Week 35 - ISO Party, Walking in Heels and Karaoke

It's again time for a short update after this quite eventful week is over. On Tuesday we went to a free show of the BBC Orchestra, which was quite nice and afterwards, we went to Jake's for a Karaoke night. I had to sing "Hollaback Girl" from Gwen Stefani because of a lost bet and it was just awful, because I didn't really know the song (and I cannot sing :). Of course, almost all of the others also sung and so it became a funny night.

On Thursday Matheus and I went to an event called "Walk a mile in her shoes". A lot of people walked a mile in heels and Matheus and I also participated. It was a walk against sexual assault and walking in the heels went better than expected as I didn't break my ankles :D.

On Friday there was the last party of the International Student Organization at Margharitas. That was of course a mandatory event for our group and I'm kind of sad now because the semester is almost over.

On Saturday I went to a fundraising event for Autism. We had dinner there and gambled Black Jack, Roulette, and Crabs with fake money. We would have become rich, if it would have been real money :). At the night we also had another party at a friend's house with a lot of people which was also really nice.

I also finished my traveling plans for after the semester. I'll go to Washington, D.C again, then to Lancaster where I will see the Amish. After that I'll go to Philadelphia, Boston and spend a few more days in New York City, before I'll catch my flight back to Austria on the 20th of May. I am looking forward to this, because I'll see my family and friends again in Austria, but it is also a little bit sad now, because I've made so many good friends here...

Week 33 - ISO Party and Nice Weather

After the Cleveland-Trip I first had to catch up with some work for my classes. So from Monday to Thursday I got up early and went to the library to complete some assignments and other stuff. I also played tennis on Monday, went climbing on Tuesday and Thursday and we had another volleyball game on Wednesday - we lost again, but this time it was a little bit unlucky... The weather overall gets now a lot warmer. We are having a really April like weather now - either it is really warm and sunny or it is raining, and that can switch within a few minutes. But still it is so nice to be able to go running outside and do other activities again.

On Friday I went for a run with a friend from the university and we had our third International Student Organization Party. I wore my Lederhose, because I made an arrangement with a girl from Turkmenistan, that if I wear it she will wear a traditional Turkmenistan dress.

As the weather was really nice on Saturday, we rent bikes from the rec center and went to Ritter park, which is about 15 minutes away from the campus by bike. There we did sunbathing and played Frisbee and I got a little bit sunburned. At night we had another party at an American friend's house.

On Sunday I slept until noon and then went outside to study for my Spanish exam that I'll have on Monday. The weather was again awesome and I and my running buddy will go for another run.

Week 28 - Poker Night, International Party and Preparation for Midterm Exams

Again one week passed and I can say that it was an eventful and fun week. On Monday we went to the "Herd Talent Show" where 8 Marshall students performed various acts from singing to dancing. On Tuesday after I went climbing I had my second game of the Intramural racquetball tournament and I won it - so now I'm in the playoffs :). On the next day, I only had one class as one of our professors wasn't at the university that day and at the evening and night it snowed a lot - so classes on Thursday and on Friday got canceled :D. So the first free snow day had to get celebrated with a new run in the snow with only swimming wear and shoes. I also went climbing that day and we also played soccer on a field that was covered with 15-20cm snow which was really fun. At night we borrowed a poker suitcase and played poker with about 12 players which was also really nice.

On Friday after working on a few assignments in the morning, I went climbing again - and I completed a 5.10b route the first time :). Afterwards we played again snow soccer and at night we had again one of the International Student Organization parties (Unfortunately this time I don't have any pictures).

As I have 4 exams on the first 3 days of the next week I had (have) to study the whole weekend for my midterms... But after I complete these exams I'll go on my spring break trip to Buffalo, Niagara and New York and therefore I have something to look forward to :D.

Week 24 - International Student Organization Party

After the last week, which was full of fun things, it followed a rather quite week. There was not a lot going on at the campus. I played a lot of pool and also had a lot of stuff to do for the university. Besides that I went climbing - and my elbow got worse again, so I'll stop climbing for at least one week now and hope that I won't feel any pain after climbing the next time.

The most fun thing this week was the party of the International Student Organization on Friday at Margaritha's, a nice Mexican bar and restaurant.

On Saturday I went for a run to Ohio as the weather was really nice (it had about 14°C (58°F)). Afterwards I watched "The Wedding Ringer" with a few friends at the Pullman Square Cinema and we had a nice evening with a few beers.

On Sunday, I just slept long, played badminton, started writing a paper and played pool at the evening.