Mia famiglia!!!! (my family!)

Well, I guess this post is kind of past due, but I was trying to figure out what exactly I should say, because I kept waiting for ALL of the information to come through.

Janelle called Wednesday afternoon, and then later that night I received an email that...I got a that I have a host family!!!! I am extremely excited! I was placed in a family that has two little boys. One who is 9 and the other is 5. I will be living in Monselice, a town that is 40 minutes from Venice. The family is very close, they visit their grandparents a lot, they say they like to go site seeing, and they just seem like a cool family from what Janelle said. When I got to the files AFS gave me (which was on my AFS account page), what I was able to see was: Everyone in the family's name, their birth dates (so that's how I figured out how old the kids were), the address and contact information, and then I got the address of the school. I will be going to Instituto Scolastico Cattaneo...I think I spelled that right.

I emailed my family the night I got their info (Wednesday) and my host dad responded this morning. He said (in italian) that they could not wait to meet me in person, and the kids are already talking about me. :) I think thats a good thing...haha!

Here are their names:
Host Madre- Alessia
Host Padre- Daniele
Host fratelli (brothers)- Enrico e Nicola
Ciao for now!

Time. Thoughts. Dreams. And Things to Get Done.

Last night it took an extremely long time for me to get to sleep. During that time, I thought. A LOT! And, I was thinking, "Okay, so we have a while till Italy. I don't need to stress about a family or packing quite yet. I go see my cousins next week, then I come home, then its to the beach with my family. In that week at the beach my online classes end...WAIT WHAT? Whoa! That's only 3 weeks!..." and  continued.

That was a very confusing entry paragraph. Sorry about  that. What you can pick from it is:
1. I STILL don't have a host family. I am one of the 40 people who are still waiting.
2. I am taking online computer apps and PE (more like health) this summer. (This is so I have space in my schedule to double up on classes if that is necessary when I get back.) They seem like they would be pretty easy. Well, computer is going well, pretty easy for me. PE on the other hand, I think we are assigned WAY more than if I took in in the school year. You have to get 35+ mins of exercise a day, 2-3 hour long quizzes a week, and then the activities in the book. I cannot wait till its over!


Another update, is that there is more paperwork that is having to be filled out. Papers to give to the school, the health form for my check up to give to the doctor, and then the dreaded Visa. My appointment with the Italian Embassy is on August 13th. Oddly, only 2 counties in Maryland can go to the embassy in DC. The rest of the counties (like St. Mary's...where I live) have to go to Philadelphia...Awesome! :P

**50 days till NY Orientation! 52 Days till Italy!**

Hope you all are enjoying your summer!!

Arrividerci!
P.S. Thank you all, this blog has had 263 page views so far. In June it was under 100. You are awesome!