IN BETWEEN-WEEK 6

Dear Diary,

This is my sixth week in Australia and even if today it’s Monday I am at home. This weekend it was the Australia Day and so I had a longer weekend from Friday to Monday and I didn’t go to school. Unfortunately I had a lot of homework to do, although it was the national holiday my teachers didn’t mind about it!

On Saturday my Australian family and I went to Keira’s house where her parents had organised a barbecue with the neighbours. At the party there also some of my schoolmates Neah, Kate and Nerissa. I knew that Nerissa was going to be there, but I was surprised that she came with her brother Ben. He was so cute with his new sunglasses! Ben and I talked a lot and finally he proposed we go surfing together.

This barbecue made me think about Bank Holiday in England. Just two months ago I had a wonderful barbecue in my garden with my parents and all my friends. I thought about this for the whole Sunday and in the end I started to feel homesick. In the evening my mother called me up and I cried on the phone, but she tried to cheer me up. After the phone call I turned on my computer and I saw Amy’s e-mail in which there was a video with her and all my friends from England.

Since last week Eliza has been saying she wants to buy a cat. This morning Eliza, Holly and I went to the pet shop to choose a kitten. Holly fell in love with a red cat and we bought it. They asked me to choose its name…I saw its red hair and I didn’t have any doubts, I called it Prince Harry.

When we went back home, I got a text from Ben. He asked me if I wanted go out with him this afternoon. I am excited about it and I don’t know what to put on.

I can’t stop thinking about him.

Giorgia Signoretto