hende).
Det lyder helt sikkert som om jeg overdriver, for det gør man tit når man fortæller sådan noget, men det gør jeg altså ikke. Hun er meget temperamentsfuld.

Men altså som sagt, så ringede Agnes til the Cullens for at høre hvornår jeg kunne flytte ind. De sagde det ikke var noget problem at det var tidligere, og det nok godt kunne være om et par få uger. De sagde også at det som min værtsmor havde ringet og fortalt dem om mig, ikke ændrede deres syn på mig. Så det var jeg ret lettet over.

I dag snakkede jeg så igen med Agnes om alt det her. Hun fortalte at desværre havde min værtsmor ringede til alle mulige for at fortælle hvor forfærdelig jeg er, inkl. the Cullens. Great - for nu gider de ikke have mig boende.
Folk kender hende godt, så de ved godt det nok ikke er fuldstændig rigtigt. Men de kan ikke ignorere det, pga. deres professionelle forhold. Altså kan det skade dem og deres arbejde/stilling hvis de havde mig boende - da det ville vise en form for "jeg er ligeglad"-hed. 
Det forstår jeg selvfølgelig godt. Det kan måske være svært at sætte sig ind i, men sådan hænger det her samfund sammen her. Så det er jeg cool med.
Mit problem er mere at min værtsmor reagerer sådan her. Jeg forstår virkelig ikke hvorfor hun gør så meget ud af det.
I kender mig jo godt.. Så umulig er jeg da overhovedet ikke. Og jeg prøvede ovenikøbet at være ekstra sød! 
Så det gør mig en smule ked af det. Men det går nok.

Så lige nu ser det ud til at jeg kommer til at bo hos Agnes resten af året, da andre familier ikke vil skabe en konflikt med the Cutshaws ved at ignorere deres "advarelse". 

Derfor har jeg selvfølgelig fået ny adresse, som i kan spørge min kære måtter fatman om at få, hvis i meget gerne vil sende mig et brev. 
Hvis ikke du synes du kender min moder, så ved du godt hvor du kan kontakte mig, og få den.

Jeg håber i forstår en smule af den her indviklede konflikt.
Nu tager jeg bare én dag af gangen, og så ser jeg hvordan det hele går.

Jeg håber i alle har det godt!
Camille

mandag den 20. oktober 2008

20. oktober 2008

So.. Life just goes on; school, homework, friends.. Stuff like that.

This weekend I went to see Wicked - a musical, with the Cullens. My other host family. They are very nice people and we had a great time together! And the musical was fantastic.

Christy celebrated her 10th birthday on saturday with family and friends. She got a LOT of presents. The amount of packages was insane. She was happy ;)

Homecoming was on friday. Actually it was last week, but the game was on friday. 
Thursday we got to dress up, which was amazing. The main theme was decades - and all grades had voted for a decade. The freshmen were the 50's, the sophomores (my class) were the 80's, the juniors were the 90's and the seniors were the 60's.
There was a dance thursday night for the entire high school. Outside. With a DJ. I am currently trying to learn how to dance, but I am having fun anyway. haha
Also, you might think "usually homecoming dances are formal". But not at Westminster. 
We didn't have class on friday. Actually we were supposed to have all kinds of activities outside, but the rain (that comes every year on homecoming - WHY??) kind of spoiled it..
I was sitting inside all day with Bryana, Brianna, Danielle and Lillian. We managed to have fun anyway, so it wasn't that bad.
There was a peprally (like for all big football games) where the homecoming king was elected. Jake won! Yay! Jake is my friend and a senior. 
Then all classes had to perform a dance that illustrated their decade. The freshmen had a couple of girls that did the handjive. The sophomores had Morgan prentending to sing a song from the 80's (I have no idea what song it was) and tried to get the entire grade on stage to dance and clap. = we failed majorly = we didn't prepare a actual dance. The juniors were very good. They had a group of girls pretending to be Britney Spears and some boys prentending to be N*SYNC. It was hilarious. Then we had the seniors that just.. danced.. 60's dance. They had a lot of people participating - which was really cool.
And then, on friday night, the football game, of course. They always chose a bad team for homecoming, so they are sure of victory. They picked Decatur (which is Alessandra's school. My AFS buddy from Italy, in case you forgot), and we won 43 - 6 . So the game wasn't that much fun itself. But being there with friends and the whole GO CATS spirit is amazing.

Halloween is coming up = my birhtday! 
Shelby is having a halloween party on friday. We are supposed to dress up, so that will be interesting. I am going as Tinkerbell. I already have my costume. It's cuuuuuuuute!

I hope y'all are doing great!
Camille

ps. HVIS nogle skulle have lyst til at sende mig en lille fødselsdagsgave, så kommer der en lille ønskeliste:

1. Piratos lakridser
2. Faxe Kondi
3. Mao sko - JA, jeg mener det dybt seriøst. Jeg kan ikke finde dem her, og jeg vil seriøst gerne have et par..
4. ringe - gerne store og gamle og sjove og 5 kr's agtige.
5. Nintendo 64 + Mario party 1 til N64 - man ved jo aldrig om nogen ejer sådan en. 
6. Billeder - af jer! :D

Jeg bliver også meget glad for et kort!
Men jeg forventer intet. Jeg ved godt jeg er laaaangt væk.

mandag den 13. oktober 2008

13. okt 2008

Picture time! Yay:

Spirit day - green and white, Westminster colors.
Hayley, Camille & Caroline


With fancy tattos and more green.
Shelby and Camille


Buuuut we didn't. NOT good.


The football field. And our team.


I spend the weekend with Alessandra, who lives in Decatur. She is an AFS student from Italy, and she is really nice. We had a great weekend.
Friday night, we went to see a football game at her school (their team sucked).
Saturday, we went to The World Of Coca-Cola. It was awesome! I will post some pictures later. At night, we went to see a laser show on Stone Mountain. It was very patriotic (it showed very BRAVE american citizens and played songs like that and people were standing up.. It was funny).
On Sunday, we went to Atlantic Station for shopping. It was nice. And her host family is really nice too, so that was just perfect.
Today (monday), was Colombus day, which means NO SCHOOL! Yay!!

Anyway, I hope y'all are doing well.

Camille

søndag den 5. oktober 2008

5. Oktober 2008

I went on a AFS orientation this weekend.
We had so much fun. I love the other AFS kids. They're just great.
We talked a lot about what was difficult and stuff like that, so.. we had a good time!

And on friday, there was a football game. THE biggest football game of the year - Westminster vs. Lovett. (Lovett is the big rival). We were all in the Westminster spirit, dressed in green and saying "Go cats!" (our mascot is the wildcat)
Unfortunatly, I lost my purse. With mastercard and visa card and cash, my camera bag (luckily not the camera), pictures, tickets from different places I have visited around the world, and a lot of other stuff that meant something to me. I didn't find it again.. Not good.
But I had fun.

I will post some pictures of tha AFS orientation and the football game + peprally + the rest of that day when I get the pictures from those who took them.

Pictures from Hilton Head:


Cammie and I in the bus, on the way to HH


Hayley, Caroline and Shelby enjoying some blue stuff and the pool


The beach, right behind the hotel. Nice nice nice!


The place we stayed. Yes, it was very nice. But, I mean, it was a Hilton hotel.. haha