Despite
having gone to bed early last, I was still exhausted this morning! I managed to
drag myself out of bed and shower, though, and I finished getting ready
relatively quickly.
Work was
much of the same. Despite hearing about how crazy this time of year is, I
haven't been given much work. I did sit down with Karin yesterday and we
decided which tours I would go on and days that I would come in early to help,
but other than that, I found myself sitting around for long periods of time,
not wanting to interrupt the meetings and/or work that was going on around me.
Once I finally settle into the office more, I will not have to ask for work as
much (hopefully!).
After work,
I decided to finally get my passport pictures taken at the train station. The
other days that I had meant to go downtown to do this were either rainy or I
was exhausted. These passport pictures are necessary for my visa for the city
of Reutlingen.
I made it
to the train station and found myself in an embarrassing situation, indeed. I
got into the photo booth to have my picture taken (for which I actually put on
eyeliner...) and found that there was a language button. English is still
preferable. I pressed the button and got my instructions in English, which,
would normally be an okay thing. Unfortunately, there is only a small, half
curtain that covered the entrance to the photo booth and the machine giving
instructions was very loud - The machine may as well have been screaming to any
nearby German native that I didn't speak German very well!
Despite
that happening, I got my photos and went about my day. I stopped at the
Geldautomat (ATM), as well as a bakery for a snack (Quark bällchen are pretty
good!), and ended up at Müller for some laundry supplies. I also stopped at the
Penny Markt on the way back to grab some veggies and other things to make some
dinner for the next few nights. I did pretty well today, money-wise. I only
ended up spending about 17€ on groceries!
Once I got
back to my room, I had my door slightly cracked, as I was going to go start
some dinner. Eric ended up knocking and we decided to eat dinner! I bought a
zucchini to make some zucchini pizzas, but Eric recommended making zucchini
pancakes instead. I was game! We ended up on the 6th floor to make some food
and met some people on Eric's floor. They were really nice. I miss that aspect
of studying in Reutlingen - I liked being able to meet people easily just by
going to make a meal!
Our
pancakes did not turn out very well, shape-wise. Taste-wise, they were great!
Even thought i was basically just grated zucchini, it still tasted pretty good.
Eric and I
decided to go grab some wine and meet up with the rest of the Reutlingen
group in a dorm room. We wanted to see if the Edeka Getränkmarkt was open, but,
alas, it was not. We were really worried that Penny was going to close before
we got there, so we hurried over. It turned out that it did not close until 10
p.m., which is good news. We both grabbed some wine and went back to the Wurm
Haus.
The group
was playing Kings when we got back and we joined in. Once the game was finished
(it was already half over by the time Eric and I had arrived), they wanted to
grab some dinner. Campus Kebab was the dinner choice again, and we walked down
the road. I was not hungry because with my bottle of wine, I got a delicious
German pretzel! I was just along for the ride.
Now, here I
am! Hanging out in my room and writing material for my blog :)
One more
day of work, and then the weekend is here! Woohoo! Have a happy Thursday,
everyone, and a happy Friday to follow.
Oh! P.S. There might be a breakthrough in the loan arena! Hopefully it is good news this time.
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