Days 108 & 109 - Unfortunate days and testing ways

So the string of bad luck I had yesterday was just...terrible. I mean, It was bad. Really bad. Bad in the way that just makes you want to sit in a corner with soft objects or press the reset button on the day so you can have a do-over. It started when I woke up. The ring I was wearing had turned my finger green where the metal touched the skin. Guess I need to put clear nail polish on it so it doesn't happen again. I got everything ready and went to school to study, stopping by the REWE (grocery store) to get some lunch for later. When I arrived at AIB, there were some people there, but I was really thirsty and went to grab one of the mugs so I could get a glass of water. As I pulled one cup away from the stack of 3, the other two tipped over and shattered on the ground. At least they weren't glass and I was wearing my trusty boots, so nothing actually hurt me. As I was cleaning up the mess with the help of the people who were previously studying, I noticed that the paper towel I was holding had blood on it...from my finger which I guess was sliced from the flying ceramic pieces when the mugs broke. So I had to fix that one as well.

After I drank the water I had finally acquired, I decided to break into the soda I had bought from the REWE, and promptly spilled cherry coke all over myself and the table. Yay. As I was cleaning it up, I noticed that I had smudged some chocolate on my marathon shirt. I hadn't even been in the building for an hour! But wait, it doesn't end there! About an hour later, I slightly burned my fingers handling my lunch, and the table I was sitting at creaked and moved as I sat down. It was really not my day. In fact, some of my classmates sat me down and played "bad day" for me, which ironically made my day a little better. After that fiasco of a morning, we all studied for our physiology test tomorrow, mainly going over respiratory and cardiovascular material. At about 3, our teacher came in and answered questions for us for an hour or so.

Once our little review was finished, I worked on the DHF presentation that's due tomorrow a little bit and tried to study physiology. I eventually gave up and went home, where I discovered I'm back in the main part of the house again! Marie is still a little on the sickly side, but much better and all her spots are gone, so I can interact with my host family without fear of getting infected. I'm excited to spend these last few days with them in between all the tests that I have going on, I'm even making dinner for them on Sunday, which will be awesome! Then the following Tuesday I leave...I have one more week until I leave Europe and head back to Texas. Wow.

At least today was a lot better than yesterday. I woke up and went to school with enough time to study for my test. I didn't last that long though and degenerated into listening to others quizzing each other while I played with a really cool toy consisting of two sticks and a weighted stick that can be passed from one tong to the other. It's actually a lot of fun, and I've gotten to be really good at in the last few days. Anyway, I played with that and listened to music to calm myself down before the test. The a tail test wasn't that bad a it was basically a combination of all the previous questions, though some changes were made on some questions. Overall, it was simple to answe the questions and finish up. Once that test was done, it was time for lunch before the design "final" which wa really just a presentation over what we put together for the DHF. Unfortunately, we skipped a rather important slide towards the beginning and it was awkward going back to cover the same material. It's done though, so all that's left is the signals final to study for. I'm not too worried.

When all the tests were done, everyone seemed drained and almost no one studied for their upcoming test. Instead, we played Catan or listened to music or worked on the DHF that still needed work done. Soon after that, I left and hung out at my host home, posting pictures and decidedly not studying for my test. That's for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is May Day (a huge holiday here) and then the final final. I'm in the home stretch! Finals are almost done!
Wish me luck!
Erin Z