I don't have a skull...or bones

Hey guys. So I figure I'll try to keep in the habit of this whole blogging thing, because otherwise it will go by the wayside and that would just be sad. However, there's still very little to report. With finals rapidly approaching (I have two on February 10th), there hasn't been time to do too much of anything that resembles leaving Tübingen. I haven't left since I got back from London. Which is may be for the best. I travelled a lot there in late November and December. 

The Princess that Wouldn't Shut Up

In any case, I'll give you a round-up of my week. On Tuesday, we had an awesome lunch with Ute to make up for not having Kaffeestunde. She took us to an Indian lunch buffet, which was so delicious. Om nom nom. Also first time I had eaten Indian food since being here. Other than that, Tuesday was rather typical. I had a day-worth of classes and then conversation group with my little German high-schoolers. This time, we spoke English for the first hour and then went into German sort of. They also gave me a "Lilliput" Schwäbisch Dictionary, which is adorable. In case you don't know, Schwäbisch is the German dialect spoken in this region. While some of it just sounds like funny German (zum Beispiel: feeling, Gefühl = Gfiehl) , some words are not even close to being the same (stairs, Treppe = Schdaffla). For this reason, it can be very hard to understand people here some times. Not to mention that it's also difficult for Germans from other regions to understand the Schwaben. Afterwards, I hauled myself up to Wanne to watch Despicable Me 2 with Lasse, Lisa, Louise, Lucia, and Anna. How I had not seen it before Tuesday is a mystery to me, but it's totally adorable and oh my God, minions. Also Lasse gave us all really cute Norwegian-themed gifts. One part of which was a Norwegian chocolate bar that on the inside has a Norwegian fairy-tale. 

Baby's First Orchestra

Wednesday, as I am sure you gathered, was a weird day. But I went to class and then art class and almost finished my drum. I'll post a picture of it afterwards. I'm pretty proud of it. Also there are elephants on it. 

On Thursday, I did the whole early class nonsense and then went back home to nap and do some homework. I had to be back at the library at 4, however, to meet up with Tapani, Yasmine, and Anna to start going over our stuff for history (one of my exams which is on the 10th). Afterwards, Anna and I went up to Ficthenweg, where she did my nails (they look so cool) and we watched the Swan Princess. Then we went back down to meet up with Lasse and Marissa at Unckel, because we were being fancy and getting dinner before going to Lisa, Louise, and Hannah's orchestra concert in the Neue Aula. I wore a skirt and everything. It was weird. It was also my first orchestra, which was kind of cool. It was good. They played Bach, Schumann, and Schostakovich and then did a tribute to their conductor, because he was leaving, wherein they threw paper airplanes everywhere. So yeah, that was Thursday. 

Yühüüü

Then Friday. I spent most of Friday doing work, but at night, we had Laura's birthday party. Which was also a costume party. I decided to do the whole Rosie the Riveter thing, because 1. it's a super easy costume and 2. feminism is awesome. Unfortunately, I am not in possession of any pictures of my costume, but if they go up on Facebook I'll post one here. My friends, however, dressed up as characters from Frozen, and it was totally adorable. (Sidenote: if you haven't watched Frozen, you totally have to because it's the best thing ever.) (Sidenote to the sidenote: yes I am 20 and obsessed with this Disney movie. I accept any and all judgement.) And Yasmine dressed up as Sputnik, because we are Tufts kids and find that kind of thing hilarious and also because we have been studying for history for way too long. There was also some nonsense with putting make-up on Brian, which was hysterical and he looked fabulous. 

So yup, that's about it for my week. Not particularly exciting, but hey, I enjoyed it. In any case, time to do some more reading on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Wooohoooo! Bis später, dudes.