Da Kannste Nicht Klagen

Today, things are going well. Rowing was an absolute dream today. Last time I felt like a complete spaz in the boat -- this time, it was like it just CLICKED. Technique, timing, everything was perfect....except for the guy sitting in our #1 seat, who was somehow rocking the boat wildly and making it hard to keep the oars out of the water and my hands level at the same time. But oh well. Wednesday I have Kenternübung, meaning I will be learning what to do if the boat capsizes and get to take a little swim in the Neckar -- and after I do that, I can finally row in a single! Wooooo! Hopefully next Monday I will get to do that.

Work on my paper is going well, I am collecting ideas and writing the outline piece-by-piece. As long as I am finished planning it out by Thursday morning, I can get it written by Friday no problem. Planning it out is the hard part, but it makes the writing go wicked fast.

Today also marks a sobering occasion: I shipped home the first two boxes of things. Two small boxes of books are now on their way back across the Atlantic and will beat me home by a couple weeks. I relieved that it wasn't as expensive as I thought it would be. only 25 € for both boxes. Still, I'm sure my book shipping costs alone are going to be over 100 €. It was definitely weird to ship those off. I only have about five weeks left in Germany.

The other night I decided to wash a small throw rug I've had in my room for a little while for the first time as well as the bathroom mat. I was foolish enough to throw in a beige bedsheet along with them, wanting to get my money's worth out of the load. The rug and bathmat are still blue and green, but the bedsheet is now olive green. Ironically enough, I like the olive green better, and had I known it was going to come out like that, I would have thrown in the rest of the bedding with it.