I Have Failed at Life!
Well, okay, I haven't actually failed at life. But I did fail at my goal of posting an entry today before midnight. Oh, well. So not a whole crapload going on here...One of the guys in my program had a piano concert last night. He's crazy talented, and even played a piece that he'd written himself. I'm so impressed by instruments (like the piano) that I have no idea how to play. I think I'm a lot harder on wind players, because that's what I know how to play. But easily impressed or not, this guy is freaking amazing. He played 7 really fast pieces and never noticeably messed up. Afterwards we all went out for ice cream (even though I hadn't had dinner yet) and had fun being laughed at by one of our German friends for our bad pronunciation of the word "rechts" (it wasn't insulting, though; just funny. We were sitting around repeating it over and over again. The other people in the restaurant must have thought there was something wrong with us).
Today it hit me exactly how much work I have to do. I know I can get it all done, but just thinking about it makes me feel tired and stressed, so I keep putting it off. Well, this weekend I'm definitely getting some stuff done, because I have an oral presentation next week and a paper due the week after that (both in English, luckily). I can't wait till I'm done with everything though, and I can relax for a week and a half or so before I head home. Speaking of home, I need to figure out what to do about my visa; I brilliantly put my original flight date as my last day in Germany, but now I'm staying an extra ten days. I'm thinking I might need to contact the Amercian embassy about that, but I can check with my program coordinator.
And now to end with something completely unimportant: I made some seriously tasty chicken parm, despite not having parmesan cheese. I made it with fresh mozzarella, and it was the shit. I clearly won at dinner tonight. That is all.
Today it hit me exactly how much work I have to do. I know I can get it all done, but just thinking about it makes me feel tired and stressed, so I keep putting it off. Well, this weekend I'm definitely getting some stuff done, because I have an oral presentation next week and a paper due the week after that (both in English, luckily). I can't wait till I'm done with everything though, and I can relax for a week and a half or so before I head home. Speaking of home, I need to figure out what to do about my visa; I brilliantly put my original flight date as my last day in Germany, but now I'm staying an extra ten days. I'm thinking I might need to contact the Amercian embassy about that, but I can check with my program coordinator.
And now to end with something completely unimportant: I made some seriously tasty chicken parm, despite not having parmesan cheese. I made it with fresh mozzarella, and it was the shit. I clearly won at dinner tonight. That is all.