When you play for the North Stars you have a choice to drive up or to live with a host family. Last year was my first year that i lived with a host family. I had no idea what it was going to be living with a different family. If I wanted to play hockey and focus on school i had to live somewhere by where i was playing. At the time I was 17 years old and a senior. It was hard to leave my comfort zone and my family. The family i lived with was hosting two other girls also. So i was not all alone. At first i hated it I was so home sick. The family really made it feel like home so that was the good thing about it.
To live there you had to pay $150 dollars. Before you can move in you have to have a meeting with the family and go through back ground checks. At any time the family can kick you out if they feel like your not helping around the house or if there is a issue. The family has total control on what you do. Which is understandable since you are living in their house. There are some girls on the team that didn't really have a choice to what family they were going to live with. All of the host familys' are great people.
The worst thing is being away from home and still trying to be on your best behaivor. Your trying to focus on so many things. Like hockey, school, and work. At times you feel like you are being a problem for this family.This is year i am living with a girl that is on my hockey team. There is three of that live here that play on the team. I love it now I can just focus on hockey and not worry so much. Since last year was my first year I was so out of my comfort zone. So coming into this year living with another family wasn't nothing new. Living with a host family really made me grow up because your not depending on your mom and dad you have to do it all by yourself. The family is just there to give you a place to stay and not be your parents. One of the best experiences i have been through and i would do it all over again if i had to.
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14 years ago
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ReplyDeleteI'm just trying something out here--ignore this comment!
-Kristen
Okay, here's my real comment:
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine living away from home my senior year--I was traumatized enough leaving home for college (though I really liked it). I think the hardest part would be that you are living in someone else's house. It would be much easier to be in your own room in a dorm or in your own apartment--at least it's easier in terms of living your life on your own terms. Living with strangers would require lots of flexibility on everyone's part I would think.
I'm sure it's made you more mature than many others.
-Kristen
I honestly don't think I would ever be able to do that. This year I was going to attend Northern Michigan University but I decided I wasn't ready to leave home yet and to wait a year or two. Living with a host family on the other hand would be like 100 times harder to adjust to it seems like. I would feel so strange living with a random family. That really says a lot about you that you can just go and live with another family, and like kristen said it probably has made you much more mature.
ReplyDeleteDang, That would suck to adapt to a different family,home,friends and area. I have did my fair share of traveling and have been home sick, but nothing compaired to you. Good Job. Go for pro hockey seriously...
ReplyDeleteBrittany, you plaay a game that I don't understand, but love to watch. Living away from your family is hard. I have a fourteen year old daughter that I haven't seen since before I went to Iraq. Maybe sometime you can explain the game that you love so much to me.
ReplyDeletewith what everybody said about your abbility to live with strangers like that is awsome. You have learned so much about life. Congrats keep it up
Iv'e always wanted to know what a host family was like. To me, it would be pretty tough to adjust and to get used to the different settings. It sounds like you will do anything for your passion of hockey. I'm happy to know that there are still people out there that will be motivated to live their passion
ReplyDeleteI couldn't imagine living with a different family for that length of time. I think that would be a hard thing to do. But hey you got to do it to stay in the game. dollie
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