Don't Blink...

Holy crap I've been bad about this...let's see...

Thursday May 8th:
So internet went down the day before and it was UNBEARABLE. I talked to my roommates and none of them would get their acts together to fix it. So I skipped praktikum and slept in, then went and spent a good part of the day at AJY then had class from 4-8 and came home and had Davor/Charis over to hang out and chat for a while. It was really fun getting to spend time with them b/c itd been SO long since I'd seen Charis. So they stayed until about 11ish and then went to bed.

Friday May 9th:
I woke up and went to Praktikum from 8:30-10 then came back and showered and met Becca at H&M. We shopped for a little while and then went to Rossi's to have coffee before seperating to get ready to go lay out by the Neckar. On the way I got whistled at by a car full of American soldiers who clearly did not realize that not only did I speak English but I was American. Ridiculous. So I got to the Neckar and Pat/Becca/Babsi/Jasmin/Davor were there, so I laid my blanket next to Davor and hung out with him until Ayo (my Nigerian friend who threw the AWESOME party a few months back) came over and talked to us for a while. Then Davor and I got sick of laying out in the sweltering heat so we left to go get Ice Cream and hang out for a while. We had ice cream and then went to AJY and then went to Dan's for dinner. John made Goulash and Pat/Dan/Davor/John and I all hung out at Dan's afterwards until 11ish when we went to the Wartburg because Alex Heller was coming back!!! We hung out at the Wartburg until about 1 and then went to Big Pommes to get french fries. Dan ended up hugging Becca goodbye and spilled her pommes all over her and the worst part was that she had ketcup and mayo on hers. Oye. So her new outfit she'd just bought with me-was ruined. So Dan felt AWFUL and I tried to help her clean up and it just needed to be tossed in the washing machine so she went home and we all went home. We discussed going to the zoo with Alex the next day so Becca said she'd call me and we said goodnight.

Saturday May 10th: The Start Of Drama...
I woke up to Charis's phone call around 12 asking if we were still gonna go shopping! So I got up and threw clothes on and we left to start our day of shopping before going to the zoo with Pat/Alex/Becca/Davor around 2ish. Charis and I went up and down Hauptstrasse and I got a new huge purse (Aly-it's SO big! U'd b SO proud! haha) and then went to Alfredo's for lunch which was UNreal!! SO good! Afterwards we got Sbux and then decided we'd figure out why Becca hadn't called, so I texted her. No response. So I texted Alex...no response. So we went to AJY to see if anyone was online and Davor was. We also ran into Dan who told us that he had talked to Pat an hour earlier and they were at the zoo when he had talked to them. So I talked to Davor and he hadn't been informed about the zoo either. So we got upset and Charis decided that we'd go to the zoo regardless. So Dan/John/Charis/Davor and I went to the zoo. On the way there Becca called and apologized for 'forgetting to call' and then we talked to these two awesome transients who've lived all over Europe and speak eight different languages. Then we got to the zoo and we ran into Becca/Pat/Alex and that was awkward so we quickly left them and went into the zoo. Despite it all we had a really GREAT time! So afterwards we were supposed to go to the Wartburg for a cook out so we went to the Hof to buy grilling supplies and halfway through finding stuff we decided screw it and we'd cook at Dan's and have breakfast for dinner. So we bought bacon/eggs/toast/sausages/hashbrowns/orange juice and were all really excited about it! So we got in line and Davor got a text from Pat that read "I was informed that there wasn't to be an American Invasion tonight. Only 5 Americans. And if you come, you have to speak German." So we all got really upset/pissed off and decided fuck them and we weren't gonna go. So we went back to Dan's and made dinner and then hung out and decided we'd go to Vetters for beers. So we went to Vetters and John started talking to these older guys about the 2nd Amendment and this guy passed out on the bench and Davor/Dan built card castles out of the coasters and I TOTALLY kicked ass at the coaster flip trick. Wa ha ha! Then around 2ish we left and went home. On the way home, John decided he was sleeping at Dan's so he walked to Ringstrasse with us. Well, John decided it was a good idea to jump and try to grab barbed wire...so he jumped...then landed on his feet and decided he had to RUN to catch up with Dan and I and he got all the momentum but his feet didn't end up moving so he simply fell down to his knees and then his face/hands. It was HILARIOUS!! Gotta love John!

