Hey Everyone!
Again, I'm really sorry about not blogging much since I've been back from Poland. I've been kinda busy.
However, I am planning on blogging ((hopefully)) everyday for at least this semester. During the day, we have 7 class periods (like usual), but for 7th period, I'm doing a class called Cadet Teaching! It's a class where I go to an elementary school and help teach a 3rd grade class! I am super excited about it, and we start going to the classrooms on Tuesday! So, I'm sure I'll have many stories to talk about :)
Have a great LONG weekend!!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
heyy
School starts in less than 2 days...blegh!! I am getting really nervous, but excited at the same time! It's my senior year, which is extremely exciting! But, I am for some reason, extreamly nervous!! My family and friends have been supporting me, but please be praying for me in the next few days especially! I can use all the prayer I can get!!
I got to work at 11am this morning and got off at 2pm, but was asked to come back in from 5-c. So, I had a 3 hour 'break', which I spent most of my time at the dentist! But, Andrew and I went to the park for a little bit. These guys who were wearing the same outfit and same red hat, were driving around in their little black convertable! It was so funny! They drove around probably 15 times or so. I was laughing histarically about it! So, we jumped in Andrew's car, and followed them, but, they realized we were following them. So they stopped, and we stopped. Then they went again, so we went again. They finally got out and played bball with their friends. And, we went around one more time, just for fun! Then went to walgreens to see if my friend was working. As we were walking out, the guys walked out at the same time as we did!! They turned around, gave us a weird look, then we ran to Andrews car and rushed off!! haha It was the funniest thing ever!! I said that they were going to stalk Andrew tonight! Hopefully he will be alive in the morning :p
It's almost 1am and I have to work again tomorrow in the morning. So, I'm off to bed!! Night!!
<3 Ayla
I got to work at 11am this morning and got off at 2pm, but was asked to come back in from 5-c. So, I had a 3 hour 'break', which I spent most of my time at the dentist! But, Andrew and I went to the park for a little bit. These guys who were wearing the same outfit and same red hat, were driving around in their little black convertable! It was so funny! They drove around probably 15 times or so. I was laughing histarically about it! So, we jumped in Andrew's car, and followed them, but, they realized we were following them. So they stopped, and we stopped. Then they went again, so we went again. They finally got out and played bball with their friends. And, we went around one more time, just for fun! Then went to walgreens to see if my friend was working. As we were walking out, the guys walked out at the same time as we did!! They turned around, gave us a weird look, then we ran to Andrews car and rushed off!! haha It was the funniest thing ever!! I said that they were going to stalk Andrew tonight! Hopefully he will be alive in the morning :p
It's almost 1am and I have to work again tomorrow in the morning. So, I'm off to bed!! Night!!
<3 Ayla
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Senior Year Schedule
Semester 1
1. US History -- Neylon ((cuz i dropped out of AP last year))
2. Psychology -- Stucker
3. Bel Canto -- Stainbrook // Prather
4. Advanced English 101 -- Tincher
5. Study Hall -- Mundell ((new teacher))
6. Anat. & Phys. -- Walter
7. Cadet Teaching -- Byrnes
Semester 2
1. Anat. & Phys. -- Walter
2. Econ -- Comer
3. Bel Canto -- Stainbrook // Prather
4. Sociology -- Comer
5. Advanced English 102 -- Armstrong
6. Study Hall -- Rector
7. US Gov. -- Smith
1. US History -- Neylon ((cuz i dropped out of AP last year))
2. Psychology -- Stucker
3. Bel Canto -- Stainbrook // Prather
4. Advanced English 101 -- Tincher
5. Study Hall -- Mundell ((new teacher))
6. Anat. & Phys. -- Walter
7. Cadet Teaching -- Byrnes
Semester 2
1. Anat. & Phys. -- Walter
2. Econ -- Comer
3. Bel Canto -- Stainbrook // Prather
4. Sociology -- Comer
5. Advanced English 102 -- Armstrong
6. Study Hall -- Rector
7. US Gov. -- Smith
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Home Sweet Home
Hey everyone!
