DAY 12

peanut butter, shredded cheese, parmesan cheese, fat-free cheese, green beans, marshmallows, dr. pepper, bagel thins, almost anything diet : things i have failed to find at any grocery store.
coffee to go: something i have failed to find in every coffee shop except one.
skinny latte: something i have failed to find in any coffee shop ive visited
the fact my pepsi light cost 2 euros and a beer cost 1 euro: can go either way
a spatula: apparently they don't use them? or maybe my roommate just had no idea what i was talking about..

oh jif you come back to me! you hear!

however, many of those things noted above are the basis of what i live off of. with the exception of marshmallows. none of my co workers knew what rice krispie treats were so i was goign to make some for them, until they didn't have marshmallows that came in big bags. the marshmallows they sell here are in little tiny bags as like candy or something.
when i do buy like a million tiny little bags and find some rice krispies, i will make them some rice krispie treats.

it seems like int he lab somebody for some reason is always bringing something like some sort of cake or something for us to eat. whether its one of their students giving it to them or just maybe it appeared out of nowhere or maybe its a birthdya. who knows. but ive been able to try a bunch of different slovak sweets and its very interesting actually. sometimes hate sometimes like.
laura, one of the girls here from spain, made some sort of biscuit type thing for when sara left. u bet your ass taht im making it when i get home. so good but so simple..no bake..considering we don't have ovens. ay yi yi. or anything but a heating thing that you plug into the wall.

today i decided to stock up on some food so that i wasn't alwasy running to the gas station. which will be so much better. and healthier.

i went into work today but not for very long, just to take some data and such and then met monica in the center. we had lunch at a place called primi. it was pretty good.

i got to sleep in today for the first time in a long time..it was fantastic :D

now a few comments about druzba. druzba is where i live. to pronounce it its like drew+z+bu in butt. drewz+bu(tt) = druzba.

druzba..the dorm that doesnt sleep. now, here, druzba is considered one of the quiet dorms. which, to be honest, i think that it is pretty low key and quiet here at times. however, the fact that there is no air conditioning leads us to open our windows. i love our windows. they are the best thing ive ever seen. except when you want to go to sleep. they dont have screens or anything and they literallyt aken up an entire wall. so when you open one there is just a giant gaping hole that stands between you and the outside. itd be too easy to jump from. thank god though, im not suicidal. im on the third floor and can hear people's footprints on the ground outside when they walk by. i can hear almost every conversatoin from about 5 rooms up down right left and kitty corner to mine. now u may see why i say the dorm that doesn't sleep? the rooms are actually pretty decent and decent size, however im not sure what im sleeping on but i dont think it should be considered a bed. its a wooden box with cushions on it that look like they are from my 200 year old grandmas house. needless to say, i do manage to catch some zzz's most night. however, after sleeping on this for 3 months, sleeping on my bed at home will be liek sleeping on a fluffy cloud that god so graciously himself handed me and said "here kathryn..please..sleep on the fluffiest cloud i own tonight" i honlesty think that this fluffy cloud might be so comfortable that i wouldnt sleep. i would need a hard piece of wood because thats what my new back issues have adjusted to.

OK this is no jokes here, at all. this is what my bed looks like, except you need to take out the wooden things in between the cushions (even though they might as well jsut be there) and take off that back that you would lean against if you sat on it. that is what my bed is. and im actually serious. minus the pillow, but whoever decorated that couch knows whats up.

having guests sleep over that don't live here: these people expect you to pay them like 2.5 euros per night that you have somebody stay in your room here. are you kidding me on? ll pass on that one and just hope that they don't ask to see our cards for proof that we live here. that is a jok.e im already paying you to live here, don't tell me i can't have a guest! (not that i have any) but if i did, id have a qualm with this.

ther are only 3 washing machines in the entire building. this buildling is the size of maple willow larch at isu or like two of reno at iowa, depending on where u go to school. 3 WASHERS. NO DRIERS. no worries though.. i think i brought enough clothes to last me so ill never have to use them. haha jokes. kinda. but really, ill have to go down there soon enough. actually its "up" because its on the 5 floor and im on the 1st which is technically the third. i dont know.

long post today..sorry. hope u didnt fall asleep. laterz