Rotary Presentation

Today I gave my presentation about myself and Alaska for my home club, Anchorage East. It was mediocre at best.. I had to sit at the head table which was on a stage facing the entire Rotary club. I was so paranoid that people were watching me eat. It didn't help when I spilled water on myself... I'm pretty sure everyone saw that.. One thing about those blazers that they don't tell you is how incredibly hot they are! I thought I was about to melt right off the stage. Also, there were tons of german speakers in the room. So they all knew when I butchered the german language. You wouldn't think "Mein name ist Madde und ich bin aus Alaska" would be too hard. But it is. I physically can not pronounce "ich." Everyone always tells that I'm doing it wrong! I know it's wrong, but I just can not make that sound. I am convinced that it is impossible. Even though my german is pretty sub par, at it's best, everyone still clapped for me at the end. Also, they were kind enough to give me a really nice hard cover book with photos of Anchorage. It is so pretty. I will really miss it here. Tomorrow I am going to a going away party for the Thai exchange student with Anchorage East. His name is Boom and he leaves to go back next week. I will really miss him. Thank ya'll for taking time out of your day to read this! And also, thank you Rotary for this opportunity. I haven't even left yet and it is already changing my life.

My Mom and I before the Rotary meeting

Goodbye Boom! I'll miss your presence at the Rotary stuff