I know it's been all week since i've written, but I just wanted to let you know that we are home safely now! I'm getting ready for school, which starts on August 20th! I can't believe that I'm going to be a Senior! It's crazy :) But, I'm really excited about it!
I know it's been all week since i've written, but I just wanted to let you know that we are home safely now! I'm getting ready for school, which starts on August 20th! I can't believe that I'm going to be a Senior! It's crazy :) But, I'm really excited about it!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Plane ride home
So, it's now 11:21pm in New Jersey!! We are stuck here for the night.
I wrote this on the plane earlier today:
"Halo!
I am stuck on a plane right now. We have been flying for about 6 hours now. We are right above Canada right now.
Dad, Jt, Alex and I were told last night that we would be getting up and leaving Sunday morning at 3:30 am. Now, the airport was only an hour and a half away and our flight was leaving at 1:30pm. They wanted us to go early with all the other groups that were flying out early so they wouldn't waist gas. We weren't too happy about that, but we knew we had to live with it. Alex, Jt and I were going to stay up b/c there was no pointe in sleeping. But, when Daniel got back from Gorskis (an amazing resturant we went to twice), he said that he would personally drive us after breakfast to the airport so we wouldn't have to be there 7 hours in advance. So, Alex and Jt went back to the fish huts, and I just stayed in my dads room b/c he had an extra bed in his room.
We got up at 8am, got breakfast, and at 9:30 loaded up all 8 of our suitcases and 2 carry on's each, into Daniels tiny statyion wagon (what an experience that was...lol)! We got there around 10:45am and said goodbye to Daniel. We got through secrity and everything and was at our gate by 11:45 after doing a few last minute souvenir shopping at the airport! It was around 1:45pm when they announced that the plane was having "technical difficulties" and had to switch planes. So, we didn't get off the ground until 3:30pm.
Alex and I watched 'Dodgeball', what a funny movie! I had never seen it before! Then I watched 'Everything is Illuminated' with my dad. Then Alex and I played some cards and are just waiting for food to be served! Hopefully we land in the next 3 hours!!"
We were supposed to be home tonight (sunday) but the flight from poland to New Jersey was delayed 3 hours, so we missed our connecting flight. so we are stuck in a hotel tonight. which isn't that bad!! i have my own room :) my dad has his own room. and, Alex and Jt are sharing a room. i was just up there with them hanging out, now i'm chillin in my room :)
we arrive in indy monday around 2:30. It will be nice to be home :)
I know that this is just Satin trying to mess with us, but we are doing ok!! God is with us all the time and I trust him completely!! :)
<3 Ayla
I wrote this on the plane earlier today:
"Halo!
I am stuck on a plane right now. We have been flying for about 6 hours now. We are right above Canada right now.
Dad, Jt, Alex and I were told last night that we would be getting up and leaving Sunday morning at 3:30 am. Now, the airport was only an hour and a half away and our flight was leaving at 1:30pm. They wanted us to go early with all the other groups that were flying out early so they wouldn't waist gas. We weren't too happy about that, but we knew we had to live with it. Alex, Jt and I were going to stay up b/c there was no pointe in sleeping. But, when Daniel got back from Gorskis (an amazing resturant we went to twice), he said that he would personally drive us after breakfast to the airport so we wouldn't have to be there 7 hours in advance. So, Alex and Jt went back to the fish huts, and I just stayed in my dads room b/c he had an extra bed in his room.
We got up at 8am, got breakfast, and at 9:30 loaded up all 8 of our suitcases and 2 carry on's each, into Daniels tiny statyion wagon (what an experience that was...lol)! We got there around 10:45am and said goodbye to Daniel. We got through secrity and everything and was at our gate by 11:45 after doing a few last minute souvenir shopping at the airport! It was around 1:45pm when they announced that the plane was having "technical difficulties" and had to switch planes. So, we didn't get off the ground until 3:30pm.
Alex and I watched 'Dodgeball', what a funny movie! I had never seen it before! Then I watched 'Everything is Illuminated' with my dad. Then Alex and I played some cards and are just waiting for food to be served! Hopefully we land in the next 3 hours!!"