Sunday May 11th: The Day I Climbed 1180 stairs!!!
We had made plans to climb the mountain in Rohrbacher with John. So around 12ish I had brunch with Dan/John up at Dan's apartment and then around 3:30 we left with Davor and Charis as well. We got there and had to climb 540 stairs straight up. I almost turned back, but Charis took it slow with me and it was QUITE the achievement! We got to the top and walked around for a while and saw two cemeteries one from WWI and one from WWII and then we met this AMAZING horse and pet her and then wound up at a beer garden where we had pommes/beer and just relaxed for a while. It was a great afternoon/evening. Around 8ish we walked back down the mountain and down the 540 stairs again and went to play Pool across the street from my building. It was the first time I've actually played and altho I'm TERRIBLE it was really fun. Then around 10:30ish we decided we'd go to the american diner-Mandy's-and get burgers/fries and milkshakes. Mmm! Then we left and went to bed.

Monday May 12th: SCHWETZINGEN CASTLE!
I woke up and still had no internet so I went to AJY to check mail/send emails and such. Ended up having a fight with Patrick and then Davor showed up so I signed off and went to get Ice Cream with Davor. Then at 3 we headed to hauptbahnhof to head to Schwetzingen for the day. We loaded up on snacks at the hbhof and then boarded the bus that took us there. We got off and went straight to the castle! We bought tickets for the gardens and spent the whole afternoon walking around the gardens and soaking in the beauty :) It was perfect. Then around 6 we headed to a beer garden and had a drink and then took the bus back at 7:30. We decided we didn't feel like cooking again, so we went to Merlin's which I had passed a million times since I've been here but never actually eaten at. It is by FAR my favorite resturant here. They have a freakin' Harry Potter dish! haha! Altho I didn't get it, I got a caesar salad wrap b/c Germans don't eat Caesar salad so the fact that I had it as an option, I couldn't resist. It was pure deliciousness. Then afterwards Davor/John and I went to AJY for a bit then came back to Ringstrasse and I hung out with Davor until Anna came back around 12ish and then went to bed.

Tuesday May 13th:
STILL no internet. So I got up and spent the entire day at AJY. I took my computer with me and attempted to get Internet on it-no luck. Had another big blow out with Patrick which resulted in me crying yet again and then we made up a smidge at least long enough to actually look at each other without looking the other way. Needless to say, I was really miserable. Anna and I had lunch at the mensa and then went to sbux to talk before I tried to go to class at 4 but yet again it was cancelled so I went back to AJY and met Anna/Jeff and we went and had Indian food for dinner. Yum. Then I came back and read for a while before passing out.

Wednesday May 14th:
I got up and had lunch with Jesse at 1. Then after lunch I went to AJY for a while and then tried to lay out with Anna/Kayla/Peter/Nelly but it was gross and semi-rainy. So we left and I came back and showered/cleaned up and such before we all had dinner up at Dan's apartment. Then around 8ish Me/Dan/Anna/Davor/Kayla went to the Altstadt for Ice Cream and then had to drop by the Wartburg which was unbelievably awkward. Kayla needed to see Judith so we went and happened to run into Pat/Becca/Babsi sitting outside talking. So we played the "hey-how are you" game for a while and then tried to get out of there and Becca asked "So you're coming to bar abend tomorrow right?" and i was like "um...I don't know" and she was like "come on!" and i was like "okay-maybe" and she goes "no promise you'll be here." So I promised I'd go and then we left. We went to the pool hall across Ringstrasse and then around 11ish I left and came home and went to bed.

