Just Another Manic Monday
Well it certainly has been an interesting couple of days, I must say! Yesterday I finally made it to the Jesuitenkirche for Mass, and it was SOOOOOOO worth the 20 minute commute to get there!!! I was floored by the quality of the music. The choir, accompanied by a small orchestra, sang Schubert's mass in G major for the ordinary. I had never heard the piece before, but I bought it off itunes the minute I got back to my apartment. It is truly gorgeous, with a great soprano solo part. Anyway, so Mass was great...Kristina met me there, actually, but the place was so packed that we couldn't sit together. Next week I'll just have to get there earlier :-)After Mass I tried to locate the choir director (who is a good friend of Jim Christie's) to talk to him about joining the group for the year, but he unfortunately was not there that day. I have his cell number though, and I'm going to call him tomorrow. Listening to such beautiful music live made me miss singing even more, and I just HAVE to find a group to join :-) (preferably one as good as the Jesuitenkirchechor!)
Yesterday was Kim's birthday, so in the afternoon, she, Danny, Kristina, and I met up at Stephansplatz to figure out how to celebrate, and Alexis joined us a bit later. We ended up going to a great restaurant for lunch. Actually we picked it because the guide book said they served barbeque ribs and we were craving us some home food! ;-) I've never seen four people attack plates in such a disgusting manner. Well, I guess I should say three people, because Kim didn't get the ribs, but Kristina, Danny, and I did, and it was sloppy! (Yet delicious...) Meat and potatoes never tasted so good. Plus, the day was cold, raw, and rainy, so a hearty meal felt good.
We decided to go back to Kim's apartment to nurse our food comas. She lives in the inner city, and her apartment is HUGE. Her room is cavernous and has a very eclectic set of furniture. Her oriental carpet (full size rug) covers maybe a third of the floor space. She has a king size bed, a sofa, a desk, a china cabinet (yes....china cabinet), and a wardrobe. Niiiiice :-) Right. So we listened to an hysterically offensive comedian for a bit, which was lovely. I went home for a bit after that, but we decided to head over to Kristina's in the evening for a movie.
I got to Kristina's a bit early to make Kim's birthday "cake" (see photo...the "cake" is the end of a loaf of banana bread, and each Reese's = 3 candles...it was a gimp cake, but our heart was in the right place!) After everyone arrived, we popped in Serendipity and alternated our sighs with giggles at the inherent cheesiness of the movie. I headed home around 10 so I could get to bed early before my first day of school! (teaching, not student-ing)I made it to my school for my 10am meeting with my Betreungslehrerin (contact teacher). She is sooooo nice, and I am very glad to be working with her. The school is MASSIVE. I am one of very few people assigned to only one school, and it has to be because this place is huge. I am working with about 8 different English teachers, and I only teach 12 classes per week - that is a lot of students and teachers and names to remember. Ah well, at least scheduling is easier with only one school....speaking of which, one reason that I'm crazy about my Betreungslehrerin is that she has me scheduled to give me every Friday off (yayayayayayayay long weekend!!!)
After an hour of meeting people, filling out forms, and going over the schedule, I attended one English class with the 5th form (equivalent of 10th graders in the US.) The first half hour of class consisted of me answering their questions, which was actually really fun. They asked everything from "what is your favorite animal" to "do you have any scaries?" (he meant fears) to "where were you when the planes hit the twin towers?" I think my favorite series of questions came from this one guy who asked, in succession, "how old are you?" "do you have a boyfriend?" and "are there other girls as beautiful as you where you come from?" Ahem. I just got hit on by a 16 year old in CLASS! How good for my ego, right?
After school, I ran some errands, and then I met up with Kim and Alexis because there were bureaucratic issues with our Fremdenrechtlichesgesundheitszeugnis. You know, I get tickled just writing that!! hahaha I love how German speakers just stick a bunch of words together to make a really really really really long word like that (loosely translated, it means "the health form for legal immigrants.") So we got that taken care of, and, of course, after, we had to get some coffee. I'm so Viennese already!
I then headed up to the 18th district with Alexis to look for stationery so I can write letters. Except apparently NO ONE makes it anymore, or at least no one here sells it anymore. We went to four paper stores, to no avail. I did, however, manage to buy myself a poster, a notebook, a day-planner, and some groceries. I really have to stop spending money. Sheesh. Oh well, I can rationalize them all as necessities :-)
We had doener-kebap for dinner...it's a European thing, I think, because I've only ever had it here (actually, one of the questions in class today was "do you have doener-kebap where you are from?") It's Turkish and delicious...meat, lettuce, sauce, and yummy bread. Then I took the Strassenbahn home, and here I am, home much earlier than any night in recent memory. It's rather nice. I think I'll clean :-) Early class in the morning though, so early bed.
'Night y'all :-)
posted by Carly Fowler @ 8:56 PM
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