Thursday Oct. 30st
3:42pm, my time
location: home, at least

Going to University by bus is becoming very annoying. I kind of always miss the bus for 6min. But at least I just have to wait for 30min most of the time. Some times for an hour but I can go into the Mall which is in front of the bus and metro stations.

Today I missed the bus again. And because of those freezing outside temperatures ('bout 8°C and wet) I decided to wait inside, looking through all those new stores because the Mall got enlarged.
Now guess what I saw in there! CLAIRE'S!! That's so awsome!!
I went into the stores and talked to one of those sale persons. Now I'm going to apply there.
What I'm really glad about: They don't play Highschool Musical and Hannah Montana and all that awful stuff! Just normal Pop-Music. That's great!

Also my being able to speak English more or less fluently might be an advantage there. Because the boss just speaks English. I guess he might be from GB.

Well, University still keeps me busy though the exams didn't start yet XD
German weather is just grey and grey and wet and grey and so on... So depressing. But now I need to stop. There is a pumpkin waiting to be carved *___*

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Tuesday Oct. 21st
3:22pm, my time
location: GeoLibrary @ University Cologne

I've seen my first squirrels in weeks. They are much redder on the campus than in Princeton Area. And of course I won't see black ones...

I've 3hours break between my last reading for the day and the practical part of Bio II/A. Oh Joy! But at least I can do some studying... if I wouldn't be that tired. It's just soooo grey outside and cold and rainy. Want to come back T.T

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Monday Oct. 13th '08
7:25pm, my time

I'm obviously continuing this journal bc someone important asked me to do so... I don't know yet how often i'll feel able to write but we'll see....

I'm back in Germany now for... let's see (I'm so busy I actually have to look it up..or calculate it ^^) 11 days, not even 2 weeks yet and still everything is kind of weird. Today, again, I had one of those situations: walking by some workers who are renovating one of our few Malls in the american sense of Malls. It was still so strange that they weren't talking in English Oô
I'm missing that badly. Being able to talk in English, listening to it while walking by someone and also being able to talk about almost everything everywhere because most of the people don't understand as any way while talking in German. Now it's like everyone can listen and actually understand what you are talking about....

I don't mind living back home again. I think I really would get lonely if I lived on my own... Though some aspects aren't still lovely... but my sister and I didn't fight much.. yet... ^^ I even do less chores than I did the whole last year. But well, that's my mom. I guess that will change as soon as she starts working again. Her ruptia-thingy doesn't heal soo well/quickly.

University-life: already so stressful and still soooo confusing.. If they at least didn't change their mind that often.. But tomorry I finally (?) start with studying. Biology my first class, YAY!!
I'm studying Geography with two minor fields of study: Biology (what a surprise XD) and Ethnology... I'll see how I'm gonna like that. Tomorrow I also should sign in for a field trip run by the student council. It's going to be one of the best ways of getting to know the other students though the maior part of them are gonna get drunk, oh fun -.-



Well, about my travel back home: my flight was delayed. We got on the plane, about an hour late, and it took an other hour to get into the air... But I had a very nice woman sitting next to me and one of those awsome planes where every one had their own tv in the front seat. I watched movies (in english, of course... german is just too painful) all flight long because I couldn't sleep. The seats were just way to uncomfortable. But well, I wanted to see those movies one day any way.
But because of my lack of sleep I was sooo groggy. I had to run through as I think the whole airport. They made up some new security rules or so which made me to go through the security again.
It does make sense but not to some one being awake almost 24h. When we finally arrived in Munich it was about 4am to me...
But I at least was able to catch my connecting flight. Not every one was that lucky.

In Cologne my borthers picked me up. My friend had to got to the doctor but I actually was realived because I was so exhausted.
We made it home with all those public transportation means. Train to main station, train from main station to closet station, bus from that station to neighbour village and lastly bus from neighbour-village to street corner from where it was just two minutes to walk.
My dogs and my cat were really happy to see me again! As was may family I guess^^ But nobody gave me a welcome-back party. But that's ok bc I don't like them much anyway XD
It was actually almost like I never was gone. Well, I didn't know the detailed schedule of my family, who leaves the house when etc. but my siblings had vacation and my mom was sick so the difference wasn't really there yet.
I even think I didn't have that awful culture shock some people where warning me of. Lucky me. But I still miss everything! When I've got time to do so. That's kind of the biggest changes: me not having that chilled life I had for most of that last year! And it still will take me sone time to get adjusted to that. To lazy...