A relaxing day

Today was nice. I got up at 6:30, went to breakfast at 7:30 (yes mom and dad, i get up that early every day. I AM capable of it....but only when I want to be) Went to class from 8:30 to 12:30, had our last meeting about the exceptions, principles and rules of the campus. The man who did the talk was Mr. Vogel, my teacher, Gaby Vogel's husband. I was kinda distracted by him talking, he had nearly no German accent, very crisp English, but reminded me of an odd mix of Robin Williams and Steven Zork from Andrews.

After class, we all hit up lunch. We had...hmm...I forgot the name of it, but it's a mixture of pasta and potatoes. It looks like little balls of pasta, but has a pretty firm middle, which i guess is the potato portion of it. And it was served in red sauce. I can't really explain the flavor...like this odd..like..bitter? after taste. For supper we had a really sweet meal. It was bread with soft biscuits with fruit baked into it. And it was served with a almost frosting, white sauce. Very sweet, very delicious. They serve fresh fruit with every meal. Kiwi, bananas, apples, an interesting desert which is usually the texture of whip cream with fruit mixed in.

After lunch, Kelsey and I went on a walk. Kelsey arrived yesterday, she lived in Germany for a year while her dad was stations there. She knows quite a bit of German and is good to have around on any exploration lol. We walked toward Branau (kinda) and ended up getting distracted by a side roads and private properties. It was lovely. Very rural, green, high trees, a creek, moo'ing cows. Beautiful, bright yellow cement houses, which SWEET doors. We took pictures of the doors, I'll have to post them soon. After the walk we had a soul-baring conversation by the pond on campus. It's nice to have someone to confide in 5,000 miles away from everyone I know.

I plugged my appliances in for the first time yesterday! I can't remember if I mentioned that in my last blog. I tried to write the last blog about 3 times but kept getting kicked out of the library. Anyway, I first plugged in my battery charger for my camera. Ok, Kelsey plugged it in. I couldn't bring myself to do it. She was trying to convince me I won't hear that crackling and see the fireworks display I was envisioning. She shoved the charger into the socket and thankfully nothing happened. My mac was low today, so I plugged it in...all by myself! today. To my horror there was a spark in the socket, so i pulled it out quick..but than in desperation i shoved it back in haha...it's working...for now.

I have GOT to get a watch, and more importantly, get better with army time. When our teachers tell us to meet them at 19:00 we all stand around like dimwits, scratching our hand, trying to count down from midnight, or up from noon. Not the sharpest tacks.

Study hall was a bit frustrating tonight. I honestly, CANNOT HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. There's so many 'ts' and 'ack' and other wierd, unidentifiable sounds coming out of their mouth. Plus their more polite here so they whisper things and open their mouth like their trying to hide a secert or something. TALK to me my peeps! Spracken! and LOUDLY. SHOUT (like I am in my head) It's all good!

Tomorrow is our first test. We'll be having on every Friday. I have no idea what it will be over, if it will be multiple choice or writing. I'm sure a lot of it will focus on the gender of the noun. in German all nouns have a different gender and all nouns in a sentence are capitalized. With each gender comes a lot of stuff that i don't understand. Like when to use es, er, sie, ist, blah blah blah. We'll see how it goes.

The weekend is coming up and I'm sure I won't be logged on until Sunday. Church will probably be an event to share. I'm thinking about hitting up the children's Sabbath School, maybe they'll speak more at my level and pace lol.