August 3rd (homestay)

Today is homestay program 12th day. I prepared lunch by myself because there was nobody in the house, so I prepared the lunch by myself. I was convinced that I don’t match with host mother since I have spent with her for weeks. She said to me “I want to take another exchange student after you will be gone. Because my husband will be gone as his work and he will be busy. I’ll be sad and lonely.” I thought she takes some exchange students not to empty her heart. And she said it directly in front of me, I still be here. She always talk to me that she used to be a host family for some students. She often misstated my name. She calls me “Sakura”. Sakura was a homestay student of Kumamoto Gakuen 2 years ago. It passed 2 weeks, but she doesn't remember my name and she sometimes call me Sakura. I’m shocked. And then she often said “Every student before accepting you could speak English fluently than you.” She sometimes says “You are not polite”. But I think she is not polite either.

After going to school, we did canoeing. I have never done canoeing, so I was worried about over turning our canoe. Our members were Mami, Tomoki and I. I enjoyed canoeing. We crossed a river slowly by canoe, so I felt a pleasant breeze. There are some eagles in the distance sky. It made the atmosphere more attractive. But I got sunburn.

After doing canoe, family picnic started at 18:00. Our group skit was “Invisible bench”. We worried about whether our skit will be accepted for American or not. But it seemed to be accepted and funny. We were relieved to see their response. I thought Yukino’s group was the most of us.

After going back home, I took a nap. Eiden; our host family’s grandchild came our house, so I played with him. I was tired twice as much. (327/7254 words)