Schedule

Because I have two papers and three tests looming, it is therefore fitting that I will continue my procrastination break (I began Watership Down last night) and give you all an update on my upcoming schedule. I could go minute by minute, but I have somewhere that I need to be in an hour (and leave for in 20 minutes) so that will be unnecessary.

December 10--Dinner at my Czech Teacher's House
December 11--Chanukah Services Followed by Chanukah Party
December 12--Write Jewish Paper
December 13--Art Paper Due
December 14--Jewish Paper Due, Jewish Presentation
December 15--Art Journal Due, Contemporary Czech Culture Final
December 16--Art History Final, TREVOR Arrives
December 17--Other Art History Final
December 18--"Graduation" Ceremony, Farewell Dinner, Move Out of Homestay into Parents' Apartment
December 19--FAMILY Arrives
December 20-25--Enjoy Prague
December 26-28--Enjoy Vienna
December 28--Bus from Vienna to Prague, Bus from Prague to Amsterdam
December 29--Arrive in Amsterdam
December 29-31--Sleep in a Cabin (in Amsterdam)
Night of December 31--Sleep in a Tent (in Amsterdam)
January 1-4--Sleep in a Cabin (in Amsterdam)
Night of January 4--Stay in Some Hostel (in Amsterdam)
January 5--RETURN TO AMERICA: DORITOS, COSMO, AND CHOCOLATE MILK

Well I still have 16 minutes before I leave. Obviously I have a fair amount of time left in Europe, but it should go quickly considering all that I will be doing. Luckily, though, once the program is over, my time in Prague will not be characterized by the shadow of lack of productivity hanging over my head. School will not be in session and therefore I can curl up and read Watership Down, or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (assuming Trevor let's me borrow it, of course) as I please.

Note to self: relax.

Today it is raining. It has not yet gotten cold enough for snow, yet. So I am left with cold AND wet feet, as opposed to just the cold feet that I would be encountering were I in Minnesota, or really any northern clime that's NORMAL and has looked at a calendar and REALIZED that it is DECEMBER and therefore should be COVERED in SNOW. Unfortunately, Prague has not received the climate calendar that the rest of the world has, and therefore does not realize that Christmas's without snow are only appropriate in places where you can wear shorts on Christmas. If you can't wear shorts on Christmas, then there should be snow. It's as simple as that.

Today I had fish and potatoes for lunch. The fish was ok until I got past the breading. The potatoes were fabulous as always.

My host family has some amazing oranges. I think that I am going to eat at least five of them a day until they run out. They are juicy. And easy to peel. Perfectly ripe. And smell amazing.