Another Day in the Office!

The weather here in Reutlingen is kind of strange. We have been having beautiful, sunny, warm days for the most part, but when I wake up in the morning and take my 10 minute walk to work, it is freezing! I feel like I have to wear two different outfits for my day – an outfit for cold weather in the morning, and an outfit for the beautiful summer weather after my two hour lunch break!

Today I have continued to work on formatting schedules and translating said schedules into English for the incoming international students for the two intensive courses that the International Office runs.

It’s so funny thinking back to even just a few months ago when new international ambassadors at Valpo’s International Office were coming to me with questions when now it is my turn to ask everyone around me how to do things. 

There was one time yesterday when there was no one in the office to help a student and  I had to interrupt someone in a meeting to help a student and his father with a key situation. The two were from Georgia, so they spoke English at least, but the procedure was something I had no idea about. 

Anyways, my morning and afternoon were filled with the intensive course schedules, amidst a few letters for international students looking to get semester bus tickets, while my lunch break had me giving some useful advice to the Valpo students! They were looking into going to Stuttgart this weekend and I made sure they knew about the Länder-Ticket; instead of paying 22€ per person for a round-trip ticket to Stuttgart, they’re now only paying about 7 € each to take as many trains as they need to (or can) from 9 a.m. – midnight.

I am going to start one of my newer duties tomorrow – I will be welcoming an international student to Reutlingen and giving them their key. My co-worker, Max, will be showing me the one dorm that I have not yet seen called the Aquarium.

While I wait for 4 p.m. to arrive, I sit here at my desk and write this blog. I am currently being harassed by a bee who stole his way into the office. It's been around for at least an hour and whenever it's near, I don't get any work done! I have a fear of being stung - it hasn't happened in a while and I hope to keep it that way.

I haven't heard such great reviews about The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones, but I still plan on attending not only the German version in Reutlingen, but also the English version in Stuttgart! Yes, I have to wait for both, unfortunately. :( Apparently movie releases are delayed in Germany! It will be about one week before the German version comes out on  my side of the globe. This Chroniken der Unterwelt trailer just gets me all excited for it!

I bought so many yummy veggies yesterday and I used many of them to adorn my burger for dinner this evening. It was delicious. :)

Tonight, the Valpo students asked if I wanted to grab a few drinks downtown. We should have a good time.

And yes, in case you were wondering, the loan situation is slowly being figured out. Hopefully be the end of September, all will be well.