J was teasing me today about my laugh, because apparently, to him I sound like a monkey (my personal instinct is that I sound more like a hyena, whatever they sound like, they just laugh a lot, or they do in the Lion King. . .) But, as of yesterday, I'm quite sure that I am, in fact a monkey. It was a nice day and I decided that I ought to go into the city and maybe spend some time with a friend, I was going to look for some books at the book store that I've read in English in order to have an enjoyable experience reading auf deutsch. Well, after approaching a few people (O, MR, J, & AJ), I finally got a text back from KK and she was already in der Stadt, so we decided to meet up, simple, yes? Well, As I had gone down past Uni St as I searched for a partner, I went to the stop that I usually don't go to, and I got on the train. . . facing the wrong direction. Well, it was the end of the line, so I got off the train, walked immediately across the street and waited for it to turn around and pick me back up. I felt really stupid, but, I could do it, I was sure of it, simple, I only had to take the train to Jahnplatz and then walk up the stairs to the clock, easy, right? I got on the train and zoned out a bit, and got off the train at a familiar station. . . Which was not the right one, so here I am, about 45 minutes into a trip that should have taken about 10-15 minutes tops. Finally I got to where I was going and ended up meeting up with KK, we went to the book store and proceeded to split up, I needed some jeans, and she had to make an appointment at the salon. On our return, I saw J's roommate hanging out of the window and I asked if he was there, which he was, so I went to visit for a while. He was in his room watching youtube, and I discovered something I like a lot about him, he likes to read! He likes to read so much that he has an e-reader! That's something rare amongst young men my age, "What kinds of books do you like?" "I don't like/have time/ patients to read." I think I found a good person to hang out with. I followed him and a group on their way to the soccer field which began with AJ throwing the ball at my head repeatedly, I had to take out my earrings so he wouldn't rip them out. They even offered to let me play, but the next hour I had a Zumba date with a bunch of the ladies. It ended up being a pretty good day, despite my feeling completely foolish, and inept with public transportation.
Today was a good day, because I finally went to the mensa with AJ, J and KK, three of my favorite people (amongst many others of course). AJ cannot stop laughing at me, I think he finds the idea of me more funny than the actual words coming out of my mouth. It's silly really, how surprised I get when either one makes a quick joke, it surprises me, because it's very American humor. I think there's something wrong with my voice these past few days because my friends haven't understood what I was saying. It started yesterday with J, and continued this afternoon when I went to visit O. I was so frustrated and almost lost my tears all over O's carpet. But in my defense, he doesn't listen and usually doesn't know what I'm saying unless he's looking at me (i.e. paying attention.) He told me not to look so depressed, and when I'm around him, I have to have a happy face because being around people that look depressed make him depressed. So I went back to my room and read aloud to myself from one of my new books until I had to go at 3:45 to meet my mentor, JW who is so sweet, and I felt like she understood my German pretty well. At 4:00 there was another welcome cafe for the new ERASMUS students who are here for only the one week course (which is actually four days), and O was there fishing for foreigners, because he, like me is also a connoisseur. I introduced him to JW because he's just one of those people that needs that type of thing to happen and we all went to the bahnhoff together and went our separate ways, JW on her way back home, O and his friend on their way to buy soccer tickets and I was on my way to buy my ticket for Hamburg tomorrow. I did well, got the right ticket and everything, but KK and I needed some help from. . . O (of course, he helps me with everything. . .) We have it all figured out and KK and I will be on our way to Hamburg tomorrow around 10:30.
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