Like a Rollercoaster Ride, Holdin on White Knuckles Like Woah, Woah

For those of you that have played Disney Sing It at the Amalfitano's house, this title should sound familiar. (Like Woah by Ali & AJ) This year, like I have been hearing since November, will be one of ups and downs. Each day has ups and downs. I'm getting through it though. I am changing too. I can feel it. I'm doing things the 'old Elsa' wouldn't normally do. Two come to mind right away. One: I'm filing my nails! I used to keep them painted all the time, I still am, but I would just cut them when they got too long. Now I am actually putting time into taking care of them. Two: I like shopping, it cheers me up! I used to hate shopping! You wander around stores, rarely finding anything, and the mall makes you thirsty. Now, I shop to cheer me up. There is a huge difference between shopping and buying though. I like wandering through stores, looking at clothes, but I don't buy things very often. I still buy something when I really know I want it. I don't think I'm changing drasticaly though, I still look the same, I still am messy and cluttered, I still can be pissy and irratable, but I am the Elsa of right now. I might not be able to define her, she is very different from the person who I though I would be eight years ago, and different from that person and the one I though I would be two years ago. It keeps changing, but nothing is going wrong.
This past weekend, my host dad took me to the seaside! We drove to Klaipeda, about two hours from Kaunas, then we took a ferry to the island of Neringa. Once on Neringa, we drove to the very small town of Nida. We brought our car on the ferry. It was very nice. On the island are dunes, very similar to the Sleeping Bear Dunes in good-old Michigan. This trip felt like I was in Michigan. We stoped to walk up a dune and we had to walk through the woods to get there. The woods smelled exactly like my dad's property in Cedar! I can't describe, but the smell is captured in our golden sleeping bags too! Nida was a mix of a few places. It was like Fishtown in Leland, a little of Glen Arbor, and a tiny bit like where I spent spring break in Florida, Sarasota. It was very nice and relaxing. I was also extremely close to Russia! Not the huge part of the country, just the small port on the sea, Kaliningrad. I had a good time.
Now this week has been interesting, and its not even half over (or half begun; trying to see the glass half full and empty...)! Monday, I woke up late and missed the ride from my host mom to school, so I got ready quickly and caught the bus and got to school about 20 minutes late. It was an off day for me. Then Tuesday, I was feeling sick, so I only went to two lessons, then just chilled at home. Around 18:00 (6 p.m.), I was getting really bored, so I decided to go shopping! I took the bus to a shoping center near my house, Mega. I wandered around for about an hour and a half. I bought a t-shirt that is pretty awesome! Its long, and it has random things from The Beatles on it! I haven't gotten to the best part though, it has pockets! Elsa loves her pockets! I also walked through the supermarket. I love the bakery section, there are these really good spinach bread things that I buy often. By the time I got home, I was feeling better, but wait! There's more! I was taking my coat off in the front hall, and something orange caught my eye. There were two orange things; letters! From Auntine! They were very nice. If you're reading this: Thank You! I'll try and write back, but I'm busy! Oh, and there will be fall colours, they're just starting!
In conclusion, things are going fairly well. I'm slowly learning the language from a book I bought. It is really helpful, despite the fact that it was made by someone who doesn't know english well. In one part, they say to work in 'pears' instead of 'pairs'. Whoops! But it really will help. Also, I think I'm going to take a dance class or two! So those of you who made fun of Taylor for taking hip-hop last year, I'm taking it this year! What now? I'm going to try and do that, along with basketball, which is also going well. Now, I leave you with a picture from my Lithuanian book: Thats right! Calvin!