We were supposed to be home tonight (sunday) but the flight from poland to New Jersey was delayed 3 hours, so we missed our connecting flight. so we are stuck in a hotel tonight. which isn't that bad!! i have my own room :) my dad has his own room. and, Alex and Jt are sharing a room. i was just up there with them hanging out, now i'm chillin in my room :)
we arrive in indy monday around 2:30. It will be nice to be home :)
I know that this is just Satin trying to mess with us, but we are doing ok!! God is with us all the time and I trust him completely!! :)
<3 Ayla
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Last part of Saturday
Hey everyone! I can't believe that camp is over and that we are leaving Poland in 14 hours!
At 3pm, we went into a little town right outside of where we are staying at and did some souvenir shopping. There weren't many booths set up when we got there, but I got what I needed and wanted. Which was good :)
After shopping for a bit, we headed to an old German Bunker. It was really neat. It was only a few minutes from where we were shopping at, but it was way out in the forest area. It was covered with moss and trees! It was so neat! We went in and it was huge!! It was around 1100 feet long and I would say 30 feet tall (tall enough for a train to fit in with extra room). On the inside, there were tables with different devices they used during the war. We walked all the way from the beginning to the end of the bunker, then turned around and went back (it got colder and colder as we got farther back in in). In the middle of the bunker, there was a tunnel that we could go in. We walked down a ladder about 10-15 feet. It was really narrow, and only one person could go down it at once. As soon as you got into the tunnel, you had to duck down for a few feet, basically on your hands and knees. But, once you got past that little part, you could stand up straight. It was long, cold, wet tunnel that had rooms off of it. Jt and Pawel (the guy who was helping us out today getting us places) went ahead of me and hid in one of the rooms. As I walked by, they jumped out and scared me to death! It was really funny though :) We walked through it and saw different rooms that were huge and some that were small. When we got out of the bunker, Alex and I decided to ride one of the motorcycles with the little "cars" attached to it. He rode in it first, then I got to go. Pawel had told the guy, in Polish, to go really fast!! It was so much fun!!! :)
When we got back to the camp, we found out that we had to leave the camp at 3:30am with the other groups who were going to the airport (Our flight doesn't leave until 1:30pm). We weren't really excited, but we went along with it because we had no choice. So, we went to dinner and went to get packed up. Ola had left earlier today, and she called during dinner and said she would call back later. She called while Agnieska, Marta and I were in my room packing up. We chatted with her for a bit, and finally had to say goodbye because she had to go :( But, it was nice talking to her on the phone!!! ~~I had brought little snack packs of Chips Ahoy, Macaroni and Cheese Crackers, and Ritz Cheese Bits. (Ola had tried them earlier this week, but didn't like them so much). I gave Marta, Agnieska and the other girl the rest of my packs and they sat on the bed eatting away. Marta liked the Mac and Cheese crackers, but Agnieska didn't like them so much. When Agnieska was reading the bag of Chips Ahoy, she said "Chips Aloha"!!!!! HAHAHA It was SOOOOOO funny!! They all liked them and I said that most people in America do :) And, they all liked the Ritz Cheese crakers, especially Marta :)
After packing up and hanging out for a while, Daniel came in around 11pm and talked to us about leaving tomorrow. (Alex, Jt and I were just going to stay up and watch movies and chill). He said that he would take us seperatly, so we wouldn't have to be at the airport for 7 hours before we left. So, we are now leaving after breakfast!! WOOHOOO!!
