Busy days

I try not to write too long today, I promise.

So the last days were busy:
I was at a market again where I saw many things like several kinds of pumpkins, a lot of popcorn, lemonade and much more. After the market I went to the store where my host mother Lynn works. It's a little and pretty store in the downtown of Washington. They sell really cool things there and some of them reminded me of my sister, so I bought a little present for her.
When Lynn got off from work, she drove with Mary Kate and me to Iowa City to go shopping. As I signed in for Cross Country I needed new sports shoes, because I left my old ones in Austria - they were ruined and the suitcase was overweight anyways. And I bought some new sports clothes and other things.
The shops here are very cool! But the sad thing is that they don't have my favorite basic shop H&M what makes me sad. I googled it and I realized that there is no H&M in Iowa. :(

I skyped with a friend of mine for 6 hours, Bella. She's in Ohio right now and was home alone so we started to Skype and had so much to discuss about and to tell the other one that the time melted like a snowflake. It was good to speak some German again. I miss it. Sometimes I watch YouTube videos from German Youtubers. And I don't know why; when I stop them and "go back into reality" I often expect people here to talk German and when they start to speak in English I'm a little bit disappointed. I'm reading a German book right now, because I wanted to read it on the plane when I came here, but I didn't. So I read it in my English Writing class as we have to have a reading log. I try not to read too fast, because I want to have it as long as possible...

And yesterday I helped at a Rotary activity: I put the pies into plastic bags and helped people if they were looking for a special kind of pie. I have never ever seen so much pie in my life! I promise! It was so much that Becky gave me a whole plastic bag with cookies and cheese cake to say thank you for the help.

Today morning I had Cross Country practice. At 6:30! It was hard, but it keeps me fit in this country of fat food. My tummy is kind of crazy right now, so I hope the sport helps me.

Can you remember when I talked about my order? On the internet? It's here!!!!! I'm so happy!

Pumpkin-Paradise!

The best lemonade ever!

Homemade lemon shake ups yummy!

The store where Lynn works

Look at all those lovely things

If you don't know Pinterest - everybody has it here!

Have you heard of it?

Make up heaven!

Favourite! I could go there ten times the same day and would find something every time!

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Oh my god!!!

Heared of it, but never been to :/

Pie, Pie, PIE!

The candy-girls. My element!

Normal talking

and crazy stunts!

Oh no!

That's a good thing, isn't it?

So in love!

That's how they look worn