Honestly, I don’t remember since when I wanted to go on exchange. The thing I remember is that one day I asked my mom what does she think about exchange. Well, she was surprised for sure, but as I think in all families, I had to get an agreement from both of parents, not only from mommy. So finally, after long fight with myself inside, I decided to ask my dad. He is not an easy person to live with so I was ready to hear thousands of stories why I can’t go there, but I was positively shocked. He answered shortly: ‘Yes! Sure! It’s going to help you with education and in the future so for that we always have money.’. Well, it was easier than I expected. After that I started to write hundreds of emails to Why Not USA. Everything seemed to be so easy. Yes, it was easy until I got another idea to try to get scholarship to England for 2 years of high school in private school. I stood in front of huge dilemma: 1 year on exchange in USA where I have to pay, but I know I’m going there or 100% or 2 years in England in private school. However, I couldn’t be sure if I go to England until June. And on the other hand, in June it would be too late to apply for exchange program. Due to that in last times I have problems with making decisions, I started to fill both of the applications for exchange and for scholarship. But finally I had to choose something. So I did. At the moment I’m satisfied of my choice, but time will show if I made a good one. Anyway, filling the application was tiring and time-consuming exercise. It was even harder because everything I do, I try to do as good as possible. Short essay, opinion of head teacher, English teacher, doctor. Vaccinations, certificate of birth and pictures are just a part of application. Ok, when I finished it, there stayed the hardest thing for me – waiting for confirmation, then for placement etc. It was the hardest part because I’m extremely impatient Oh, and of course a speaking tests by Skype which was the most stressful thing for me. But I have to say that I think I did it quite well. < I just love to talk, so>.

I was sooo thrilled when one morning I noticed an email from Why Not USA. Yes, I’m in the program! The rest of the day I was just thinking about the exchange. Where am I going to live? How my family will look like? And school. What about school? Big one located in centre or smaller one on the suburbs? Yes, I know, I am super curious. So I was trying to do as many things as possible to do not thing about it all the time. On last History lesson, honestly, I was quite bored so I decided to check my email. And here it was: double placement. Inside the email was nothing about the place where I’m going to stay. Just declaration to agree for living in the same host family with girl from Italy. I agreed and together with my parents we signatured that document before sending it back.

I still didn’t get an official confirmation, but I know that in Greeley I’m going to live with host mom who lives in a quite big house. She loves traveling and dogs, so I think it really suits to my lifestyle.

Ok, so there are just a few things left before I will leave. School year in Colorado starts on 15th of August so I think I will have my flight something about 10th. I have to fix visa and pay for flight. And the hardest thing: pack all my life in one luggage. If we say that I’m going to fly on 10th there are just 56 more days left.!! 56, do you get it?

Oh and I have to start making a list of things for which people asked me to buy them. Staff like postcards and sweets will be often imported things to Poland during my visit in US lol! Moreover, I think it would be nice to buy some polish staff for people there! What do You think so? Any ideas of interesting things connected with my country?

And one more question. Kitchen is really not my place at home, but I think about studying how to cook some traditional food. Do you know any recipe that You can really recommend me? I’m asking now as I want to try to do it here in Poland before going there so that I won’t kill anybody!

That’s all for today! I think in next fast I’m gonna write a little bit about my future high school so don’t miss it!

XxOo