Wow, this weekend has been refreshing. Exactly what I needed after the sudden avalanche of work that was put on my plate this week. I woke up today and went to the German mass. I'm so excited, because after months of learning German and living among the people, I'm catching onto some of the phrases that crop up and can even understand sentences based on what I've already heard. After mass, I went to AIB to work on my project, but was sidetracked by David playing League of Legends. Since my computer needed to charge anyway, I plugged it in and sat down to watch him. It was interesting to see the different positions that each person could play and how teamwork was such a huge deal to win the game. He explained everything that was going on, what was good or bad, and answered all my questions whenever they cropped up. Before I knew it, 45 min had passed and the game had ended. Of course, then I had to get to work on finishing up the last little bit of the power point and started to work on that.
I was put in charge of the Inventor portion of the presentation, and since our design actually has two different ways to attach to the leg, I had to model up both of them. I had already made the underlying template for what it had to look like and the first way of attaching, so I only had one more to go. Unfortunately, the one that I was set to make had a bunch of moving parts that would be complicated to make in Inventor. It took me about 2 hours, but I finally came up with a plan that got the visual image across without needing to make a whole new part. After that, I watched league some more and started my application to another college. Before you freak out, this is only for a transient student application, meaning I had to make it so I could take summer classes at a school other than A&M. Now, diehard Aggies may hate me, but the school I'm applying for is the University of Texas in Austin. Yes, I can hear the hissing from here. However, the fact is this: I need need need to take Diff EQ in the summer or else I'm put a year behind due to pre-requisites for classes only offered in the fall, which is a pre-rec for one in the spring, which is a pre-rec for the year long senior project. I have a job lined up in Austin, so I want to stay there, hence why I'm applying at University of Texas. Wish me luck!
I left in time to get back home for dinner, but when I arrived, I found that everyone had left except my host mom. She wasn't feeling good because of all the pollen in the air. I guess really nice days like today (72 again...what's up with it being nicer here than in Texas?) do have a downside. We ate dinner and relaxed together until the rest of the family minus Maus came in. Maus (pronounced mouse) had already left to go back to her home, so that's why she wasn't there. After a few minutes, I got a call from my grandparents, so I left to take it. Who just so happened to be on screen but my cousin!? Turns out he and my Grandparents were in Sicily for the week for his 16th birthday and they had decided to call me after their hike up Mt. Etna and showed me the rocks they had taken as souvenirs. It was really nice to hear from them, and wish them lots of fun while they explore the island.
After that, I called my parents for our weekly Skype and talked to them for quite a while before we had to hang up. I'm starting to really miss them, but I know the perfect way to block it for now: do more stuff! And I'm about to do just that. Tomorrow I leave for Berlin, so expect a lot of pictures tomorrow and through this week. I should have internet access, so I'll still be updating daily...hopefully. For now, I still have to pack and get some sleep before my early morning tomorrow. Sorry, no pictures today. I feel bad that I have nothing new to show of Bonn, but I feel like a lot would just be repeating what I've shown before. Oh well, tomorrow is a new city with new sites, and I have an awesome camera to catch them all.
See ya!
Erin Z
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