Omg, look what old posts popped up from 16 years ago! This is back when we made the big move to India! I treasure these memories. Enjoy part of the story through the posts of my preteen self! ;-) #flashbackfriday #throwbackthursday #callitwhatyouwant

well, today was the day. saddest day of my life. mom made me cut off my water park wristband because it was getting sweaty and dusty--just like how i feel any time i leave the flat in this country. boo! it made me super sad, but i still threw it in the trashcan and part of me wanted to keep it for memories but mom said i could get a new bracelet to replace it. i don't want one tho, because it wasn't about that, it was just for fun and so i could remember the last day in america with all my friends.

HI PEEPS. i found something i like here. MANGOS ARE THE BEST! we have one every night before bed...theyre juicy and the juice runs down my arm any time i try to eat one because they are just that messy but LOVE 'EM

so to finish my story of the way home from the airport (FINALLY), basically we drove to the Yu's house (people we are staying with until we find our flat) and as we were driving my brother looked like he was enjoying himself looking at all the new sights. it was EXOTIC (also my new favorite word). i always thought that life would be adventurous enough in minnesota or somewhere else in america, but i had no idea how crazy india would be. i don't really like it, but its exciting and interesting. ps. as I'm writing this i hear some dogs barking and yapping. probably that boney yellow dog that i don't like and his friend! :P

OK i'll keep going with the dog topic...theres another dog here and apparently the owner of this dog is gonna be in my class because she's my age and she from korea which i think is cool. but anyway this dog is SO YAPPY and also jumps on me... theres no peace and quiet here. but thank goodness there isn't because otherwise i think id be too busy thinking about home... we haven't found a house yet, just staying at this family's home until we find our flat. these dogs are driving me crazy. also my mom said she saw a rat in the kitchen today. ew?!?!?

here's the thing i hate the most so far--im honestly so scared of the stray dogs! HELP. theres a skinny yellow one that is always outside the house and stares inside at me when I'm trying to eat meals at the table. its so scary looking! it has these beady eyes and you can see his bones and he looks so unhealthy and scared. GROSS ...

today we're going to look at "flats." i guess those are like apartments and houses combined but i don't know why they're called that. i think it sounds british. but either way, i don't like when everyone keeps saying "you'll find a home" --as if we don't already have one in minnesota:-( i don't like it, but the new sights def distract me from missing home... miss u all PS. I STILL have on my waterpark wrist band. its falling apart so I'm not sure how much longer it will last, but i still think of the water park day!

i am back... picking up where i left off... so lining the exit of the airport were OODLES of people and they were all holding signs for the ppl that they were picking up from the airport and they had balloons and flowers for them too. they also would yell out the name of the person that they were picking up tho, too, so it was kind of freaky--i felt like we were being yelled at but also like we were celebrities almost bc the lane we were going down was lined with ppl. weird, right? i honestly was more interested when we left the airport mainly bc everything was so different!

when we walked out the doors, i was shocked and how many voices i heard but couldn't understand. soooo many different languages. it made me more awake, tho, for some reason. i felt butterflies in my stomach, altho i don't really know why. i know that it was just all so new and different. i told dad that it was absolutely EXOTIC, which it was and is... more later, peeps xoxo

alright, its been a bit, but ill pick up where i left off. so we got thru the airport and then had to wait in line to get our passports and visas stamped so we could get in the country. i just remember the man having orangish fingernails and staring at my family with a look that we were foreigners. i made eye contact with him and it was pretty awkward. we were pushed thru the crowds and out the airport doors. i wasn't sure what this guy looked like that was picking us up but just followed my fam outside the airport

don't have time to continue my story but if u see this I MISS U AND I MISS HOME. cried myself to sleep napping today and it sucks... miss everyone

heyyyy I'm back! I'm realllyyyy tired. some kids my age came over with their families for a dinner at these peoples home. Im too tired to talk with those kids and they are all friends and i don't know them, plus I'm super tired, so i just came in the bedroom. i thought i would update all my friends back home. where was i ? oh yeah, wandering into the airport. it smelled weird and was really hot. even tho it was pitch black when we got to india, it was probably as hot as it is in the states with the sun shining down. it felt like an oven. after the flight mom and me went to the bathroom and there were ladies, old and crinkly and they had these long brooms and they were sweeping the bathrooms. i also noticed that all the older indian ladies here wear their hair in long black braids down their back... its really pretty. i think I'm gonna try my hair like that soon.

I MISS MY HOME AND FAMILY!! everything smells very weird here... more on that later, but got to eat breakfast now

ok, i got to tell u now about when we got to the airport. dad was his normal self and didn't seem afraid of anything but i know he's done more traveling than any of us. anyway he's like "come on, guys, lets get off the plane, lets go," and so i grabbed my Felicity (my american girl doll if u don't know) and we wandered into the airport ... it immediately smelled weird and it was sooooo hot. ugh still miss everyone and don't like the feeling here thanks for listening, will continue the story after we go the market. i have to go with my parents. byeeee!

Fell asleep and got some more rest. really miss my sis, but gonna see how long i can leave on this wristband before mom tells me to take it off. i wanna leave it on as long as possible to remember the last day in the united states. it was so fun...i went to the water park and then went down the water slide like 45 times with bekah and caitlin and some other kids from the neighborhood --don't remember their names but still so much fun anyway. that's all I'm thinking about... it was so fun there!

when we landed last nite, the flight stewardess said it was 31 celsius degrees. what is that in fahrenheit? pls help! on another note, I'm awake and its maybe like 2am here. its really weird to feel awake at this time. the funny thing is i kept on my waterpark wrist band on my wrist thru the WHOLE flight just for fun and I'm still wearing it right now. when i look down I'm like wow was that really like 35-36 hours ago? feels like forever but i really miss everyone back home ... ok getting tired nite, ill tell u all more about the airport later. it was crazy

we made it, peeps! super tired right now, so i'm gonna scurry off to bed and post how the first night was maybe if Im up in the nite with what my mom says is "jet leg" ;)) <3