Long time no see (read)

I've been so busy since I'm back in Germany.
Organizing my schedule at the university for example.
This semester I'm attending an elective course called 'light and material' from the lighting design fakulty. It is so interesting and in English as well! No honestly, it is really great. The professor is fantastic and he's doing a real good job. Our first task is ti find a good and a bad example for illumination. Inside, outside, natural light or not.... we can do whatever we want which makes it not easier.
Than there's my major project. Mexico! First I have to write a report about mobile and temporarely constructions/buildings with approx. 3000 words. Everyone has a different topic so we all will have some basic knowledge about Mexico, the culture and so on at the end of October. Than we will develop/design some houses and public spaces on a hill 190km south east of Mexico City in cooperation with the mexican universtity. This whole project is a real one, so there's a great chance that something we are developing will be built!
In addition to my studies I now have a job at he university. In our computer lab I'll be helping other students or will print something for their presentations. It is 10 hours a week and I can do some work for my own projects during this time.
My professor who's responsible for us PC lab workers also told me that I should be the responsible person for the lighting designers. When they have questions and so on. 95% of them are only speaking english and because I was 3 month in the States she thought.... it is cute of her. And it is no secret that I love talking english.

Yesterday I quit my job at the Irish Pub. Because of my studies which are more important for me than anything else at the moment. My last semester I already had some troubles to manage everything and now with my other job I decided it is time to quit and concentrate more on my studies. In addition to this main reason, I really wanna find something which has more to do with architecture in general.

What else....
I already told some of you that I saved $300 at he airport, right. So here's the story.
Kim and Bill drove me on monday the first to the airport at about 5am. There I was.
I had my big backpack, already fully loaded and I bought another smaller bag (which could be taken into the plane) for the stuff that didn't fit in my big bag. Then I had my Laptop and a smaller bagpack with camera stuff and so on. Yes I know it was a lot but... I'm a girl. That should be alright as an excuse.
So, I was waiting to check myself in at this new computer desks where you do this all by yourself. Than came the moment where I had to weigh my bags. The big one = 41 pounds, ups. The small one = 21 pounds. double ups. Continental airlines allows 50 pounds in max 2 bags for free. Every additionally pound is $25. Haa, so I had 63 pounds which is just too much! I asked this guy who helped me put my backpack into a plastic bag if I could take this smaller bag into the plane. Sure you can. Great.
The next line I was standing in, the security line, a woman saw me and my 3 bags (laptop, backpack, small bag) and told me that this is not working. Great! But the guy.... she said, no, I'm just doing my job bla bla bla. I was already waiting 45 minutes and my plane was about to board. She told me I can come back to this point of the line.
So I went back, asked another woman if she can check my bag without me waiting in this long line again. She said sure. How many bags did you check before. One. Good. Here you are. Fine I said. Luckily her computer didn't show her how heavy my first bag was.

After two great flights I arrived in Hamburg at he second of October and Claudia picked me up. We went to a smaller town in Germany, Bargteheide, to eat breakfast. American breakfast. German's don't know what an american breakfast should be like. The ham wasn't fried enough, the pancakes weren't real american pancakes. They were the German type which tastes completely different, but other than that it was a good one. A German one.
In the afternoon, Claudia drove me to my Mum. They are living in a small village, its getting smaller..., called Eichede. Its nice and quiet. That's pretty much all! But I love laying at the terrace all day and hearing and doing nothing.
The sun was shining and we sat outside drinking a real strong coffee. I was so tired of course, but I had to stay awake for 10 more hours. Argh! Fighting against the jet lag.
Until Sunday I stayed at my parents house and slept and met some friends.

On Monday last week university started for me 2 weeks too late. That explaines a bit why I didn't manage to see some people here in Wismar.
This whole last week I spent my time at the university or in front if my laptop working for it.

Because of that I missed the baseball game yesterday and because my laptop was unable to receive the mails telling me that there wii´ll be a game.

So now I'm sitting at the lab and surfing at the net and maybe will start working for my report. The books are laying next to me....

By the way, I wanted to thank everyone in Seattle again for being such great friends and making my time really special! I miss you all and hope that we see each other soon.