I'm really sorry that you've been waiting so long but my internet died, so I couldn't get on for a few days..just to let you know. Anyways,.. there were many things going on I wanna post about.

Last Friday was Robert's birthday party. He's another German exchange student. He lives in Florisaant which is about 20 minutes away from St. Charles. I didn't know him before but apparently his host family is friends with Monika's so the they got to know each other and Monika just asked if I could come to the party and he said yes. :D It was really good, there were lots of other exchange students.. most of them were German though. :D We had a bonfire and Robert played some songs on his guitar. (:

I think the next big thing should be THANKSGIVING.
Tuesday was a halfday and so Monika and I went for lunch somewhere. In the evening we worked in the Spice Shop again that Monika's host mom owns. We gotta clean everything up and get money for it. :D
Wednesday I had to wake up early in the morning to work on the shop again. Afterwards we went to the Turkey Bowl Game at Lindenwood University. That's the annual basketball game between High and West. Surprisingly we lost, haha. Just kidding. :D But before that, Janet and I prepared some dishes for Thanksgiving. It's almost impossible to cook everything on the same day so we had to start earlier. :D
And Thursday? WOHOOO. First Thanksgiving in my life, it was awesooome. When people said there was lots of food, they didn't exaggerate. It IS lots of food!..turkey, mash potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin gooey butter cake, jello, pumpkin cake, pecan cake, blueberry muffins, bread pudding, salad. These are the main things I can think of right now. I ate sooo much. Even 2 days later I'm still full of all the food. :D Haha bet everyone says, Thanksgiving is a very good excuse for eating a lot and gaining weight. :D
Janet got the kids for Thanksgiving and Kim's sons came, too. So it was a nice big family get-together. :D

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