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Today was the day. The day of the car show. I got up at 7 to be there at 8. First, I got dragged aroung without something to do. Then they gave me the job to help cars find their parking space. Then I had to collect the judges forms but somehow they managed it without me as the delivery guy. So I got a new job, which was handing out voting slips, but most of the people I asked didn’t want to vote for their favorite car. That means I had a lot time to watch the cars and I’m not really a car guy, so my biggest feelings were: „Hey that car looks nice!“. At about 2 we had our trophy ceremony and it was a little catastrophic but they handled it well. After a short time tearing everything down again, we had to store the stuff. So by 5 I finally came home. I made myself a nice dinner and I found a bomber jacket that looks absolutely stunning but is 120 bucks. So I have something to think about the next couple days. This was the funniest car.

Today was a packed day. School was pretty boring but we had homeroom today, where they basically told us nothing but still we have to have it. When I got home I had 1 hour off before we went to the Car Show Dinner. There we registered the guys coming and collected money. Then we ate and it was just delicious. They had Turkey and lots of pies. I ate sooo much I probably can’t eat for the next 2 days but it was worth every bite. Now I am watching a little of the Overwatch World Cup and then I’ll go to bed to be well rested to get up early tomorrow for the Car Show.

Today started out awful. I felt down for the first two periods and that the lessons were boring and felt like they taught infants didn’t help. But then the day turned around at lunch. They guys I usually have lunch with came up to me and we talked, which was really funny. Then I got into Math Study Hall, which was ok and I helped my first student today. Then both gym lessons really helped lifting my mood. First, in weightlifting I did bench presses and deadlifts for maxes. In gym I played basketball for the whole period and it was just super funny. Also I got a pretty decent leg workout and I already know I’ll feel it tomorrow.

Today was Halloween. It started out as a normal school day, which was awfully boring. Then when I got home I read a little and relaxed before I got picked up for Halloween. They gave me a costume, which was really just some stuff put together but I was so grateful because otherwise I would have no costume at all. So before the other exchange students came I helped a neighbor handing out candy and then we went for a walk around the neighborhood together. They were dressed up as Kardashians with boots and after a couple seconds they complained about their feet hurting. As we got back they kind of left me awkwardly doing nothing at their friends house. But after I got back and revised the day it was a pretty good Halloween. Just hard to see all your friends back home having an amazing time, while you hardly have any contact with people. I guess I don’t match very well with most of them.

So I was bored as hell in school today, so I made a countdown. It‘s 248 days left if I leave on July 5th. Today was my first day as assistant coach for girls weightlifting, which was ok but I didn’t do too much just yet. When I got home I found a package in my room. Turns out a secret person (Hazel) bought a book about Weightlifting for me. I am very grateful for that and I‘ll definitely read through all of it even though it‘s 500 pages. Then I went for my workout after having huge amounts of meatloaf. It was a good workout. I also tried my first protein shake and as far as I can tell now my arms aren’t as sore as usual.

The week of the car show finally arrived. Roger has been working so much on it and still is. Today there was a meeting of the volunteers that I also attended. I didn’t really do anything because my job is bringing forms from one place to another, so the judges can determine the winner. Then I got home, ate some fish and went to my workout. I don’t like going to workout late because I have to cross a dark street. But I had a good workout today. I also bought some protein powder and will try it out the next weeks. Maybe it helps but only if I get major results I will keep on using it because it is hella expensive.

So I finally did sleep in, but it wasn’t as refreshing as I hoped it would be. I woke up every 2 hours, which was kind of annoying and my dreams were weird and oddly specific. Like I dreamt about people writing me and some of the messages were like essays with clear sentences. I made myself a decent breakfast and then talked to my family back home. When I was done I went to the gym for my workout. Even though the workout itself was quite bad it turned out to give me a great overall feeling afterwards. Afterwards I did my usual sunday stuff meaning relaxing and washing clothes. Dinner was great today.

Today was the second day of the bike ride promo video. I had to get up at 8 becuase we had to be at St.Petersburg at 11, which is about 2 hours away. I had a very weird sleep today because I woke up about every 2 hours. Anyways on the way down I slept. As we arrived we shot two scenes in St. Petersburg, one near the Yacht Club and one near the Tampa Bay Baseball Stadium. Then we went on to Dunedin, where we shot a scene near a Veteran’s pub. It had a beautiful mural and they made us some food there. Our last stop was in Tarpon Springs at a restaurant near the sea. By that time only 5 bike riders remained. We got home at about 6 and as expected I slept they way back home. Overall I can say even though I knew today wouldn’t be the most exciting day, I’m glad I went because I put myself out there other than just rotting at home. At home I talked to Hazel a little about politics and stuff happening around the world. Finally, after 2 weeks I can sleep in on Sunday, which I will really use.

Today was quite an ordinary day. I finished my math assignments for the next couple weeks but that was the biggest thing that happened. There was a guy today in our weightliting class and oh boy he could lift. He made my Maxes look like Pie, but he also had big arms so I kind of expected that. This made me kind of feel depressed since I didn’t have the results that I wanted yet. Anyways, I was doing cardio today, but only 30 minutes because I had to cook chicken today. It was good but it feels like here all kinds of meat are just super thick so I couldn’t really tell when it was done. While I was cooking one of my friends asked me if I wanted to go to a festival with him and his friends on short notice, but I couldn’t since I had to cook. Now I have to go to bed early because I’m going to be picked up tomorrow at 8 to do another bike ride promo video.

Today started out quite good. In culinary our teacher gave us a demo on how to make cinnamon buns and then let us try them. They were delicious but I don’t want to know how many calories they were. Then we wrote a test in geometry but I got a good feeling. During Panther Hour i did my first lesson as an tutor but no one needed my help so I just made my own work! Sport lessons were good too today. Then after school I had a talk with my brother and then went to my leg day. Afterwards I had rice and beans for supper and played card games with Hazel. Another good day!