Who care's? It's Easter!

So this week hasn't really been all that interesting.
My timetable has been totally messed up. I've been turned away from classes, not turned up to the right ones and well it was just rubbish. I've done maybe 6 hours total. I work hard for my money really. The classes have all been quite boring too - no gems to quote, alas. I also was told off today for not giving the students enough feedback and not correcting them enough. 
On Tuesday I went to house group. This generally end in lively debates [that took a really long time to translate vivant - my brain has been working in French all week]. Normally these move much too fast for me to be able to contribute very much, I just listen and follow. This time, I waited patiently and put my point across. I like that group. There's one guy who for the life of me I just couldn't understand a word he said. I ended up hoping he would talk less! Had this not been in the middle of the debate I would have asked him to slow down and maybe use a bit more Hochdeutsch (the equivalent of Queen's English) but I didn't want to interrupt anyone and I picked up most of what was happening from the responses anyway. :D
What else have I done... I tried buying my sister a present. I know exactly what I want to get her but haven't found it yet. Nicky told me yesterday where I could probably get it but I don't have time to go before I come home. Sorry Katie, you'll have to wait :) During this rather brief conversation, one of the younger students walked past and told him to stop flirting. This made me giggle - it's a such a teenage boy thing to do!
I passed on playing football and did some work instead. I have finally settled on a topic for my German YA essay. It's really rather geeky that this is exciting for me but I don't care. I've spent ages trying to dream up a title and now I have a working one.
There is packing to be done but I can't be bothered. I'm setting off home in 3 hours, I should maybe step on it. In around 12 hours I'll be landing at Manchester - home sweet home! 

At least it wasn't a camera

I'm apparently rather well known - within the church I've been going to that is. The number of people who have now used the phrase "oh you're the English speaker!" is astounding. I drew enough attention to myself by coughing all the way through the service. I chatted to lots of people, who nearly all told me that my German is fantastic, and forced myself to drink what had been promised as a schwarze Tee. Supposedly the closest thing to British tea. It was not. My sister has posted some Tetley's though. I'm excited for a good brew. Yes, me of all people, excited for a brew. Who'da thunk it.
It must have been due to the weather and not wanting to stay indoors that I decided to go for a run on Sunday afternoon. See, I couldn't find a legitimate reason to spend time outside whilst being ill, but my logic suggested a run was OK. Don't question it. I thought it was a short run, Bregenz couldn't be big enough for a long run. It was nearly 3km. Not that short then.
It's been a good week. Classes have been quite easy. Even the class that drives me mental spoke up a little bit. Plus I had Thursday off this week too giving me a 4 day weekend. Nice, hein? 
Lots of people were round at Chris and Maria's for drinks and food on Tuesday etc. I arrived later than most by which time there were varying states of sobriety. My choice not to drink at all was greeted with a "Why are you here!!" Touching really.
I also went to house group again. This time it mostly a debate about a new church that has been set up recently and appears to be stealing all the youth. I say this, it got increasingly hard to follow. The more heated the debate, the more dialect they used and the faster they spoke. However, my list of vocab to look up was quite short at the end.
Thursday night everyone met up for drinks in Feldkirch. I managed to get to the train station before realising I didn't have my purse and having to trek back again. However, it did mean I ended up on the same train as Helen and her boyfriend. It was quite a competitive evening with table football and electronic darts. I turned out to be decent at the latter because the darts didn't need to stay in the board. Plus I'm fluky. Bonus. In all of this though, my phone fell out of my pocket into the sink. The screen is not at all happy about this. I should not own electronics. Not unless they can withstand falling in the bath like my old creative mp3 player. My phone is now sat in a bowl of rice. Some say this helps draw out the moisture. Fingers crossed it works!
As I stayed over in Feldkirch, I spent the day chilling in the sunshine with Drew and Xan when he wasn't at work. We really didn't do much, we sat on some swings in the park for ages, mooched, bought ice-cream and sat by the river. A very nice relaxed day. I finally went home about half 6. The fact that I had no idea where the train station is may have been part of this. My nose and left shoulder are a little pink now. Damn British skin. Pretty much as soon as I got home I got into my pyjamas and snuggled up watching TV shows. I had to go down and let Maral into the building which I was not impressed about. I was cosy!

silence doesn't suit me

Ah it's been an interesting week.
Sadly there are no worthwhile anecdotes from my classes this week. One student interrogated me on my political views. I haven't really done very much you see. For a number of classes I've sat quietly in a corner.  I did get to watch part of Sherlock Holmes though. That same class had the following to solve.

A snowball is thrown at Sherlock Holmes' window, breaking it. He goes outside and sees 3 running away. Their names are John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Matt Crimson. The next day Sherlock receives a note that reads "?Crimson. He did it." Who should Sherlock Holmes question?

Answers on a postcard please. One girl in the class put me to shame by getting htis much quicker than I did. Actually, I'm not convinced I would have got it. FAIL. 

I lead a class on Pancake Day which, erm, pales in comparison to the Austrian celebrations. 

On Tuesday I went to a church house group, where I met some people my age. yay. I didn't follow all of the discussion but I enjoyed being there. I took my new German bible as well as my english one. I figured it might help with some of the vocab. :D

Wednesday came around and my laptop decided it had had enough. That was it. It was temporarily fixed after I followed some instructions from my friend, making me feel all techy, but then threw in the towel. I couldn't even get it to turn on. I amde a few enquiries and took it to a computer shop on Thursday. I was supposed to get it back on Friday afternnon but apparently it's more complicated that they first thought. As far as I understand, I need a new harddrive. Goodness knows what the other jargon meant. As well as depriving me of my go-to item for entertaining myself, this is causing a slight problem. All my documents may or may not be saved. My first thought, if I lose all my music and all my photos I will be absolutely devastated. Probably slightly more importantly, my YA project, due in today, is saved on there. Needless to say, it won't be being handed in today. Is it sad of me to admit that I have missed my laptop? I never realised how much I use it for. I mean, it's constantly on playing music and now my room has been so very quiet! (I've been able to hear my neighbour play/sing Bruno Mars' Grenade repeatedly)

On top of that, I spent Thursday on a wild goose chase. I have to hand in all sorts of forms and documents so that I can get paid. Sadly, noone deems it important to actually tell me what these are, where to find them or any other pertinant, useful information. That would be far to efficient and German. Instead I spent ages wandering around town going into different buildings and then being redirected to eventually be told that the form I was after, I couldn't get. Nice. I'm now all set with the correct forms and just need to get that signed somewhere.

Just to finish Thursday off, my lightbulb went. This required a huge team effort to change. I learnt the german word for 'bad luck' that day!