Thursday May 15th:
I woke up and spent all day at AJY using the internet again, went to starbucks to write for a little while and then had class from 4-6 and then skipped creative writing. I decided I'd go home and pack for Frankfurt the next day and accidentially got on the wrong tram. So I took it until the PX and got off at the PX and decided I'd just visit the PX for a little while. So I went in and bought a bunch of new shower stuff which was SO good. She even forgot to charge me for a bottle of facewash-NICE! So that was good and I was able to get SALSA-REAL SALSA too not ketcup with peppers/tomatoes in it! SO excited!! So then Anna/Davor came over and cooked spaghetti with me and then we grudgingly went to bar-abend. We got there and it was already Americans vs Germans+Pat. So Anna/Davor/Maressa/Me/Kayla/John talked while Pat/Becca/Babsi talked. Then we went into the basement and hung out in the same seperate groups. It was unbelievably awkward. Pat was clearly pouting for the majority of the evening and since he had specifically asked me for space, I didn't make any attempts to talk to him at all. That caused an issue when Ayo started talking to me about Pat's lap dance for Sammy and told Pat I wanted him to give me a lap-dance. AWKWARD!!! I thought it was pretty clear that Pat and I were NOT speaking and yet-Ayo clearly didn't pick up on it. So Pat came over and I was like "um no." and I clearly hurt his feelings b/c he glared at me and walked away. I felt horrible. So around 2:45ish we left and I left Pat a note apologizing for the mean comments and we headed home.

Friday May 16th: KATRIN DAY!!!!
So I woke up and had a TON of errands to run. I went to lunch with Anna and some people at the mensa and then went back to AJY to finish sending Katrin studi messages and then headed to hauptbahnhof with Anna to meet Davor/buy my ticket and wait til my train left. I was SO nervous!! I got to Frankfurt around 4 and Katrin was there right as I got off the train! We clicked immediately! It wasn't awkward at ALL! So we left to head to her apartment and talked the whole way there and then we had cake/apple juice with sprudel and then went to dinner around 6ish at her favorite German resturant in frankfurt! Then we tried to go to a movie in English but couldn't b/c there wasn't anything playing, so we went back to her apartment and hung out until bedtime around 12ish. It was great!!

Saturday May 17th: Finally Going Home!
We woke up and went shopping!! She took me to an ENGLISH BOOK STORE!!!!!!!!! She really knew what to do to make me happy!!!! :) I bought the sequel to Kite Runner and probably spent over an hour in that bookstore. Then we walked around downtown Frankfurt for a while and then went to this amazing sushi place! We had great sushi and talked for a while and then at 3 her boyfriend met us at his apartment to head to NEU BAMBERG! Mom and Dad called me while we were driving there and Katrin got to talk to them :) Then we had some car issues and eventually got to Neu Bamberg at 5ish. Loni had NO idea I was coming-haha-so I walked in and she looked at me once and yelled "OH MY GOSH. I JUST KNEW IT! I HAD A FEELING YOU'D BE HERE! COME HERE!" (all in German mind you-she speaks no english). She gave me the biggest hug ever and was SO excited I came and introduced me to her entire family that was there as well. I met Oma/Katrin's sister and husband/other oma/cousin/aunt & uncle. I really felt like a part of the family. It was unreal. Loni served us Spargel Soup, Kroaketen (these potatoes that taste like a mixture of a tatertot and a french fry really good!!) and this awesome meat dish. After dinner we had ice cream and cookies for dessert and then the "kids" (me/katrin/her boyfriend Rouven/cousin Michael) went to the game room and played fooseball! Katrin and I kicked MAJOR butt!! Then we had to leave :( On the way out Loni gave me her card so I could reach her if I needed to and insisted upon paying for my train tickets to and from Frankfurt. When I refused she looked at me and said, "Rebecca. Sei Still." (Which basically means Rebecca. Be Quiet. but not in a polite manner) I was quickly quiet and felt like a child who'd just been reprimanded by her mother haha. Seeing Loni made everything SO much better. Seeing Katrin made everything SO much better. It was by far an unforgetable weekend. We drove back to Frankfurt and they took me to the hauptbahnhof and made sure I was seated on a train. It was so amazing. Then I got back to Heidelberg and Kayla was waiting for me :)! So we walked to my room and talked for a while and then Anna/Davor/Dan/John and us went to the pub across the street and played pool/fooseball for a while and then went home around 1ish. It was an amazing weekend :) AND I got internet when I got back!!! WOO!!

