TYPO3, Birthday Planning, and Switzerland Planning!

After working for hours with the TYPO3 program, a website editing software used mainly in Germany, I have found that I really enjoy updating and editing what hundreds of people will see and benefit from. Today, I was updating links to PDF files about Intercultural Communication and German Language workshops. I had to not only update the German site, but also the English.

The links that I was attempting to upload gave me and Claudia, our office expert on the TYPO3 program, a little bit of trouble. Despite our initial troubles, we tried a few different routes to get the files uploaded, and it finally happened.

Today, for the first time, I accepted the security deposit and first month's rent for a student. It was the first time that I had done it by myself and it went well.

My lunch break was spent picking up my debit card from the bank. Thankfully, there were no more problems! I am still unsure if I want to use it with the machine after the trouble I had with it the first time, but maybe I'll feel daring enough to do so soon!

Once I got back to the office, I continued my TYPO3 work. I finished up about a half hour early, and Karin told me I could go home. :) I needed to run into town to grab some money from the Deutsche Bank, and it was nice that I got a chance to do so.

The weather, as has been its habit lately, went from beautiful to rainy in about 5 minutes. I didn't stay in town long. I ended up running into Juan Carlos, one of the international students at the university, and we had a nice conversation on the bus ride home.

I decided to try a Roasted Garlic, Chicken, and White Herb Pizza that I had found on Pinterest for dinner. It ended up being DELICIOUS! I had an uncooked pizza crust kit from Pennymarkt that I used, and it ended up being really good.

It just happened that a few of the Valpo women were planning their Fall Break on the first floor where I was cooking my pizza, so I hung out there for a bit.

Once that was done, I met with Lineke, Stan, and Tammi to take a quick run to the Pennymarkt to pick up the food for tomorrow's dinner (for Julia's birthday!). Julia ended up walking in as we were picking up ingredients, which was a surprise! Once we grabbed everything (we decided to go and pick up a few things at Edeka tomorrow), we were about to leave the store, when we realized there were torrential downpours outside. We waited for a few minutes, and after the rain slowed, we ran back to the dorms with our spoils.

I met with Eric and Amy (Amy through Skype) and we talked for a bit about Switzerland. Once it was situated, I came back and booked some of the hostels and trains. I ended up staying awake a bit later than I had planned, but it felt wonderful having some of that out of the way.