update: LONG weekend

Well, nothing really special has happened this last week. But a few exciting things did this last week. But i'll elaborate when i get there.
so from where i left off--
last tuesday after school (and homework ) eva and i went running. at the end of our run we got some spples from an apfel hof. (well deserved, juicy apples)
i think thats basically it for last week. on Friday though, i had a long day. And in PE we played volleyball, which I really can't do! But everyone in my group kept saying i was getting better, and passed to me even though i told them not to. I guess they realized I really couldn't get it down, and they stepped in front of me everytime the ball came, or put me in the back. Which was ok with me. when i DID hit the ball, i hit it wrong, and it went crooked, or on the floor, either way injuring my wrists and hands. Volleyball is definately NOT my thing.
After two painful hours of this, school was done. And so was I. I got on the bus and got off at Hummel (a roofing place where i usually get picked up on long days) and got picked up by Monica and Eva. From there, we drove about 10/15 minutes to a dress shop in Wels. Eva has a ball in early December, and wanted to get her dress.
The shop is called Hänsel und Gretel. I am pretty sure they mostly have wedding dresses (cause thats mostly what i saw) . We went inside and waited for someone to come help us. I felt extremely out of place. I was wearing boots, jeans, and a hoodie thats waay too big for me, in a shop where you probably have to pay to stand on the perfect floors. . The workers were all in gray, white, and black. Mostly pencil skirts, or fancy pants with little accents on them. And one came to help us. She took us into the big room with all the dresses hanging on racks on one wall. This room had a very very high ceilling. and we walked through it. on the opposide side of the dresses were changing rooms with two soft chairs and big mirrors outside of each one. We walked up some stairs to a higher spot, which looked over the big room. The lady pulled a few colourful resses off the racks, and we went back down to let eva try them on. i hate to say it, but on the hangers, they all looked awful.
the first one she tried on was a purple short one with ruffly sleeves. it was actually really cute. everyone said over and over how ''luftig'' it was (luftig=airy) but i thought it was funny how Monica, Eva, and the saleslady used the word at least 4 times each.
There were some other ones she tried on, my personal favorite was a sleeveless, floorlength dark green one, with a fold-design on the top. it was really beautiful. But then she tried another, a purple one, similar to the green, but it swooped (swept?) out near to the ground and had lots of toole (tutu material) underneath. it also had a corset-tie in back. and it came with a shawl. It seemed to be the favorite. So that was the one.
Friday night i skyped coco for a good .. two hours. it was good to catch up.

Saturday: i slept in until 8ish, which may not seem late, but compared to 5, ANYTHING is sleeping in. I got up, got dressed, and tried to make my hair look like i put some effort into it. Then, down for breakfast. Bread. Butter. Nutella. What else do i need??
After breakfast I got my purse together and Rudi drove me and Eva to Plus City, a big mall in Linz.
Shopping was fun. We played in an electronics store for about 1.5 hours, followed by 3 hours in H&M. but that's a store you can really spend lots of time in. I got a long-sleeved shirt, a new hoodie, and a t shirt.
at about 3..or maybe it was 4 .. we went to McDonalds for a well-deserved break. Shopping can wear you out. And there was some sort of Poker /casino thing set up in the .. central hall/room, so that mean even more smoking. It was kind of scary when we had to run across the floor in there, and ever´n when you get out, it feels like there's a cloud of smog around your head.
I think we left the mall at 6.. maybe 530. and after a short stop at the house, we went out for chinese. To a restaurant we went to a few weeks ago. I wasn't hungry yet (still full of MCd) and Eva wanted to share something. she asked me a few times if i'd rather have duck, or chicken . and even though i'd rather have chicken, i let her choose, knowing which way it'd end up.
Duck. its not so bad. it just seems (and tastes) like theres more fat than meat. So i mainly ate rice.
The restaurant is really cute. really asian. theres a fish tank with a small ray and a bunch of almost pastel orange fish. they are big (not hunge.. maybe the size of an orange) and look flan from the side, but their sides round out. they move slow and make kissy faces at eachother, and the people watching them. And theres always soft piano music playing. that, and the fish, really makes me think of spirited away. i really wanted to take pictures of them, but everytime i took my camera out, a guy who works there looked at me like i was stealing something. But i'm sure we'll go back, and i'll get the picture.
also, there was a group of people eating a few tables away. And a guy at that table looked exactly (not even kidding, he had a ponytail and EVERYTHING) like the guy who plays james in the twilight spoof on youtube. I was laughing really hard (internally, so the Hinterbergers don't think i'm more psycho then they already do)
When everyone was done, we headed home. i showered, and went to bed.

SUNDAY: sunday i got up early (if 6.45 is early), but daylight savings happened the night before, so i got an extra hour. that was nice. I ate, got ready for church and got picked up by the fuchs'
church was good. Judith Hansen taught yw, and Marcella Strihavka gave a talk. me and Hannah were giggling though, during her talk, cause she was loosing her voice and it was all crackly and uneven.
After church The Fuchs' drove me home, and i think we ate something.. and went to Schaunburg (a castle)
it was marvellous. there were some places i remember from it so clearly . And it's amazing how its still holding together. Especially the highest part. The one with a little scaffolding-like staircase that zig zags up it. And from the top, you can see everything. The whole Castle (castle ruins, that is ) and all the little towns spread around it. (the tower (above))
Monica's parents came along. And after the castle, they showed us some deer, that come right up to their fence for you to feed them.
When we got home, we had some chocolate cake. And we did homework, and watched tv.
MONDAY: slept in again. no school today! and ate breakfast, and watched two and a half men.. for about 3 hours. then, we ate lunch, and watched some more. (knitting, as we watched.) time passed like that until it was about 3.30. me and eva made something called jogurt nockerl (jogurt, gelatin, lemon rhind, whipped cream, sugar) and it had to sit for an hour before we ate it. an hour later, we ate it. it was actually really good. before it was done, i watched spongebob (in german!!) and while we ate the jogurt stuff (which is served with an ice cream scoop) we watched avatar. it was an episode i' d seen before, and eva thought it was stupid, but i was soo happy to see it.

today i slept in until 5.30 and it was weird to have a light sky when we went outside. school was pretty good today. i usually have my first hour on tuedays in art with a class 3 years younger than me, cause my class has latin. And everyday, if a teacher is sick, or not there for any reason, they post on a bulletin board what class you have instead. turns out my art class had math instead, and i tried the doors to the art room for about 10 minutes. And i couldn't go back to my class, cause they'd already started. so i drew in the hall for an hour. I also have a really big math test next week. Today in PE we played dodgeball. My team never passed to me when i got out. And when they did pass, and i got back in, i got out again really fast. I think they target me because they know i'm not paying attention. Oh well, the game isn't that fun anyways :)

I can't believe I have less than half of my time here still. And for those who are wondering, (i ALWAYS get asked this ) I am coming home december 22. only two more months !!
i will update again soon
ciao-

*** the pictures-- unicorn and poker - from Plus City, the three girls went to first grade with me. and the leaves are in Eferding by my bus stop.