DC!

I am in orientation hell.
Not really, I exaggerate. It's both incredibly amazing and terrible. The other 48 kids are, well, interesting. Some really odd kids, socially awkward etc and also some amazing kids that are just a blast to be with. We all are on the same hotel floor; girls are on one half, boys are on the other. We have a "curfew" of 11... yeah.

They took my passport when I got here. I'm a little upset about that. I think i can hold on to and manage my own passport, thankyouverymuch.

Was noch?

Yesterday was, I swear, the longest day of my life. I was up until 3am packing, then I got up at 5:30 to shower, finish packing, and head to school. Was in school for 2 blocks then left and drove to DC. Got here, got settled then we had icebreakers meet and greet type stuff. Hung out in people's rooms for the night. We've definitely already fallen into our own little cliques which is kind of annoying but at the same time really nice. Teenagers are creatures of habits; there's no denying it. But we are all still social with one another. It seems like just about everybody that I've been hanging out with will be in my language camp in Göttingen except for danielle, which bums me out, but oh well. So last night we were up again until 2 just hanging out in the room, a small group of us fooling around on laptops and listening to music and comedians. Thank you for free wireless. Amen. But honestly, at one point last night, around 11, I thought about how I had gone to school that morning and said goodbyes and it just seemed SO LONG ago. Really, longest day of my life.

But today I am in orientation hell. They brought in a few new leaders but they are sadly here for today only. I like my little group leader; she's a riot. She speaks 7 languages fluently and a few others she can converse in. Insanity. She reminds me of Mrs. Cacali because we were talking about the most random and inappropriate things, which I love doing. Now the other women who are permanent with us I do not care for. There is Stottsy the Nazi, her twin sister, this rather rude woman and this german woman. I actually like the german woman though I have yet to speak with her (in english or auf Deutsch). She has an awesome german accent though so I just like hearing it.

But yes, congress tomorrow. In black pants, and a black shirt, and black shoes, and a black tie, in the sun, in the heat. Blahhhh. Oh well. Dinner is soon, in 3 minutes. The food is terrible. Oh, and my suitcase is definitely too heavy but we can check two bags (THEY LIED!) so I'm going to get a duffel bag or something tomorrow (considering i cashed my 120 something dollar pay check and yet i have not spent a dollar and I don't want to bring the cash with me to get killed by the exchange rate, WHICH!, just got better by a cent today - woot!) and can lessen the load of my suitcase so that I don't get charged the overage fee.

Ummm, so, there is a log cabin republican in my room right now (I still cannot fathom how that works; I swear it's an oxymoron) expelling his beliefs.

Oh my...