sicko:(

i'm taking the night off cuz i've been pretty sick for the past two days.
just got up from a nap actually. i had really weird dreams about swimming with dolphins and stuff...i guess being sick will do that to you.
i started to feel kind of ill on tuesday but still decided to have cocktails with friends and then go to a Weihnachtsabendessen afterwards to say bye to everyone before we all head back to our home countries for Xmas. So i guess Glühwein doesn't really coun't as a homeopathic cure to a head cold. Just because it's warm doesn't mean it's good for you. I figured this out after i woke up sounding like a 57 yearold new york taxi driver with the black lung.
anyhow, still didn't keep me from my gift buying ways.
i now have no money (actually no money) but you brizzos at home will have gifts!

on wednesday i woke up late, took the morning to shop a bit and let myself get lost in Mitte (like always).
and mid evening Emilia and i met up for some more shopping at Warschauer Straße. After getting what i needed we had a bit to eat at probably the worst restaurant in berlin. It was insanely cheap, and you could taste it. I had vegetable risotto and she had pizza. We both complained about how oversalted and gross they were. I'm pretty sure it went straight from the freezer into the microwave. But how much could i complain when i got a meal + bread +tea for 5 euros.
the proof is in the pudding though, you get what you pay for!

today i had early Mikrobiologie then Chemie, where our prof yelled at us for being so loud. He said everyday with us was like being in a kindergarten.
i quite agree with him though. I'm not sure what it is, but everyone in the lectures are always soooooo loud and talk through the entire lecture. It's really quite rude but everyone seems to do it. But in this particular lecture today, everyone was especially loud, cracking open beers left and right, laughing loudly. yes, students do drink beer in class here. gotta love germany!
but it kind of makes me uncomfortable because that stuff isn't really tolerated back in the states, or at least not as much. maybe it has something to do with having to pay for university.

headed down to the zoo to tranfer money from american account to german, fell asleep and here i am now!
i was thinking about going to 'Soul Night' at a club but i don't think that's a good idea.

so instead i'm spending my time plotting how i can continue this experience for as long as possible. Really though, i don't know if i'll be allowed to have as much fun as i'm having right now again in my life.
Since 2nd semester is totally ruled out of the picture i'm thinking i can come back after school lets out for summer in santa cruz?
maybe chill with everyone while they finish up, then live with a friend and travel some more.
and then come back to either germany, spain or italy to study abroad again during graduate school.
most, if not all of my friends seem to be graduate students. so by darn! i'm doing the same!
but summer plans definitely means i have to find a job so keep your fingers crossed for me on that one!