I Mailed Some Mail

Hello there.

Busy day, although nothing special, I'd say. I would say that I'm starting to have a bit of scary obsession with the granola bars here, they are oh-so-delicious. And really not so bad for you; they have about the same nutrition as a Chewy bar, they're just way more amazing. So that's exciting.

I had Western Civ this morning at 10:05am, then I went and had lunch with a few people. We had... stewed beef with mashed potatoes and green beas. It was really quite good. Then I hung out for a long time before my 2:50 English class because math was cancelled today. So I spent a few hours checking e-mail and writing letters at the library. Then I went to the post office ready to do whatever it took to get postage stamps, and the woman speak English! So I mailed some letters. Sorry if I didn't get to you in this batch. I'm going to buy postcards tomorrow, so if you weren't sent a letter today you will be sent a postcard shortly. I just have so many fans you know... answering the fan mail is quite a job... just kidding.

I got another package from Oma today, which I was super-excited about. And I put a few things together; Soraya, the lucky girl, will hopefully be receiving a package soon. I hope I didn't mess anything up; although I'm pretty sure I made a mistake somewhere. The Swiss have some very odd rules about packaging. They probably just seem odd because I don't know what I'm doing... Ahhh... The Swissness...

So after the post office, I went to English class, which was largely uneventful. Then I headed back down the hill and Deniz and I went to Migros in Paradiso to pick up a couple of things. I bought some school supplies, mostly folders. As well as some tape and scissors to make me package-prepared. Mailing stuff from here to the US is apparently ridiculously expensive... it might be as much as 40 francs for me to mail Soraya an itty bitty box. Don't worry Soraya it's not that itty-bitty. But it's not large, by any means. Then I hung out in my room for a bit before heading up to dinner with Deniz, where we met Keely, Alauna, and Katie. Then we walked over to the Main Villa to check out Student Assembly speeches, but they were over. I didn't run, shockingly. I'm trying to quit the habit, you know. So we just walked back down the hill, and I just finished cleaning my room. It's quite the task keeping this itty bitty place in good order. I can't concentrate on homework when my room's a mess.

It was super-hot today, in the nineties all day. I was very gross and sweaty by the time I made it up to Western Civilization this morning, quite frankly. It's supposed to start cooling down over the next few days. We'll see. This Saturday I'm planning on either going to the Ponte Tresa morning market or to Bellinzona. Next Saturday I think a few of us are going to head to Milan. And then the last weekend in September there's the Smart Car Rally going all over Switzerland, which I really want to do. It's easy to let yourself get bored here, as most of us noticed this weekend. So we're all trying to think of ways to keep busy now.

I miss you all! Smile!