Who You'd Be Today

This is the hallway. Kitchens to the immediate left. My rooms across from the first door in this picture. Notice the poster with the male model who has a hole for a crotch. Talk about weird.



















This is my kitchen! It's really cute and tiny! And we pay 5 euros a month for a group pot of onions, Garlic, potatoes and spices which is really nice.












This is my desk area :) I haven't taken a decent picture of my bed/reading area yet, but as soon as I do it'll be up here as well :) But yes...this is where I do work and skype :) Looks a lot like my desk at Elon ;)! Haha!






Freitag:

So I woke up and had class from 8:40-12:30 and took my first test. It went pretty well and I felt fairly confident about it. Phew!! After class a bunch of us went to Ginos for lunch and had Doners which are kind of like greek Gyros...really good! I had lunch with Duckie, Tara, Jason and John. People I dont usually eat with so it was really good to talk to some people I don't spend so much time hanging out with. Then we had our "group" project to work on which consisted of going to Justine, Tara, Anna, Peter, Dan and my rooms and taking pictures and creating a powerpoint where we would then infront of the class discuss our "rooms". Retarded. So we decided to spend Friday after class at Justine's Wohnung take our pics and go on our merry little way. So we took the pics and then Anna and I went to Pat's to kill an hour before I had my meeting with Dr. Tracy. So we hung out with him and Rebecca and watched "NEXT" on MTV...the first TV show Ive seen in over a week...ugh. We decided that we'd have our first dinner together in Germany that night so Pat and Rebecca gave us a list of food to buy at the Hof while they went running. So Anna and I went back to AJY and I had my meeting with Dr. Tracy. I basically told him I wanted to spend time working in a Kindergarten here in Heidelberg and I'd like to figure out a way to join some type of Creative Writing class/group something because I feel really lonely without my little group here... so he said he'd look into it and see what he can come up with and he also told me he'd look into a Hillel type club for Jesse and I which could potentially be a lot of fun! Especially if I go with her. So that went well. Then afterwards, I came back to my room, showered and talked to Mom before going to the Hof with Dan, Peter & Anna for supplies. We bought potatoes, ground beef, tons of cheese packets/sauces and had NO idea what we were going to be eating but it only cost us each 3 Euros so it wasn't too terrible! Then we went back to the Wartburg. Rebecca decided to cook the potatoes BEFORE peeling them which was definitely NOT the way we do it back in the states...it was SO weird because as soon as they were done, we had to then "peel" them with a fork and knife. Talk about weird... turns out we were making "Mommy Pie" or Shepards Pie... and it was REALLY good. Rebecca added some type of Wurze sauce which was REALLY good. Plus it was fun to cook with Pat again altho it was more watching this time haha. He and Rebecca really have a system down...its almost cute in a vomity way :P. Afterwards we played Mario Cart and hung out before going back to my apartment to get ready to go out for the evening. We ended up going upstairs to get Charis to go out with us which was FANTASTIC :) and then went back to Pat's again!! We played Kings with Jesse, Kayla, Peter and a German and had a really good time before trying to go out. The whole going out thing ended up being a bust because our group was WAY to big to get in ANYWHERE all of us...so we, sadly, didnt find anything to do so Charis, Dan and I went back home around 1:30ish.

