Rain=No Fun

This past weekend, the skies decided to open up and dump. I mean pouring rain non stop from Friday night to Sunday night. Plus there was wind. And I don't mean a wimpy wind, I mean hurricane force wind. So with that said, I didn't get to go to the festa di zucca. No pumpkin chucking. :(
Instead, I studied and watched skiing. (Yey! Ted Ligety won!) That was basically my weekend. Except there was a bright side. I got to go into the mountains in Slovenia and hang out in the snow! Well, a hostel in a forest where it was snowing. But still snow!
This week, I don't have school on Thursday. It's all Saints day but it's also known as the day the Italian celebrate their dead. Much like dia di muertos in Mexico. I get to go to Verona maybe. The forcast is calling for more rain and wind so we'll see.
Tomorrow, I've been invited to a Halloween party at a friend's house. She said we're going to carve pumpkins, see a film and then sleep over. It sounds pretty good to me. I mean carving pumpkins! Now I just have to think of what I want to carve. Maybe a classic jack o' lantern face. Who knows.
In school, I've changed English classes. I'm now in a 5th year and two 4th year classes. I've only had one class with all of them and they asked me a ton of questions. Like my jaw is still hurting from talking so much. It turns out that I'm the first American some of them have met and all they know about America is from TV. Some popular questions: Do you have the end of year dance? You mean prom? Why yes we do. Is Halloween really like it is on TV? Yep. I've had to explain that one a lot today. Do you know how to drive? Yeah.
It's really interesting hearing their questions. Plus they love it because it wastes class time.
There's one other exchange student at my school. She's from Thailand and she's one of my 4th year english classes. It was so cool today hearing what her school and life is like. She lives in the south of Thailand and it's always hot there. She also goes to an all girls school and has 4 different types of uniforms. We were asked today if we could bring in a slide show of our cities for Friday. I've already finished mine and I'm ready for Friday!
Cross country starts next week!! Yeyey!!! Then there's a race Nov. 17th for track. My coaches are thinking of signing me up for the 4000 m or 4k. 7 laps around the track. What I'm used to. Now if only I could find my race pace.