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Today we spent the day in Aquatica, a waterpark in Orlando. We had a big breakfast and then went straight to the park. It was really fun and we enjoyed all the slides. It did rain twice during the day and for that time they had to shut down the attractions. Afterwards we had dinner at the hotel and went to a mall for a bit.

Today was my first day only with my family. We had breakfast before going down to Clearwater Beach. It was bad because it rained and stormed most of the time while we were there. At some point we gave up and went to Tampa. We walked through Ybor City and tried some really good ice cream. We walked along a sidewalk near the ocean which was nice too. Then we headed to Orlando. We had Chipotle for dinner and went to bed quickly.

Today was my last day on exchange. I woke up rather early to get everything ready. Then I watched Netflix while waiting for my parents to arrive. Once they were here we started our journey. We went to the Y, had lunch, and visited my first host family. It was really nice but also very hard to say goodbye. Then we went by my school before returning home to my last host family. Even though it was raining the whole day we went out for a quick boat ride and we almost made it without any rain. We had steak for dinner and donuts for dessert. We had some great talks and I really enjoyed seeing my host family and my family together in one place.

Today was a great day. I woke up really early, because there was a thunderstorm and also i thought we had work to do. I realized my host parents weren’t awake so I went back to sleep a little bit. Then I made myself a really good breakfast and went back to sleep again. By the time everybody was awake we started working for the rotary dinner and I helped Jack a litttle with renewing a post. Then I went to the Y for my last workout. It was really great and I greatly improved. I took a shower at the Y and went straight to the dinner. It was funny, we had really good food and I even danced a little. By the time we wrapped everything up it was really late and we went to bed. I still can’t grasp that by tomorrow my exchange is coming to an end.

Today was again a boring day. I slept in, made some breakfast and went to the gym. I had a really good workout although I got discouraged a little at the end, because I felt like I’m not growing according to the work I put in. At home I watched Netflix and packed my clothes and the rest of my stuff. Jack brought Wendy’s for dinner.

Today was really boring. I got up early so I was able to go to the gym, but then I was home and done by 11. So I had a whole day of doing nothing. I watched a ton of shows and packed some more. I made myself some food and we had venison for dinner.

Today was a great day. I got up early to go to my last rotary meeting. One of the outbounds sold cupcakes and the rotarians gave me theirs, because they just wanted to help him. So I ended up with 10 cupcakes. I worked out with Sharday today. I was doing legday, but since she isn’t used to workout I helped her doing a whole body workout, instead of completely annihilating one body part. We had a really good workout and had some great talks. I was really glad she joined me for a workout. My host mom couldn’t pick me up until later, so I did a little bit of stretching and cardio. When I got home I just relaxed the whole day. We had fajitas for dinner and they were really good.

Today was a very laid back day. I woke up late and had a little breakfast. My workout today was really good. I tried out the new deadlift dampeners for my deadlifts. The whole workout was just amazing and I did a little cardio at the end. I talked to a couple people in the gym, which was nice. After I got home I started packing a little. We had chicken for dinner and apple pie for dessert.

Today was an amazing day all the way. I got up early to meet up with my gym buddy for a workout. I had a little spare time and stretched really good, while also connecting with my former baseball team that was at the gym too. After 2 missed tries on 215 lbs I went for 220 on bench. It was a real struggle, but I got it and I was sooo happy I finally hit 100 kg on my bench press. The rest of the workout was really good too and I had a great time. Afterwards my buddy treated me to a sub. I hung around a little, before my goodbye party at 4. Half of the people coming didn’t bring their swimsuit, which was unfortunate, but anyhow I had a blast. They brought me goodbye presents, which was unexpected, but I was really glad because all of them were amazing. I’m really happy for the friends I made here, because without them my exchange wouldn’t have been the same and I’d probably be back in Germany by now.

Today was very laid back. I slept in and pretty soon after that I had to say goodbye to Volk. He‘s leaving tomorrow and I won’t see him again. It went by pretty smoothly though. I went home soon after that and just hung out at home watching some TV. We had some people come over for dinner. There was some great talks and I had a lot of fun and a lot of food.