So, I am going to sleep now. I am excited about seeing everyone again and I have many more stories and pictures to show you :) Just ask and I'll share :)
Mwah!! <3 Ayla
At 3pm, we went into a little town right outside of where we are staying at and did some souvenir shopping. There weren't many booths set up when we got there, but I got what I needed and wanted. Which was good :)
After shopping for a bit, we headed to an old German Bunker. It was really neat. It was only a few minutes from where we were shopping at, but it was way out in the forest area. It was covered with moss and trees! It was so neat! We went in and it was huge!! It was around 1100 feet long and I would say 30 feet tall (tall enough for a train to fit in with extra room). On the inside, there were tables with different devices they used during the war. We walked all the way from the beginning to the end of the bunker, then turned around and went back (it got colder and colder as we got farther back in in). In the middle of the bunker, there was a tunnel that we could go in. We walked down a ladder about 10-15 feet. It was really narrow, and only one person could go down it at once. As soon as you got into the tunnel, you had to duck down for a few feet, basically on your hands and knees. But, once you got past that little part, you could stand up straight. It was long, cold, wet tunnel that had rooms off of it. Jt and Pawel (the guy who was helping us out today getting us places) went ahead of me and hid in one of the rooms. As I walked by, they jumped out and scared me to death! It was really funny though :) We walked through it and saw different rooms that were huge and some that were small. When we got out of the bunker, Alex and I decided to ride one of the motorcycles with the little "cars" attached to it. He rode in it first, then I got to go. Pawel had told the guy, in Polish, to go really fast!! It was so much fun!!! :)
When we got back to the camp, we found out that we had to leave the camp at 3:30am with the other groups who were going to the airport (Our flight doesn't leave until 1:30pm). We weren't really excited, but we went along with it because we had no choice. So, we went to dinner and went to get packed up. Ola had left earlier today, and she called during dinner and said she would call back later. She called while Agnieska, Marta and I were in my room packing up. We chatted with her for a bit, and finally had to say goodbye because she had to go :( But, it was nice talking to her on the phone!!! ~~I had brought little snack packs of Chips Ahoy, Macaroni and Cheese Crackers, and Ritz Cheese Bits. (Ola had tried them earlier this week, but didn't like them so much). I gave Marta, Agnieska and the other girl the rest of my packs and they sat on the bed eatting away. Marta liked the Mac and Cheese crackers, but Agnieska didn't like them so much. When Agnieska was reading the bag of Chips Ahoy, she said "Chips Aloha"!!!!! HAHAHA It was SOOOOOO funny!! They all liked them and I said that most people in America do :) And, they all liked the Ritz Cheese crakers, especially Marta :)
After packing up and hanging out for a while, Daniel came in around 11pm and talked to us about leaving tomorrow. (Alex, Jt and I were just going to stay up and watch movies and chill). He said that he would take us seperatly, so we wouldn't have to be at the airport for 7 hours before we left. So, we are now leaving after breakfast!! WOOHOOO!!
So, I am going to sleep now. I am excited about seeing everyone again and I have many more stories and pictures to show you :) Just ask and I'll share :)
Mwah!! <3 Ayla
Friday and Saturday morning
Oh my gosh! I can't believe it's already saturday :( It's only 11am and I've already cried. Ola left about 30 minutes ago. I can't believe it! This camp has been one of my best experiences so far!!
Yesterday we just edited our film. It was the parable of the good samaritan. The girls did an amazing job of editing. I went through it in the end and helped out a bit, but other than that, they did amazing!! I had so much fun just chillin with them as they edited. I loved those girls this week! I am going to miss them so much!!
Agnieszka reminded me of some of the girls at school. Ola was so funny. she made me laugh a lot! Joanna was a sweetheart. She had an amazing heart. Marta was kinda quiet, but she was sweet. Her smile is one that I won't forget.
It's going to be hard to leave tomorrow, but I knew that it was going to happen when I came here! I can't explain my feelings right now because they are everywhere! I'm excited that we are going home to see my family and friends, but on the other hand, I don't want to leave! I really don't want to leave these people. But, God has a plan for each of us, so I am trusting in Him 100%.
Yesterday we just edited our film. It was the parable of the good samaritan. The girls did an amazing job of editing. I went through it in the end and helped out a bit, but other than that, they did amazing!! I had so much fun just chillin with them as they edited. I loved those girls this week! I am going to miss them so much!!
Agnieszka reminded me of some of the girls at school. Ola was so funny. she made me laugh a lot! Joanna was a sweetheart. She had an amazing heart. Marta was kinda quiet, but she was sweet. Her smile is one that I won't forget.
It's going to be hard to leave tomorrow, but I knew that it was going to happen when I came here! I can't explain my feelings right now because they are everywhere! I'm excited that we are going home to see my family and friends, but on the other hand, I don't want to leave! I really don't want to leave these people. But, God has a plan for each of us, so I am trusting in Him 100%.
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