So I need to catch up. What is the plural of Adidas?
Wednesday, 7-21-04
I woke early because of that fly, and finally fell back asleep. I rode the bike this morning, leaving only ten minutes before the bus comes. Big mistake - I am OUT OF THE GALAXY OF SHAPE! I had to keep going, so I got there and went to put the bike in when I realiyed I hadn't brought the bike lock key! Ah! Dude, I already broke their door handle, now lose their bike? So I, with no time to spare, wrapped the stiff, flexi-cord lock around the pole so it looked like it was attached and tried (with rubbery legs) to hurry to the bus stop. However, when I got there I couldn't sit down or I couldn't see the bus and it couldn't see me, so I had to stand. I felt so much like barfing, I dry heaved three times in the bushes. Then the bus came and I rested my head until I felt a bit better. I (luckily) once again guessed the right bus stop, because when I got off, I saw the 82 driving away. Then I saw one of the Utah kids. He was taking a different bus, so I was lucky again. We talked the whole way. Wow - he's brave. Coming with no German experience. Maybe that's the real reason they call it the INTENSIVE COURSE. He said I could go with the people going to Amsterdam this weekend, so that'd be cool. He had on one of those Joseph Smith rings.
When I got to class, I realized I DID have the bike key! Dang! Liz had a cool idea in class: shorten our two-hour lunch break and get out earlier. Everyone seemed to like the idea until one kid who called himself, "klug and stark", "Smart and strong", and looks like that blue fire-hair guy in Hercules, said he liked having two hours for lunch. We're trying it tomorrow. I hope it works out. The quiy was easy, Ulli left up the papers so those were good hints. I talked to Matt and he's planning on c oming here. That would be so cool to show him around and stuff, but we'll see. We chatted again about it after class. Then I went back home and at the transfer bought a cheeseburger at Burger King and decided I will buy flowers for my host family soon (I found a good shop). When I got home I crossed my fingers and prayed that the bike would be there, which it was, making the ride back even more enjoyable. I helped in the garden by cutting off dead flowers and yanking grass out of the brick pathway. I saw the biggest snail I've ever seen. When I threw it in the bucket, it was heavy. I also got eight mosquito bites!
Matt called right before dinnertime and I asked my hostfamily where he could stay. Unfortunately, my hostsister offered here, and then my hostmom said that would be okay, but for how long? The number I said was obviously too much. Dang. Then things were tense so I emailed Matt and told him it was a bad idea, so he called back and we talked about it. I'm going to talk to Jan about where Matt could stay. He'd know. For dinner we had miniature beef patty things with ketchup and mustard and pickles.