13.8.15

Today is a long story, let's start at the very begining. I woke up at 5:40, because I am out the door at 6:30. As soon as I woke up I was met by a gian spider on my pillow, and if you know me you know how much I hate spiders. Phillipe helped me get rid of the spider. Had a slice of bread for Breakfast and was out the door. My first to classes were physics and sports, where, as usual, I didn't understand much. Than I began walking home for lunch. I missed the train home by about 3 minutes and ended up waiting a half hour for the next. I finally got on and as my stop approached the ticket collector came. I reached into my bag to grab mine and couldn't find it. I needed to get off, but also didn't have a ticket. I got off and the Tibet master followed me, he gave me a recite after filling out my information that had 100.00 CHF written in the bottom, although he had said that I could bring my pass in tomorrow at the front office, I was still scared. I finally reached the house at about 10:50 and was excited to be able to relax until lunch at 12:30. Sadly I looked at my schedule and discovered that my class was at 1:10, It takes me 45 minutes to get to school (15 minutes of train and 30 minutes walking), the math didn't add up. I was having lunch at Oma's and came early at 12:10, finding out that I was suppose to come at 11:30 and not 12:30. I had to rush out the door and get on the 12:30 train for school. Lunch was sadly not a part of this delayed schedule. I returned to school exhausted, hungry, and wishing that I could understand what everyone else was saying.After school got out I had volly ball in hall H11 when I arrived I was by a girl told that Vollyball was in the P hall which is a 12 minute walk from the school. I started the walk (getting lost quite a pew times), arrived in P hall, saw people in Vollyball clothes, and got changed. Practice went pretty fast and I was definitely the worst one their. At the end of the class I was as sore as anything drenched in sweat, and convinced I was not cut out for Vollyball. I went up to the coach to double check that this was beginners Vollyball, which it turns out if was not. the girl had directed me to advanced Vollyball and I was practically about to crack. This day had been so crazy what more could I take? I missed not having to walk 30 minutes to get to school, not relaying on a train to get places, understanding people , and not making stupid mistakes. It was then that I realized this is what exchange is about. learning to be able to laugh off the stupid mistakes that are made when you don't understand anything anyone is saying, being able to be flexible and walk five times more than your used to, realizing that when tomorrow comes people will forgive you for the I stakes you have made. And in realizing this I started to laugh, because I knew that this day would be one that you'd see in the movies the day where everything goes wrong and you are just about to lose it when your first love appears in the tunnel. No, I am not going to get the gushy ending, but I did have a realization, tomorrow you are going to laugh about this, and you can't take it too seriously, because life is life, and sometimes things happen. I walked home ready for anything. waiting at the train station the universe started to test me again. A wind storm brewed add blew leaves and dirt in my face. I rode on the train and as soon as I started the 10 minute stretch to the house rain came poring down from the sky, I just smiled and started skipping home. I can get through anything as long as I have a smile.