Second Day of School

I think I left things on a rather dark note yesterday and I feel that I should remedy that.

Today was far from perfect, to be sure, but I find myself in a much better mood than I was yesterday. I woke up late and again had to impose on anya to give me a ride. I found that people were again nice to me today, though, and a couple of my teachers insisted on dedicating all of their class time today to asking me questions about life in Canada. While this wasn't unwelcome, I did find it somewhat odd. (Do they not have actual things to teach?) I was given a lot of free time though.

I've created my own schedule, free of unpleasant things like gym class and physics. A part of me is curious to see what a Hungarian gym class is like, and I also know that it's important for me to get out and get some exercise, but, 8th grade gym scarred me enough that I never ever want to do that again and haven't since then. I also have only given myself about five classes every day, so while school starts at a nauseating 8 am, I should be home no later than 2 most days.

I'd like to start getting some exercise in my routine. Biking to school is a good start, and I'd like to start running again since it's so flat here. I feel like I should join a team of some kind, but I feel like that can only end badly. I like exercising, and dancing is one of my favourite activities, but somehow I have never managed to translate these things into the coordination that it takes to play sports without injuring either myself or the people around me. This is one of the many reasons I stopped taking PE.

Lizzie, my future host mom, has arranged for both Felipe and I to be on the school lunch program. While this seemed like a good idea two days ago, I have now seen the food that they serve. Today was a bowl of soup, which had no taste other than the large amounts of salt that had been added to it, as well as a bowl of what I can only assume was pasta in a cream sauce. The pasta, however, had the texture of cucumber when bit into and the sauce, while white, was more oily than creamy. On top of this were bits of pork in a red oily sauce.

I waited until I got home to eat.

Anyways, I've had better days, but my jitters from yesterday are considerably better than they were today. I think, once I actually figure out what I'm doing, it could be good here. I'll keep you guys posted.

Moira