A Soccer Game and the Biggest Spider I Have EVER Seen

Today was a game of sit and wait in the morning. I had one Students for Students ambassador come to pick up a key for his student today, and actually had an international student come pick up his own key today as well. I sat around and relaxed after I woke up, and ended up watching Oblivion. That movie started out really good, but then I got a little bored towards the end. Nice try, though, Tom Cruise!

The boys came and went, and then I got ready for the soccer game that I was supposed to meet everyone for at 2:45.

The game was SO FUN! Reutlingen played Spielberg and the game was a good one. 

Getting ready to enter the Reutlingen stadium for the game.

I grabbed a Raddler (half lemonade, half beer) and a bratwurst and took me seat to watch the game. A lot of players got hurt, which got pretty old after a while. One of the Valpo students mentioned that she thinks more injuries happened during this game than during the hockey game she had been to.

Reutlingen v. Spielberg

Overall, a pretty good game. There was some good footwork, and a few almost-goals that had the crowd roaring. The final score was Reutlingen 2 - Spielberg 0. Hoorah! I really want to get to know some of the cheers that the super fan section was screaming throughout the entire game. They were so loud! I was proud to hear that they didn't get tired and just gave up after half of the game, which happened at most of the U.S. sports games that I have been to.

         The awesome cheering section.                                                 The final score! 2-0

I ended up making some chicken schnitzel for dinner tonight, during which I had an extremely traumatic experience. A HUGE spider decided to crawl into my kitchen from the laundry room. I attempted to squash it with my shoe, but missed, and it scurried into the small, dark space between my fridge and the wall. Holy TERRIFYING.

I frantically finished my schnitzel, all the while on the lookout for a chance to destroy the creature. I was like a pig around Easter, let me tell you - I jumped at the slightest thing. My fear was a feasible object.

What caused me to have this response? I have no idea. But I was thoroughly freaked out.

I then proceeded to scour the internet for cheap, easy ways to get spiders to leave the place they are. Thankfully, I came across the bit of advice that spiders dislike the citrusy smell of lemons. I happened to have a quarter of a lemon wedge with me for my schnitzel, the other 3/4 in my fridge, and 3 other lemons with that 3/4.

Before I went to put my plate in the sink in my kitchen, I literally rubbed my lemon on all sides of my doorframe to discourage the spider from crawling even closer to where I slept! I then continued on and grabbed the other 3/4 of my lemon and squeezed it everywhere in my kitchen, making sure I left a nice path open to the door; I also left the lemon wedges out to discourage my spider friend from making his home in my kitchen for the rest of his life, ruining the next year of MY life.

Yikes.

After that, I did not return to my kitchen. Instead, I stayed happily in my room and was on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for a bit. I invited everyone over for a movie night, but it just ended up being me, Allie, Sarah, and Chelsea talking about traveling.

Once they left, I went back on Facebook and found a wonderful post on my wall from one of the newer women in my sorority. It made me realize how much I truly miss my sisters, my family, and my home.

This post prompted a Skype session with Erika, which lasted for a few hours. It is ironic that for the one year that I really wish I was in Valpo for, which I normally would have been in Valpo for, is the year that I get an internship to go abroad! God works in mysterious ways, and everything happens for a reason though.