I was parented for the first time this week. I am not sure if Petra knows what she is doing because she is not my mom. She made me skype for the first time in three weeks because when I said it was three weeks since I last skyped, she crapped her pants. She also tried making me go to bed early on Sunday.
Tuesday night Petra made Matzo Ball soup. I don't remember the German name for it because I was shocked that she didn't know it was a typically Jewish soup. There were a few other Jewish specialties that she didn't know of. She is not Jewish, so that isn't a surprise she wouldn't be familiar with them, but German has a dark history with the Jewish people so I guess that I assumed German people know something about them.
Wednesday while Petra and I were driving to Coesfeld to pick up a package, Petra asked me if I could fly home by myself or If I had to fly with a group because that is how I arrived. I am not sure of that answer, I believe yes because I considered an adult in the airline rule book, and I bought the ticket; I should have control over when I fly. Then I asked why because that was random. She said I could stay longer if I wanted to go to Spain with my friends. That was probably the coolest thing Petra could of ever done because I didn't even have to ask, and she knows I love it here. I am not sure yet if I will stay, if the rooster promises to stop crowing ever Saturday, than yes I will. The most depressing sound you can here on a Saturday morning is a rooster crowing because it reminds me that I am up early enough to hear it, and that the night before, I only got somewhere between 3-6 hours of sleep.
Thursday was Studien Tag; that is where all the kids the 11th-12th grade (we are a combined class) go to the college in Muenster for an exciting day of learning. Fun fact, Fresno University (College?) is in a partnership with the University here. They bused us all there and then the teachers disappeared and we were left to our own devises. We sat in a Biology class for an hour than wandered the city for four hours. I am not sure what they expected us to do. The highlight of that day had to be riding all the escalators in the Galleria. Bet you can't guess how much fun the overall day was. We ended up taking an earlier bus back.
The one class I actually sat threw was over the Evolution of Animals or something like that. It was kind of interesting, but I also spent a good 40 minutes of that class staring out the window so I am not sure. Evolution is the way of creation taught in Germany. It is nice to know that a country can get past the insufficient things that stop a country from actually getting something productive accomplished. This is a picture from my English book. I love it because it is true. (read America's bubble last.)
Petra asked me later how was Studien Tag and what I did. I said it was boring and that I learned Law, Architecture, and Bio because that is what I was signed up to do. She then said, you didn't just do one hour of classes and then 5 hours in the city. She knows us too well, and that kind of sucks. I guess it's what I can expect because she has known my friends longer than I have. A person who doesn't know me that well, would be Daniel. Daniel works 12 hour days, 5 days a week. He is always tired and stressed out. If only he had a temper, he would be the perfect host dad.
Speaking of Steve, there is a man named Steve in my German class on Saturday. He is from Nigeria, and you know how they say Nigeria, in Nigeria? Well they say "Niegearia." So all those years of people telling you to say it the other way so that you didn't sound racist were kind of wrong. I am not saying to go around saying it the other way, but that is how people from Nigeria say Nigeria. Bet you can't guess how people from the country, Niger, (or people from Germany) say Niger?
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