Sunday May 18th:
I went to AJY to meet Kayla for a coffee date around 3:30ish. I talked to a bunch of AJYers and then Pat showed up and I decided I'd break the "non-speaking" issue and said "Hey" and he jumped for it and started talking to me and filling me in on stuff and at 4 I was like "look I'm sorry but Kayla and I gotta go" and left for coffee. Kayla and I sat in Starbucks until 7:30 talking. RIDICULOUS!!! Then I came home and continued working on my paper. Pat IMed me and asked if we could do something just the two of us this coming week-which took me by surprise and made me feel so much better. So we agreed and he said he'd come up with something to do and then we started to talk semi-normally again. Slowly fixing things. Then around 2ish I went to bed.

Monday May 19th:
I woke up and went to AJY to turn my paper into Dr. Tracy and then went to the mensa with Anna. Then I went to the Hof and came back to my room and cleaned and cooked an awesome stirfry for dinner before class at 7. I went to class and watched Great Expectations the old version and it was AWFUL. Then came back and talked to my sister for a while on skype and went to bed.

Tuesday May 20th:
I woke up and had class from 11-1 and then went to AJY to eat lunch but ended up going to the mensa with Dan/Davor/Anna. Then I stayed and talked to Anna for a while and then went to the Wartburg to meet Babsi to go to her psychology class. Ran into Becca as well who insisted I say hi to Patrick so I saw Pat as well and then left to go to class with Babsi. Class was AWESOME. We learned about Anti Social Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder...ALL in GERMAN!!! It helped that I already knew about them, but I definitely understood at least 60% of what the Professor was talking about. And he spoke fast!! He was awesome tho! He showed part of "Girl Interrupted" to give us an example of Anti-Social Personality Disorder and then showed us real life examples such as Jeffrey Dahmer. It was great! Then I ran to Bismarckplatz to catch the bus to take me to the PH for class at 4. I got to class and Gaja was already there (my friend from Italy who's actually English haha) and we talked for a while and then Sarah showed up and we talked for a little while and then class started. Class was alright then we got out at 530 and I texted Becca to see if she wanted to do Ice Cream or coffee just us. So I met her at Rudis at 6 and then we ran into Pat so the three of us did ice cream and around 7ish I went home. I made cheese spatzel which was awful and then talked to people on aim for a while before bed.

Wednesday May 21st:
I woke up and had class from 11-1 and then ran to AJY to eat my tuna sandwhich and then Anna/John and I ran to Bunsen Gymnasium to meet Kayla to go to Rewe to get ready for Dan's party. We bought cake mixes/icings/dinner stuff and alcohol. Then went to Kayla's and baked two cakes and then Anna/John and I left to get ready for the party. We got to Dan's and made a Spinach-Cheese pasta with Dan/Davor/Anna/John/Pat/Kayla/Becca and me and then around 8:30 Jeff/Peter/Maressa/Heidi/Alison/Jesse showed up for cake/celebration!! We had cake and then left around 10ish to head to the Altstadt! We went to Vetters so Dan could get a Mass and then made our way to Ipunkt where we lost half the group. Then we went to Palmbrau Gasse and Kayla felt awful so she went home and 20 mins later Anna/Davor went home so it was just me/Becca/pat/Brett (who we picked up along the way). We hung out there for a while, and Pat almost got beat up for being a "homo" and for dancing on a straight guy and then around 1:30 we headed back to the Wartburg to play Mario Cart. Oye. Then the Germans came back and we went down to the basement to hang out and party some more. Brett and I decided to leave around 3:30ish and Pat told me he was glad we were okay again. Finally, it seems like I matter.