Saturday:
I woke up and played around on the computer talking to people before actually getting up and starting my day. Around 12:30 Jesse came over and we waited until Anna called saying her Oma and Opa were here! We met Pat at Bismarckplatz and went to a little Cafe on Rohrbacher Strasse where we met Anna and her Grandparents who ONLY speak German. It was fun they reminded me a lot of Nanny and Popsie :) We had coffee/cola with them for a little while and then when we left Oma gave us all "Berliner"s (sugared donuts with jelly haha) and Opa gave us little chocolates shaped like Ladybugs. It was SO cute!!! Then Anna and I had to finish our dumb group project so we went to Tara's room followed by Anna's, Peters, Dans and then mine. Ugh. Afterwards, we went to the Hof and bought fixings for dinner! We made Schnitzel, Pasta with Alfredo Sauce, and Stir-fry Zucchinis and Onions and Garlic!! It was so good that I ate more than I EVER should have. BAD decision. I fell asleep around 7:45ish and didn't wake up until 4 in the morning with a HORRIBLE stomach ache. Ugh. I ended up talking to my sis online for a while and then watched a couple episodes of Dawson's Creek before going to bed. I HATE waking up with stomach aches...its an awful feeling :(. Anyway, I woke up around 11ish again and then started my day off with homework/iming before a meeting at 4:30 with my group to finish our project. Anna and I went to Mandy's an American Diner about a block away from my apartment. Its SO cute! Its a lot like Ruby's in California except its inside a TRAIN CAR!!!! And they take American Cash!! Woo!! It was SO weird being in a resturant that EVERYONE spoke English in. Even the kids running around were speaking English. Home-away-from-home haha! Then I came back here and talked to Mom/Dad/Uncle Bob and went to bed.

Monday:

Today I had class from 8:40-2:30ish. We got our tests back and I got an A!! YAY!!! We're learning the Passiv tense now which is just retarded. As an English writer I don't see how this is useful altho we shall see I suppose. I'm not very good at this Passiv voice thing :-\ Well, we had to give our presentations today and everyone laughed at the weird poster that is hanging on the wall in my hallway...so that was good at least haha! After our presentations we had a meeting about "Culture Shock". Never in my LIFE have I had to sit through more RIDICULOUSLY boring and pointless meetings that the past week! We all had "Culture Shock" meetings while we were in the states at our home schools and today was basically a repeat of everything that was said there. I think I understand that sitting alone in your room 24/7 is a bad sign or that crying everyday is also a bad sign. I mean, I'm definitely experiencing some culture shock in the sense that I'm not all "gung-ho" speaking German, but I am definitely not upset or sad about being here. I love it here!! Ugh. Dumb meetings. Afterwards I ran to the bank because I literally had 7 Euros to my name and had to eat dinner some how!! I also was aiming to meet my Hausmeister in his Buro but I can't for the love of GOD figure out how the hell to get into his office. UGH! I need to buy Waschen Tokens to wash my damn laundry but he holds the WORST hours EVER. So I'm aiming to go right before class on Wednesday. Ugh. Afterwards I came back and talked to Mom for a while and then watched Dawson's with Anna before dinner at Mandy's again haha. We were craving American burgers/fries and milkshakes so we went again. And now, I am officially done with all my hw and am contemplating going to bed by 9:30! WOO! A solid 10 hours of sleep!! Tomorrow we're done at 12:30 which means a trip to Pennymarkt, Kaufhof and Woolworth for more things I need. So yes, thats my life these past few days...rather uneventful!! I still have yet to wear my adorable gray boots :( it's been raining here since last Thursday...I'm getting kind of tired of it... I miss Elon's gorgeous weather!! And I also miss my ROOM in Elon a lot. My Mitbewohnerin are really weird...I SWEAR they don't do ANYTHING during the day except sit in their rooms watching TV or sleeping or cooking bizarre food that causes the ENTIRE apartment to stink. I can NOT wait until it's Me, Anna, Kat & Tori next year and then potentially me on Kir's sofa in her and Brandons apartment :P Its slightly funny that I'm more pumped about being back at Elon than being here in the moment...I wonder if that's going to change once this whole "orientation" crap ends. I also have decided that I hate the fact that drinks here are ridiculous expensive. And I also hate that all the water is Sprudel...I like Sprudel but come on...it just can't quench thirst like Dasani at Elon... ugh. Alright, well I'm gonna end this one cuz it's kinda long. I may add pics tho if I can figure out how too!! :) MISS YOU ALL SO SO MUCH!!!

xoxo,
Becca