Officially a senpai!

So unfortunately, my spring break had to come to an end and that means school. Today was my first day being a second year student which so far, is already going really good! All of the kids in my class seem really nice which was a huge relief. They were all a bit shy still because not everyone knew me but once my teacher told them that I spoke Japanese, they all wanted to come and talk to me! I've noticed lately that I've gotten a lot more comfortable with my speaking. It's SO nice to be able to go out in public and be able understand things and be able to communicate with others when I need help. I've gotten to the point of comfort where I can talk on the phone in Japanese and everything goes smoothly! Now that I'm a second year, I get to be a senpai! Senpai means elder or senior. I'm sad to say that I kind of gave up on tea ceremony club because the girls in that club aren't very nice to me, but I'm still in English and photography club! When you're a senpai in a club, you get to help plan things which should be a lot of fun! In the morning, we all had to clean the classrooms and then go to the entrance ceremony. I always like going to school ceremonies because we all have to stand in perfect evenly spaced lines which always looks cool. The teachers just talked for a really long time and then we went back and had homeroom. So yeah, I only had a half day with no real classes which is probably why it was fun. A random little thing that happened yesterday is that I was FORCED to cut my hair! I don't know why my host mom wanted me to cut my hair so bad, but she mad me cut it and it's very short now. :( Oh well, it'll be a weird little memory! My family's taking me on a lot of trips soon so I bet I'll have a lot to talk about in a bit! Well, that's about all I have to talk about. I love and miss all of you back home! :)