It's time for the weekly update, kiddies!

Thursday: class and then nothing.

Friday: almost nothing. Did lotsa laundry and girly beauty stuff. I wasn't going to go out until I popped by Jenessa's room and they all were so silly and Sally literally fell to her knees at my feet begging me to go. I love that girl. We made a sweet deal and I got dressed and started getting excited to go out. We're downstairs waiting for the cab to the city when a certain someone decides she doesn't think she can physically go out anymore, if ya know what I mean, so I helped her to the bathroom. So I get back and everyone's gone. Vaguely miffed because I had gotten all ready and stuff, but glad it saved me the money, haha. And I guess their night turned out miserable and confusing anyways, so overall the night for me was good :P Morgan and I chatted until it was time for bed.

Saturday: Huzzah! I dragged Morgo to the Latvian House! Ivars was making copies over the week for me of these two volumes of tautas dejas written by Australians. He bought us some DELISH piragi from the cafe/straight from vecmamina's oven. Then we had this whole crazy episode where I discovered I have a great aunt who is still alive in Melbourne and that the pastor of the local church had my grandfather for a primary school teacher back in Latvij. No matter how big the world is, there's always Latvians to make it feel more cozy. We went to the art gallery in the city after that.

Sunday: Lots of sleeping in. Dinner was the best - chicken schnitzel! Although the food here is "free," rarely is it good. And while some say I shouldn't be complaining bc at least they're giving it to us, the truth is that I feel validated in my whining because I really am actually paying for it. But! Tonight's was good and I should have probably snuck a few pieces out to save for the next inevitably horrible dinner ;)

Monday: class again and then non-stop studying for the test. I almost forgot those skills. Haha There was also non-stop watching Big Brother during study breaks because it's on all the freakin time here and I'm addicted. Then I finished reading You Shall Know Our Velocity. Which yes, has characters who travel to Latvia, but this is not why I was reading it, I swear. I just like Dave Eggers as an author, ok?

Today: The big test! I haven't had one in over five months!! Some may call that lucky, who knows. Haha. But I think I did fairly well. Also, I got two more grades back, and I'm doing pretty well here. They tend to grade on a slightly lower scale, so getting an 83 can almost be depressing but then I remember that when they send the grades back to the states it's an added ten points. That makes the 95 I got for my last assignment really amazing! However, as I'm leaving class I realized that on the way out of my room this morning I'd throw the remains of my cheese-and-cracker breakfast (haha I had cereal too, I was just still hungry!) into the front pocket of my white sweatshirt... and so I didn't remember it until after class when I discovered the cheese had left big grease stains on the pocket of my shirt. I don't know why I'm telling you this.

THEN! Then I almost got hit by a car!!! Really, it was all my fault, but it was really scary too! I was about a block and a half from the tram when it pulled up so I ran to catch it.. and right before there's one lane of a street (the tram runs down the middle). I saw people waiting so I stopped for a minute, but the freaking crossing signs here start this weird beeping noise when you can cross and I heard it go off and started across the street bc the tram was still there! But it was the wrong side!! And cars started driving right at me! woiiii. I guess this story does not sound as slightly not my fault as it would if you were here and knew what that crossing noise sounded like. What is it for anyways? Can't be for blind people because you can't for which side of the street the noise is for! Other than that I don't see any necessary reason! Bah. Oh well. I'll still blame it on the noise and not my own stupidity ;) lol

Ok, but that's about all. not quite sure what I'm doing the rest of the day, but we have tomorrow off school so I'm sure something fun will turn up eventually. Just wanted to update. See yaaa.