I survived both of my referats, the first on Walter Benjamin felt better than the one yesterday. Yesterday I got in front of the class and felt really nervous at first and very tense--when someone laughed at something, I snapped at him and was like "why are you laughing at me?" when he wasn't laughing at me at all. And then it went okay but it just didn't feel like everything always flowed together in terms of intro to what I said, to what Nina said...it felt a little bit unorganised when it really was supposed to be organised (that's what I had hoped for)...plus some of what Nina said was not always that clear as to what her point was. But it's now done, I guess and I should just let it all go. Going with someone can help in that you don't have to stand alone and maybe do a little less work but if you go by yourself than you have more "control" over the situation and what happens. Yes, so I think I have control issues maybe? Ah well, I will probably go and talk to the professor in her sprechstunde next week about the refererats in terms of what she really thought of them and also discuss my essays--I would like to write out some sort of outline for both essays to show her, if I can do that this weekend.
This weekend I get to work on my semester arbeit for Herr Zaenker's class...I got out a couple books from the library and hopefully I can have my rough draft ready for editing/proof reading for Monday. I also received the last part of Alex's studienarbeit today and so that's something else homework-wise to do this weekend.
This afternoon Angelina is having her birthday party and she will be making waffles (!)--I'm super excited because I love waffles and I'm sure it will be a good time for me to practise my German too. I'm going to make her a card this morning. Tomorrow evening Tobias, the leader of the boy's bible study has invited all the Hauskreis' to his house for a group event so that everyone could get to know each other. If I can get some stuff done tomorrow during the day, then I would like to come and see who else is in the other Hauskreis'.
So I'm going to the Olympics and to the aerial finals...we are still looking for a place to stay but as a back-up another CYF girl, Sara, already has a room and we could stay with her if that's what it came down to. If nothing else, we can leave our bags with her so that we don't have to throw everything out (like all the food that I like to bring for long trips ;-p) But Susanne was telling me yesterday not to stress out, that it will be fun--I think she is right, I shouldn't be so tense about the whole thing, but trust that it will all work out and that God is looking out for me in all situations. I don't know if I will go to Spain then in the semester ferien, depending on the costs of my olympic adventure, but we'll see. I would rather go to Taize I think and see Zicka and Alex though Spain will always remain a desirable location.
Did you know today is Mozart's birthday? Yeah, I know it's a very random piece of information but I'm listening to Deutschlandradiokultur and they're talking a lot about him. It would be very cool to see the Zauberfloete...but we'll see.
On a side note, my waffles were very tasty...I had to cook them like pancakes given that I have no waffle iron but maple syrup does wonders for everything ;-P And what's my cooking project for today? Scalloped potatoes actually because I have potatoes that are sprouting...it must be a sign that they want to be cooked. Yay for peeling potatoes--it has to be one of the most *exciting* activities in the world ;-)
Once again, my dishes are calling me. Schoenen Tag wuensche ich euch von ganzen Herz! Liebe Gruesse.