Thursday May 22nd:
I woke up and was supposed to be at the Wartburg at 3 to meet Pat. So I showered/got ready and headed over. I got there and we decided to go to Sbux-which was awkward at first b/c I don't typically sit in a coffee shop with Patrick-especially not my coffee shop. So we talked about dumb stuff and it was just nice to be just the two of us even if we didn't talk about anything of importance. Then after a couple hours we went back to the Wartburg so Pat could eat and I hung out with Becca/Babis for a bit and then left to go see INDIANA JONES!!! I met Anna/Davor/Peter/Dan at 6:30 and we went to Mannheim to see it in English!! SO GOOD!!! I really liked it and then when we came back we went to play fooseball/pool for a while and then I came home and went to bed.

Friday May 23rd:
I woke up and met Anna for lunch/shopping. We went to H&M and I bought black flip flops and then we met Pat for a little while so they could kick the soccer ball around a bit and then Davor showed up and we left Pats to go to Rewe and get stuff to make a homemade Pizza and Caesar Salad. The salad failed miserably because the dressing sucked-but the pizza was unreal! Then we headed to the Wartburg to hang out for a while. That was lame...so we left and came back to my room where we talked/hung out until 3 and they left and I went to bed.

Saturday May 24th:
I woke up attempted to get to the Commissary. Well I got as far as Patton barracks and they told me it was at least an hours walk from there-so I turned around and walked back. Looks like I won't be getting to the commissary. Sorry, Mom. Then I went to the Hof and bought stuff to make Lemon chicken and pasta. I marinated the chicken and then showered/got ready and Davor/Anna came over and Dan came as well as Peter and we ate and hung out and then around 10ish Davor/Anna and I left to go to the Wartburg. We got there and hung out in Pat's room and played games and then shit went down with this dude named Andre who's been causing issues in their house. So Pat got super pissed and riled up so we left and went to Palmbrau Gasse and it was Me/Judith/Becca/Pat/Davor/Anna. This bar was awesome that night! They played good music and Anna/Judith/Pat/Becca and I danced up on the tables/benches and went insane. It was SO fun!! Then around 2:30ish we left and I got home around 3:10 and went to bed. Such a good night out!!!

Sunday May 25th:
I woke up and went to lay out by the Neckar with Peter and Patrick and then Becca/Anna joined us. Then Pat/Becca left and Anna/Peter/Davor and I went to the hauptbahnhof to get dinner from the grocery store that was open there and we made little wurstchens and rice and then hung out for a while and played Mexican Train (yes Mom/Aly...you heard me correct) and I learned how to play Asshole. Then everyone left around 10ish and I watched the season finale of Desperate Housewives *GASP* and then went to bed.

Monday May 26th: TODAY!
I woke up around 11ish and met Anna for lunch at 1 at the mensa. Then I decided I needed a reading day-so I went to Starbucks and read until 5:30 when Charis joined me to chat and then I left at 6 to go to the Hof to get stuff to make burgers for dinner. I had Kayla/John Gamble (her friend from home)/Pat/Davor/Anna/Charis over for dinner! We had home-made hamburgers (that I seasoned and made mmm) and french fries/grilled onions and mushrooms and strawberries with chocolate ice cream for dessert. Delicious! Then they stayed for a while to hang out and around 10:45ish everyone left. Now I've pretty much updated!

Future Events:

I leave a week from this wednesday to go to SPAIN!! I can NOT wait! Kayla and I are going June 4th-8th!! It's going to be UNREAL. I just know it. Then June 8th Sabina flies in!!!!! And she's here until the 11th and on the 12th or 13th Margaret is coming to visit for the weekend!!! I am SO UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED!!!! The month of June/July are going to be SO AWESOME!!! I can NOT wait until Whitney comes July 5th as well! I have 7 weekends left and then I go home-which is SO weird that its so close now. And all but 4 of those weekends I have something already planned. WEIRD! This is really going by fast... and part of me can't decide if I'm THRILLED about that-or if I'm sad its going so fast... well, I'm going to try and be better about updating. I miss and love you all so very much!!!

