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10|15|2017

chill with Dominika.

10|14|2017

I slept I this morning and realized my host family was gone. Therefore I took the dog for a very long walk in Cottonwood Park. By the time I got back my host family was back as well and the kids wanted to play with me. So we jumped on the trampoline for a while and played some board games. I spent the rest of the day together with them and helped with some chores.

Later that eve I met up with Sean for dinner. We drove all the way downtown to grab some good ass pizza together. We went for a walk there as well and drove back together to drink some beers at a lookout in Parker. I was home not too late that night.

downtown.

10|13|2017

My host mum had a work trip coming up today so once she left with the kids I had the house to myself. Of course I went back to bed first. Later I took Grizzly for a walk in the park. Then I cooked some great lunch and prepped dinner. Afterwards it was time to pick up the kids. We just got home quick and Mia got changed into her gymnastics clothes. Then we had to drop her off already. Back home Tyler ran over to play with Jackson and was gone all afternoon. By 5:30 I got him back, we ate, he changed into hockey clothes and I drove him over to his dad's work.

I drove over to Adrian's cause he had a gong bath ceremony appointment with his Charmaine and he invited me. So we did that for two hours and drove to the boys afterwards. Hung out there for a bit then went back home around midnight.

lunch.

this and tumblr all day; Sean in the eve.

10|11|2017

Today I had a bunch of laundry to do. Totaled 3 full loads after not that much time. Those kids are maniacs. Besides that I chilled and updated tumblr. I picked up the kids the usual time and we did homework. Luckily we got done by 5 so I was able to leave for class. I was looking forward to class because psychology is really interesting me. Since I started at the uni here I'm really thinking of studying psych when I'm back home. I have to look into it.

Anyway, after class I picked up Dominka and we drove over to Matts. We had invited the it's over and he had invited some friends as well and the plan was a taco night. They got all the ingredients except juice for the vodka so Matt, Dominika and I ran out to get some quick. Back home we started prepping the food. One of Matt's roommates was a chef so he was responsible for the cooking. We smashed some beers in the meantime. Once the tacos were done we together sat down at the table and ate. Felt like a family dinner. We hung out there until 11pm then drove home but before agreed on doing this again!

taco eve mixed with vodka and good friends.

10|10|2017

We were back to the routine again and the kids were out of the house by 7. It was still freezing outside and also some snow was left. A lot though melted. I simply chilled today, updated some tumblr and facetimed with Justus for quite a bit. By 3:15pm I picked up the kids from the bus stop and we did homework as usual. My host mum also came back from her trip this afternoon. Kids were happy to have her back and I was glad I didn't have to make dinner (got a little stressy with homework...). After eating the kids went to bed and I had my third evening watching House of Cards in a row.

was cold.

10|09|2017 - Columbus Day

The kids had off today because of an official holiday. Also we got loads of snow overnight and it was chaotic on the streets so they would've gotten off otherwise anyways. The kids were super happy about all the snow and wanted to play in it all day. Jackson, the neighborkid, rand the doorbell right by 9am and he and his little brother dragged Tyler and Mia outside to play. We spent all morning out there and went inside by noon for lunch and a little warming up.

Mac, Tyler's best friend, called and asked if he could come over to play. We invited them over and the four boys and Mia and Ella played happily on their own outside. Meanwhile I facetimed my family and talked to them for about an hour. In the late afternoon Tyler and I brought Mia over to gymnastics and got back home. My host dad came home the same time and brought dinner. We made turkey meatball sandwiches and my host dad took over. I jumped in front of the TV and watched House of Cards.

and then Mia had gymnastics.

all day outside.

got some snow over night.

10|08|2017

Sunday morning started early but that wasn't a big problem since I went to bed early. I drove over to the boys' house and met Dominka there. Together with Adrian and Kristof we packed up the car and drove towards the mountains. Destination: White River National Forest for an off-trail hike.

We arrived after a two hour drive and took a dirt road as far into the wilderness as possible. Then we got out, chose one of the peaks as destination and started walking. We didn't have any trail so literally the first part of the way we chose was climbing down a cliff to a river and crossed it. Then we had some meadows uphill and made it on top of the first mountain. We had a break on top and continued through forest. Every now and then we passed a meadow or took a break. The views we got were beautiful and the sun and fresh air felt good. After another meadow we came to my favorite part of the hike: an aspen tree forest. Since those leaves turn yellow in fall the forest we walked through looked bright, colorful and amazing. Just look at the pictures and you get an idea of it. At some point we had to jump on fallen trees and walked on top of those for a while. By then we made two more peaks and the final one was coming up. We also then realized it was 3pm already and we've been walking for several hours. It was going to be dark soon so the four of us decided to turn around and try to find the car since we had to walk the whole way back.

We took a different way and ended up on the top of a plateau. The views were the best we got on the peak that we originally planned to climb. We took a break and pictures. Then we kept on walking downhill through forest and made it to the meadow with the river. From there we only had to climb up the steep cliff which was more difficult then climbing it down. Afterwards it was only 15 minutes dirt road to the car. We made it, hopped in the car and cracked open a cold one. By the time we made it back out of the wilderness on the first real road it was pitch black outside and 6pm.

We stopped by on the way back for pizza and then made it back to the boys house. The hike was exhausting so instead of staying at the boys' place we drove straight back home. I watched an episode House of Cards and went to bed right after.

and even made it to the car.

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