The New Room

Well it's Sunday. I have finally moved into a room of my own. When Melanie sent me upstairs with my bags I thought, where the heck am I going? The stairs are in the barn part of the house kind of, super steep, and it looked like I was just heading into a loft with a bunch of hay in it. Once I got further up I saw that it was much bigger than expected, but still, it all looked more like a garage than a place to sleep. I was so confused. I knew that Melanie's mom lived up there, but I couldn't figure out where. There were no beds, it was cold....Finally I found a door and opened it up to find a very nice, big and modern apartment. The room that I live in was originally a storage room, but now is used as a room for WWOOFers. It's off to the side of the apartment, so I don't have to actually go through Grandma's house to get in.  

5 Things:

1. Gave a horse a bucket of water, he took a big gulp, then spit it back up on my shoes. (It was a little bit like Winema '08 Em, "This isn't Nike brand water!")

2. Learned that they drink water with rocks in it to get minerals...a little strange.

3. SLEPT FOR 11 HOURS LAST NIGHT. I went to bed at 7, totally skipped out on dinner. It was amazing. I have been so tired.

4. Was listening to the radio while filling hay nets yesterday, and of course all they play is American music. Except it's the bad music from America, not even anything good. I heard a song for the first time, it was called, "Sex Bomb". I know it was called that because those were the only lyrics, combined with "You're my..."

5. It doesn't exactly feel like I'm in Germany right now. It just feels like I'm on a farm with people who randomly speak German, but I could be anywhere. I am looking forward to living more of a city life-style, but this is good for now. And maybe when I get the chance to go explore the area, I won't feel so cooped up.

5 New Words:

1.  die Hafer (oats)--Melanie kept using this word on my first night here and when I heard it, I just kept thinking "half" in my head, not knowing what it actually meant. Made things a little confusing, but now I know.

2. fleißig (diligent, hard-working)--When I was up at 6 am the first morning, Guido, Melanie's boyfriend...manfriend I should say, passed me in the hallway and said, "Schon fleißig?" I just laughed and nodded, but had no idea what it meant, so I went and looked it up really quick. "Already up and going?" Since 4 am, Guido, since 4 am.

3. das Heu (HAY!)--I just like this word. It looks cool, sounds cool, plus it's Hafer of my name. You see how that gets confusing?

4. die Schubkarre (wheelbarrow)--Yeah...We are best friends by now.

5. die Spülmaschine (dishwasher)--I already knew this word, but I am adding it to the list because Melanie just got a new one a few days ago. It's me. They have no dishwasher. Unfortunately that means their Leo doesn't know how to close it.

Okay, I better go be fleißig again. Horses can't feed themselves, you know. They are such stupid animals. JUST kidding. I like them. 

(Tried to post pictures, but it's just not working.  Let's pretend it's 1278 and there are no cameras.  What would you do?)