It's The Simple Things...

TRIP TO EAST GERMANY WITH AJY!

Thursday May 1st:
I got up and went to Römerkreis Sud to catch the 23 streetcar at 7:00am. Shoot me now! I was SO tired! So we got on the bus at 7:20 and I sat in the back with Pat and Davor, Kayla and Anna. It was awesome! Id brought lots of snacks (pretzels, gummy bears, bounty-almond joys, cookies, chocolate raisins, granola bars and water) with me because I knew Id end up feeding the boys and we had a really good time catching up and goofing off on the bus. After 2.5 hrs we stopped at a rest stop and Davor won me a baby giraffe stuffed animal from one of those claw machines!!! I named him Baby Davor and he's SO cute!!!! I'll post pics soon :) Then after 2.5 more hrs we arrived in Weimar. We did a walking tour of the city and then had some free time. So me, anna, pat, davor, and alison went to Geothe's Cafe and had Radlers while sitting around and relaxing. it was really nice. We also had our first Türinger Wursts (i think i spelled that wrong...) but they're white bratwursts and are AMAZING!!! Then around 4ish we got back on the bus and headed towards Jena where our host families lives and where we'd be sleeping every night. We had an hour walking tour of Jena and then at 6ish we went to the resturant where we'd be meeting our families. Kayla and I got placed together (thank god) and so we sat around waiting for our family to arrive. They were the Rudisch family and it was a Mom-Monika, Dad-Wolfgang, daughter-Bekky. We sat and ate together and talked and then around 8ish went back to their house. Kayla and I had our own room off from the main part of the house which was awesome for when we wanted to come home late. The house was one story and on the side of the mountain so they had an AMAZING view of Jena! We dropped our stuff off and then went into the family room and sat around talking and discussing german music and stuff. It was really fun! Then around 12ish Kayla and I went to bed.

Friday:
We woke up and had breakfast with our host family. They bought fresh brotchens, meats, cheeses, jellies, jams, juices and it was AMAZING!! Altho the best part: Host Mommy made Kayla and I lunches! That wasnt part of the deal, that was simply because she didnt want us to have to spend money! No one else was given a lunch except us...we definitely had the best family. They took us to the bus at 9 and we said we'd call when we got back to Jena. Today was the day we went to Buchenwald....oye. We got there and had to listen to a tour guide the entire time which really frustrated me. I wanted to be able to experience it for myself and have time to self-reflect and things and instead I had to listen to this douche go on and on in GERMAN of all languages about what it was like for the Jews who were imprisoned there. I was really upset about the tour...and afterwards we were allowed to walk around so I went into the museum with Alison and Kayla. We walked around for a while and then it started pouring so we ran back to the bus. Our next stop was Erfuhrt. We walked around for a while and then went for Radlers at a resturant outside and waited out the next pouring rainstorm. Then we got back on the bus and headed towards an Italian resturant. We ate dinner and then decided to go to a bar in Jena. So me, kayla, anna, alison, maressa, heidi, eric, pat, davor, Jeff, and dan all went to Rossini on their version of Unterestrasse and ordered drinks and stuff. Pat and Dan were joking around and ended up saying something that really hurt my feelings so Kayla and I left around 11 to go home. That was the scariest walk of my life. We walked through the sketchies part of town and ended up singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as loud as we possible could to scare away anyone who wanted to bother us. We got home and then immediately went to bed, altho we ended up staying up all night talking which was ridiculous!

