Autor: Timo Ziereis

Today was quite a boring school day. I was tired and I didn’t get a good sleep in the bus. First period was boring and we literally did nothing. In second period we did some exercises but still boring. At the end of the period my teacher asked why I‘m not in Geometry Honors. I told him I don‘t know but it doesn’t really make a difference. Panther Hour and lunch were ok today. And both sport lessons were in the gym and I played basketball, which was fun. After school Connie picked me up from school. We went home and got ready to go to Tampa to a silent auction dinner of an aviation society. It was a fun dinner and a good silent auction, I really enjoyed it. The food was good too but very small portions. Also, Andy got a Led Zeppelin signed Collage for $500. After the dinner, we are now spending the night in Tampa in a hotel.

Today was quite a eventful day. In school I didn’t do too much, but weightlifting was funny today. One guy was convinced that the earth is flat and we tried to tell him otherwise. He talked about having jelly walls at the end of the world and weird stuff like this. Also, I had a rotary meeting. They had a guest speaker from a food bank and I thanked them for giving me the opportunity to go to disney. As I got home I opened my package full of overwatch merch. All of it looks amazing and I’m so excited it’s finally here. On my way to the gym, I was only about 2 miles away, I had a flat tire. So Conny had to pick me up. At the gym I had a really good shoulder workout. As I got home I just relax a little as always.

Today was a regular tuesday. I started out sleeping on the bus. But other than usual, I didn’t sleep the minutes before school, but I walked around talking to a friend. In culinary we wrote a test today. The rest of the day, was pretty much the same. Weightlifting class was good although my shoulder started hurting a little again. Somebody left their phone on the bus today. As I got home, I didn’t ride the bike to the Y because it was cold and I think I catched a little cold. The workout was good today, except for the last part. I got in a hurry and therefore didn’t do the sets to full exhaustion. Afterwards I had a big meal of 2 steaks and mac and cheese. Now I’m just relaxing on the couch and waiting to be readay to go to bed.

Today was the day after disney and it was a monday. School was boring as every day, but I tried to improve my squat technique, which was fun. After school I went on to my workout. Today was chest day and I had an amazing workout. My chest and trizeps are dead, I can hardly do push ups. Also, I ate a lot today and whenever I have my protein shake, I feel so bloated. Today almost everybody posted pictures from the disney trip and everyone was sad that it was over.

Today was the last day of disney. We were in Hollywood studios. The day started early in the morning to clean our room and pack our stuff. Then off we went to the park, I was there about 20 minutes before it opened. Most of the day today I spent with a guy from Brazil. We headed straight to the 2 main attractions and since we were so early we didn’t have to wait at either of them. Then we went on and did some other rides and shows (including Star Wars and Indiana Jones). But soon at like 11 it started pouring, which was awful. That meant we were leaving earlier than I first thought, plus I didn’t get to do the Toy Story rides. Also, most of the Indiana Jones show was cancelled because of the rain. I got home by about 3. Then,  for the first time since I changed host families, I talked to my parents. The rest of the day I’ll spend to get situated again, wash clothes and recover from this long weekend.

Today was the third and last full day of disney. Todays park was epcot, and it was a fun park. It had some cool attractions and there were 12 different countries. One of them was Germany and it was the first time I had a Breze since I got here. I also bought a Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorten). Due to all the „countries“ this day felt like a huge photo op. We took thousands of pictures, but it was fun. We had a dinner at the park and watched a firework show afterwards, which was really cool. Also I got to meet all the german speaking exchange students.

Today was the second day of our disney trip, which we spent in the Magic Kingdom. We started out with a guided educational tour in the park and then we were released to the park by ourselves. The park itself had a lot of great rides, but you could see that most of it was designed for little kids. At the end of the day, there was a little show at the castle. By the time we got home, we had a pool party with pizza. I ate a lot again and getting out of the pool was just crazily cold. Also, I met a couple new guys from Germany, which was fun. Still, I don’t really have anyone that I really click with so I‘m always like trying to fit into some group what is very exhausting over time.

Today was the first day of disney. It started out early in the morning and we arrived at about 9. At about 9:30 we entered the park and looked around. The Park today was Animal Kingdom and it looked stunning. The day started out bad since I wasn’t with my group that I wanted to be with and to get there was very weird and hard. But in the end I made it. Like any park in the U.S waiting times are awful. The longest I‘ve seen was 3.5 h. We did a lot of different rides over the day and I learned that Disney is as expensive as it can get. So I‘m trying not to spend any money on anything more than some souvenirs. But since we didn’t get anything to eat the whole day, I bought myself a whole family pizza for dinner and ate it all by myself. I don‘t regret it a single bite. All in all the day was fun with a lot of rides but it was a long day and tomorrow starts early too.

Today was the last day before disney. I had a longer sleep and went to a rotary meeting. So I was late to school. Weightlifting class was fun today, I upped my deadlift max to 365. Afterwards school was pretty much the same as every day. As I got home, Andy was already home, so he took me to the Y. My workout was good, but I tried to put more weight on my squat, but I failed. We had spare ribs for dinner and played some Liar’s Dice. Other than that I prepared myself for the disney trip, that is starting tomorrow.

Today was a good day. School was kind of crazy today. There was 2 fights going on but unfortunately, I didn’t see either of them. Also, in gym class i maxed at 170 lbs, but my chest was still sore from the last workout. By the time I got home I was really hungry, so I ate a lot. At the YMCA, I had a great shoulder workout and I was ready early. So my friend Gigi gave me some kickbox lessons, which was fun but I was really bloated because of my proteinshake. Afterwards we went out to eat and I had great Philly Cheesesteak. Now I’m going to watch a basketball game at home and then I’ll go to bed.