Plans

Today was dedicated entirely to planning winter break with Adrianna. I was supposed to get up and start researching things before noon, but that didn't happen. AT noon was time enough. Now we have plane tickets. And we have things to see in each place and hostels mostly picked out, and pretty much all that's left to do is to pay for things. Also we're going on a quest to see the family crest. haha I don't know. We're going to meet this guy in her family who lives in Switzerland--kind of sort of near Montreux--at the town where there is a church where the crest is supposed to be. And then he's going to show us where it is. That's all I know really. I'm just along for the ride at that point. But it'll be cool. We had to cut out doing things in the UK because we just don't have the time for it. So the semi-final plan is: Berlin, Munich, Bavarian castle, Zurich, Glacier express from Chur to Zermatt, Matterhorn, Bern, Montreux, crest, Geneva, Irish stuff. Christmas will be here. And I will be participating in my first Christmas dinner feast! wooo that's exciting. We'll see how it turns out in my kitchen.

Tomorrow I'm doing nothing again. It will be grand. Probably reading lots. Also buying some hostels and a Eurail pass! Exciting.

Next weekend: Madrid! I need to do a little research for there too. Right now all I really know that I want to see is Picasso's Guernica. And eat tapas and churros.

Oh yeah I only have three weeks of classes left. That's really exciting. I can't wait to be done with these classes.

Okay, I thought that I was a pretty negative person. After going to Rome with random people and just talking to everyone, I know now that am one of the more positive people in the world. It's crazy. Maybe I'm just naive or too "go-with-the-flow-it's-going-to-be-fine-don't-worry-about-it-what's-the-worst-that-can-happen?-why-wouldn't-it-work?-it-says-it-does-this-why-do-you-need-to-read-it-in-ten-different-places-to-believe-it?" I just tend not to stress about things, and I don't really question things. I mean, I question things, but not menu items, train timetables, prices, or how much somebody knows about their job that I know nothing about, and I feel like "making sure" means something different to me than to everyone else. It's rather irritating. Why can't everyone just calm it down? I think most things are easier than a lot of people make them out to be.