Saturday:
DRESDEN!!! We got up and had bfast with our fam and then they dropped us off at the bus to head to Dresden. We slept for the majority of the trip and then woke up in time to get ready and get off the bus. We had an hour walking tour of the city and then were free for 4 hrs to do as we pleased. So Kayla, Anna, Davor, Pat and I went to lunch and then Anna and Kayla left to go visit a turm and the boys and I went and got drinks and then went across the bridge to sit by the river and soak up sun and relax. It was awesome. After a while Anna and Kayla joind us and the five us played a million rounds of 20 questions and the Celebrity Matching game. Then at 4 we left and went to see this giant panoramic of Dresden. Then we went to the Schiller Garten for dinner and I had my first official German Chicken!! WOO! They grill it SOOOO yummy here! So after dinner we went back and Kayla and I called our Host Dad and he picked us up and we went home and hung out with the fam before going to bed.

Sunday:
We woke up and had our last breakfast with our fam :(. Our Host Mommy had bought us all these little presents! We had a bunch of cookies-apples-sandwhiches-gummies for the ride back and our sister gave us a mix cd of all her favorite german music! It was AWESOME!! Then the took us back to the bus and said goodbye to us while we boarded the bus. We headed towards The Bachhaus and The Wartburg. The Wartburg was where Martin Luther lived...which was kinda cool. I didnt go to the Bachhaus because I couldnt see another museum-I was simply toured out. So we hung around and stuff and then took the bus back. It was a 4 hrs trip back to Heidelberg and Ive never been so glad to be home again. I had an AMAZING time but it was really nice to get away from all of AJY after being together for SO long. We got home around 8ish and I unpacked-cleaned up and went to bed around 12ish.

Monday:
I woke up and met Anna for lunch and then went to Handelshof and did some grocery shopping before coming back to AJY to meet Davor for ice cream at 3. Then we officially got thrown out of AJY for speaking English to each other and ended up going to Hard Rock for snacks and drinks until 6ish. Then Jesse and I decided not to go see Jane Eyre so we ended up talking until 730ish when I went home to clean up and head up to Dan's apartment with Charis, Dan, Davor, John and Anna. We hung out for a while and then around 12ish I came home and went to bed.

Tuesday:
I woke up at 11:30 and then met Anna and Kayla for lunch at 12ish. Then I ditched our AJY meeting and went to Starbucks to read-critique poems-write for a while. I wrote Pat a really long letter and then came back to drop it off in his mailbox before heading to the PH for my meeting with Judith before class. We talked for a half hour and then I found out class was cancelled-again, so I jumped the bus and went back home. I talked to Anna for a while online and then passed out around 9ish after watching all the latest Desperate Housewives and attempting to find Greys online.

Wednesday:
I woke up and went to class at 11. Then had lunch with Anna at the mensa and then ran home to change into my swimsuit and grab stuff to head to the Neckerweise to lay out with Kayla and Anna. I got a call from Pat and Becca and they decided to join us. We all laid out for a few hours soaking in the sun and at 5 Kayla and I left to head home-shower-start cooking. Davor, Pat, Kayla and Anna came over around 7ish and we made Fettucinni-Chicken Alfredo, grilled veggies and the best part:DESSERT!! We all helped make homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries! SOOO yummy!! Then we cleaned up and headed upstairs to Dans apartment to hang out with him and John for a while before we all left to go home and sleep.

Thursday:
I woke up at 630 and decided I couldnt make it to praktikum today so I skipped and slept until 11. Then I came to AJY because my internet at home is officially not working-fabulous. So I came to AJY and then had lunch with Kayla and Jeff at the mensa and then had ice cream with them as well as Dan and Davor and Jeff's extremely attractive sprachpartner, Marcus. mmm! Then I came up to update my blog and to catch up on all the work for friends that Ive promised Id do. Ive got class at 415-8 and then I have the option of going out or simply going home and going to bed. Im supposed to go to the school tomorrow, but Im thinking about emailing her and telling her Ill just go next week. So well see how that goes. Anyway, Im officially caught up! Sorry it took SOOOOO long but things here have been kinda crazy hectic! I miss and love everyone so very very much!!!