KYOU KOKUGO DEKITA!

So, quick update. On Saturday morning, I went to kendo club. After that, I was biking downtown and I got thrown off my bike when I was trying to go from the street to the curb because I underestimated the height of the curb. My bike chain fell off, my glasses fell off (but they didn't break) and my gloves got ripped. So then I fixed the chain myself and limped to the train station, where I bought band-aids at the convinience store and dressed my wound in the station restroom. It still hurts a bit and therefore I've been absent from kendo and gym class. (It was the right knee, and kendo is all in the right leg.)
Anyway, later that day, I met up with Vanessa, Dorothy (a german exchange student), Kathi, Melina, Ryu (a Kitako student), Laurent, Max, and Addison for a bit of Christmas fun. We went to karaoke and ate cookies and had a little Christmas tree in the center of the table.
Sunday morning I went to church and they had a little Christmas thing afterwards, so that was nice. Then I hung out with JOSEFA and FUYU!!!!!!!!! Yes!!! And i met Shaki, an exchange student from Austria. And Saki, from Ichiritsu school.
Monday (yesterday!), we had an end of the year party at school. We had a ridiculously good time. Kei and Miwa did this hilarious dance thing to this song:


Ah Goooood times!
Today marks four months that I have been in Japan, and I am ridiculously amazingly proud of something I did today. "Kokugo" class is Japanese literature class. Usually I just study Japanese by myself or stare at the wall because I don't understand it because it's like whoah. But today it was different. We were separated into groups to discuss different poems and I was sitting by myself, studying Japanese as usual. But then Mio was like, "What are you doing? Come here!" And i was like "I dont understand this!" And she was like "Coooome!" and I was like "ok." So I joined that group and we discussed three poems, and I UNDERSTOOD MOST OF IT. (I needed a bit of help with the kanji and two of the poems were in old Japanese, so I was like ehhh but they explained it). I contributed my ideas and they appreciated them and wrote them down on the paper they had to submit to the teacher and everything. I was sooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!
Then after school I was able to transfer the photos from my camera to my portable hard drive. Now im at home and I can't figure out how to use the portable hard drive on this computer. Ahhhh... Ah, well. Then after that, I went to kendo even though I really couldn't participate due to my knee so I just kinda stood there and then just hung out with my friends in the club after it was done. I think tomorrow I will be able to participate. Maybe.
Thursday is no school! In the evening is Rotary Christmas party. Friday is half-day and end of the year closing ceremony. Then Monday starts Winter Break! YAYYY! Then New Year's, which is like HUGE in Japan. Yayyy I'm so high on life. :DDD.