This week ticked along rather nicely. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were quite hard because of all the funeral preparations and not being there with my family. But fortunately I got to hear the Eulegy my dad wrote when he skyped me, and I read a funny poem that my cousins wrote about him – they were both awesome!

Gwen and I spent a lot of time together this week, we hung out and chilled in each others rooms, played games and goofed around, it felt pretty cool knowing that she see’s me as a sister like figure (and not an annoying one thank goodness). School has been going well as well, I’m struggling a lot in SVT (Earth science) because the french is really hard and even with translations I don’t understand it. But the other subjects (besides french) are going really well and at this point I can do the same work as everyone else. Elizabeth has been an awesome at home, helping me when I don’t understand homework.

I had my last flute lesson today, and it’s making me realise how close to the end of exchange I am – only one month left! This year has zoomed by, and I am dreading the thought of leaving, but at the same time I can’t wait to go home and see the scenery of NZ -the mountains, forests and farms – that’s what I miss the most.