Exchange Student x2!

My Rotary club has not had an exchange student for 15 years until I came along. Now a girl in the 8th grade is thinking about becoming an exchange student! I really hope she does it and convinces others to do it also, it is such a great experience. It also makes me feel good knowing another person wants to go on exchange. Oh, and she also wants to go to France!

Random Blabber

I applied to the YCC this year for a summer job that is 40 hours a week because I need the money for my exchange. I just got a call a few days ago that I got the job! I am really exited to start earning money but now my whole summer is wasted with a job. I guess its all hunky-dory though because I will be happy to have that money in France. I was thinking about how much I will be paid and I was thinking that I really am earning less than everyone else because I will be spending 99% of that money in Euros not USD. Oh well.
I have less than a month until my birthday, May 23rd! I leave for France on August 23 so 116 days or 3 months 27 days! I am getting soo exited. I am really mad that I can't get my license before I leave because I will have a job and I don't know how much I will be at home anyways. A license just makes sense but my parents don't think its that big of a deal. :/ (It is a big deal to me). Well I can't wait until I get to France and I have a wonderful public transportation system, unlike what I have where I live now.

Rotary April Conference

First day: Had to act professional in the morning and got really annoyed by "We are the World" and the Rotary thank you song. At 8 we went to eat at Sonnys. We were so loud, as  most kids usually are, especially after having to act professional all morning. Then to the hotel to hang out until 12:45.

Second day: Outbounds on bus by 7:45, yuck. We went to a youth leadership training thing, the guy teaching the course was kind of weird but whatever. I got to climb rock walls and stuff, to bad we couldn't do the zip line because it was raining. Sonny's at 5 for whatever we wanted to eat, all Italian food of course. Then to the YMCA for a lock in. I hoped to not sleep at all but I ended up falling asleep at 5 in the morning due to the lack of sleep for this whole week and since no one wanted to stay up any longer.

Things I have learned:
1. I love Rotary!
2. How to play chicken
3. swim suit dryers are probably the coolest invention!
4. That I have fears of being an exchange student but everyone does.
5. Don't say a person is from "Institution" When they are from Institute. (They get mad)
6. That only a few Inbounds are going to Grand Rapids! :(
7. You try to pick up the accent of the person your talking to even if it is by accident.
8. Lack of sleep doesn't kill me.

Well I think thats a pretty large list. I guess I will get back to all of my Rotary friends now.
Au revoir,
-Cassandra