Last week in Lewes :(: Everything has an end.

I went to school with the feelings that it was impossible I had already stayed in Lewes for five weeks. I was really unhappy because I knew this was my last week. However, each event ends sometime, so I shouldn’t be unhappy but enjoy my last week as much as possible! With this attitude I started my last week in ‘AMAZING’ LOGS. Manon, Sanny and I were already discussing about a goodbye party. I heard from some friends that a party at the Downs was great. So I discussed with Sanny and Manon to do it there. However, when they asked their host parents, they got the reply they weren’t allowed to go there because there are some high cliffs close to it… You know people will get sad when you leave, but we don’t want friends to commit suicides ;). My host parents didn’t like the idea as well and said that they didn’t expect many students to be allowed after all the stories of Maia’s party.  During the week, I had to move two times from room. The first one was Tuesday because Grandma had left and I could move into my ‘own’ room again. However, Friday, the mother of Peter (father) visited the family, so I had to move into Louis’ room again. This week, I made lots of pictures of lessons: with teacher after the lesson, and during the lesson. However, we weren’t able to spent all our afternoons enjoying and making pictures because we needed to study for our anw exam as well. However, Ms de Wolf, of course we really enjoyed studying for your test too ;)!

Monday I started to ‘feel’ that the a-level exams were coming closer and closer. People start to do work during their free periods, and during the lessons, teachers are driving the students crazy with comments like: ‘Only a month left’…. During history, Mr Walton asked the students if they wanted to come over to school during the holiday to practice some ‘twelve mark and twenty four mark questions’. The students, surprisingly, agreed! Sanny told me she had bought the English flags as well, so that we were able to get them signed by all students and teachers during the week. We were going to get them signed on Thursday and Friday. Monday evening, I played billiard with Jack.

Tuesday, discussions, discussions, and three Dutch exchange students getting irritated by each other.. One person wants to do this, and the others say no… ‘and it goes on and on and on’. After lots of discussions and plans, I came up with the idea to have a small picnic at the Paddock, the grass fields behind the school, and go to Brighton that night to have fish and chips at Brighton beach! Many students would love to do that, but my co-exchange students thought it would be messed up to try to get all the students in the train to Brighton -__-… Another plan messed up. However, they liked the idea to have a picnic at the Paddock immediately after school. So the plans for Friday changed completely, and it was just going to be a small picnic at the Paddock, Yippee….

Wednesday, I took pictures of history and Ict. Hahah, the three of us during the ICT lesson look so smart in the picture… I realized that I had only two days left. Weather was amazing!!! We had sun for over three weeks already, so we had really brought the standard good spring weather from the Netherlands. Students started to work more and more, so they could enjoy their holidays more. Next week, they would have a three week Eastern/May holiday. The RLW should do the same ;)!! After school, I found out that Jack had invited some of his friends to come by. He already has holidays. They were firing a target with the airgun. I asked if I could join their match, and I beat all of them XD! This was the second time I had ever shot with an airgun and I shot three out of four times, eight out of ten points.  Wednesday night, I was talking with Anya, good friend, on Facebook. I was telling her about all my messed up ideas of a party, and I told her that I thought nobody would be coming Friday to the picnic. She was doing some history homework… So really wanted to help me instead of doing work :p! We created an event on facebook and invited 150 friends. It looked great, and this is probably the reason why such a large amount of students came by Friday. Thank you veryyyyy much ANYA!!!! (I don’t think you will read this ;)!!)

Thursday, most of my friends signed my flag. We drove students and teachers crazy with questions like: Could you sign my flag? or May I make a picture of the class? Lots of students told me that they might come by the next day, so I still wasn’t expecting many students. I made the last plans for the party and tried to force as much students as possible to come to the picnic/party. Some students were already going on holidays next day, so I had to say goodbye to a small amount of students. Many hugs and a few kisses, and a sad feeling inside. During a few free periods, we bought some chocolate for Mr Blewitt. When home, I found out that Jack had one of his friends (girl) staying the night at the house. I had to move to Louis’ again.

Friday was finally the goodbye picnic. During the school day, more flag signing, and more goodbyes. During the big break, we bought flowers for Ms Rosin and Mr Blewitt, wrote the letters for them, and during the seventh period, we gave the presents, flowers and cards to them. We are always allowed to come back, and we made the plan to come back for the end summer party of the school. Sanny wanted to stay at school the last two periods!? So Manon and I went with Jack and his girlfriend (she actually isn’t, but I know they like each other ;)) to one of the big supermarkets. Jack drove us there in his amazing car. We got some food and drinks and went as quickly as possible back to the Paddock because we didn’t have much time left. We arrived and found out that about fifty/eighty students had come!!!!!  It was awesome!! I really hadn’t expected that many people to come by and say goodbye. Almost all my friends were there. It was sunny again so with lots of food, but a small amount of drinks we spent about three/four hours at the Paddock. A girl signed my face as well with ‘I love cock’ instead of ‘I love Girl’s name) which was quite embarrassing but still funny XP! I enjoyed so much and after the party, I was sooo sad L. That night, I spent whole day at Facebook to say the people who hadn’t come goodbye and was having a bad time all alone!

Lewes was GREAT!!!     

Picture 1: History

Picture 2: Chemistry

Picture 3: Psychology

Picture 4: Aren't we gorgious with Louis.
Picture 5: Part of Paddock chillers
Picture 6: Big part of Paddock chillers!