Claudia and I finished moving crates of drinks back into the RIO storage room in Wurm-Haus, and made a few trips down to the trash area. It was such a tease to see exactly where I needed to take all of these empty pizza boxes, but had to walk around the building and down a bunch of stairs in a rain storm. Not one of my best moments, I'll admit.
Once we had gotten most of the garbage out, Claudia left me to it. I had to vacuum the room, which was covered in crumbs from the night before. The things I do for my internship...
After I was done with that and just about to leave for the office, I got a call from Brigitte - it was Herr Veit's birthday today, and he wanted me to pick up a few things from the store before I came in. I made a Penny stop and got some cheese, lunch meat, butter, and grapes, and headed on in.
I could smell the fresh bakery buns that Herr Veit brought in for his birthday celebration that were in the other room. For two hours, I sat, did my work, and waited. While I was waiting, I finished up the RIO Intensivkurs certificates for the students using Mail Merge and then stamped them all.
Karin also wanted to begin going through the Tandem program information with me - she had sent out an email that morning and we had a ton of new applicants, which was exciting.
The Tandem program is a really great program that the international office offer students. Each willing student submits their native language, the language they wish to learn, their age, and their interests so I can pair them with someone who can help them learn the language they wish to speak better.
Once Herr Veit got back from the lecture he was giving, we all sat down, with a few people from other offices down the hall, to a birthday lunch. Everything was delicious - we made sandwiches from the fresh buns and pretzels. Something that I have not seen outside of Europe (or, at least, not that I remember) is putting butter on the sandwich bun, and then putting the meat and cheese. It is fantastic.
Apparently in Germany it is a tradition for the birthday person to bring in something for everyone to enjoy.
We also all had a glass of Sekt (sparkling wine). Herr Veit almost blew a hole in the ceiling when he tried to open the second bottle! My lunch break was not really a break today, but it was absolutely worth spending more time with my colleagues. As everyone was speaking in German, I was mentally exhausted trying to keep up.
For the afternoon, I asked Brigitte if I could help her with anything - she handed me a stack of rental contracts and security deposit information from this semester and last semester. I had to separate the stack into semester, then sort each stack by dorm building. It wasn't particularly stimulating work, but I knew it had to get done. I finished off my day in the office with that task.
After I had finished the afternoon part of my shift, I went home with the intentions of taking an hour-long nap. That one hour nap turned into a three hour nap, but I think it was good for my body to catch up on some sleep!
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