Jacqui in America: The Jac goes marching one by one HOORAH HOORAH!

Hello hello hello!

Now I’d like to start by thanking Gretchin Weiners father for inventing toaster strudel. Yum yum.

Moving on...SO on Friday we had a home football game, Broken Bow vs. Ogalalla. We got absolutely bitch slapped by Ogalalla. 28-0. There were tears. Not from me obviously because I couldn’t really care less but from the players, a river was cried. Thats not the point though, the point IS that I got to wear my marching band uniform for the first time and play a whole bunch of great songs lookin like a total boss. IT WAS AWESOME. Everyone here thinks the uniforms are really lame and uncomfortable but I disagree. I think I look like a pimpin pimp in it and I can’t wait to wear it again. What I DON’T like to wear is my big bass drum on my chest. It weighs about 9 thousand pounds which roughly converts into 28 kilograms. Doesn’t sound so heavy but after marching with it for 60 miles (2 km) it starts to hurt yo shoulders a bit.

Also this week we had dance team tryouts! This is the first year Broken Bow is doing dance so it’s not being sponsored by the school until we can prove how great it is, which wont take long. I was very excited when I found out my host sister and I both made the team! It’ll be so much fun for us to do something like that together. I’m excited for practice to start. They say practice here not ‘training’ like us aussies do. This week I also tried out for ‘one act’. It’s a kind like ‘BAD’ for those of you from Brauer College reading this. Basically you audition for a part in a play and hope you get in. Almost 20 girls tried out and there are only 4 girl parts in the whole play. 12 got callbacks, I’m one of them. Tuesday at 7pm I’ll go in for my callback and hopefully I get in!

FUN FACT: Americans don’t use a knife and fork when eating dinner (supper). They will only use a fork. The kinda turn the fork on it’s side and chop through stuff. Weird weird weird.

I have had a WONDERFUL week! I can tell it’s only going to start getting better from here. Miss all my buddies from Australia and New York.

Hasta Luego :D

Me and ma big ol’ bass drum