It's late but I'm writing anyway...

I don't think I've gone to bed before 12 since last Thursday. I know that's not good. But after supper my hands are glued to this keyboard. Plus tomorrow I can sleep in. I've been mostly watching movies and researching my trip to Italy, which has turned up to have yielded very little, other than that I booked a hostel in Rome for a night. But it's okay because the other girls I'm going with have done most of the planning. As of this morning I have a train seat reserved for Friday. Italy always seemed a little cliche for me. But sometimes you gotta be cliche. I just hate so many tourists, although I love being one, and try my hardest not to look/act like one :) But I'm looking forward to the vacation. I just hope I don't have to spend more money then I should and that the gypsies don't steal all of it. Well, I'm not really worried about the gypsies, it's only that I received like 3 e-mails from my parents about them . O parents... Anyways I don't know why I'm spending so much time talking in future tense here.
Yesterday wasn't terribly eventful. In the morning, I was very tired and wasn't feeling very perky to say the least. I helped Sonja put the sheets on the beds in the guest apartment thinger. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or just her, but she was extremely meticulous with the bedding. Which a non-perfectionist like me can get a little peeved with. But o well. It was kind of the same thing when we were first folding clothes.
So today I had a good visit with Alan Giagnocavo, it worked out nicely that he could stop by and I really appreciated him taking a very heavy bag of things for me from my family. But before I get to that I will start at the beginning of my day. I had German class this morning at the Volkhoschule. We have 4 new students. 3 Mexicans and 1 Turkish to add to our already diverse group. I chatted a little more with the Americans in the class, the au pair mormon(well shes from utah) and the Boeing couple-wife. I will just call them that so I don't complicate things with names. But I think it's a little interesting to hear about fellow Americans experiencing German culture. I park at the Saturn Arena(an ice hockey stadium) in Ingolstadt and walked to the school via the park. I park there because it's free then it's a 15 minute walk. But I thoroughly enjoy it. The park is gorgeous and then I take a foot bridge over the Danube. During the walk I feel authentic, like I blend in...with my flat sneaks, scarf, over-the-shoulder bag, and jacket. But during the intermenno orientation they said that we should not blend so much and not get to lost in the culture...or something like that. But thank goodness that's not an issue for me since as soon as I open my mouth it's clear of who I am. So I was cleaning up the kitchen, when Alan called and said that he would be there in 45 or so minutes. However, when he got there I was gone taking Hanna to her friends. I don't think he had to wait to long though. He didn't visit for too long but I was glad that he could come. When he left I cleaned the living room and then cleaned up after the ice cream making. That seem especially long today, then I realized that it was probably because the radio wasn't on. I love my radio here even if they do play some of the sappiest, stupidest songs I've ever heard. Some is good though.
This is completely changing the subject but I wanted to tell about something on Monday that I forgot to mention in a previous blog. When I was leaving German lessons I walked by the parking garage. A lady was trying to enter and had gotten out of her car to see why she couldn't get into it because the bar was there. She was out looking to figure out why she couldn't enter when another car pulled up beside her and took the ticket and went into the ENTRANCE no problem. She was trying to get in the EXIT!!! It made me laugh and not only on the inside. But you know, seeing others do stupid things is good. Because then I know that I am not the only one.

Anyways I should stop before the Internet shuts off. I'm not sure if Rolf does it or if it does it by itself. But last night around this time it stopped working. I'm going to reset my alarm now for a later time.