So maybe I ramble a little bit.

This is the view from my window. It's very idyllic and German. The only problem is that it faces directly east. So I need to close the curtains when I go to sleep or I will be woken up by the sun shining very brightly directly on my eyes. It has not rained a single day since I've been here, while for the 2 weeks before it rained almost every day. Coincidence... I think not.

And now for some rambling. (I wonder where I get that from)
I've come to really enjoy cooking. It's fun. I don't have that much storage space and the supermarket is a 3 minute bike ride, so I usually go around 5 and figure out what I want to cook. It's very grown up and all that stuff. I made little brotchen pizzas today. I found out today that "ja!" also has shampoo. I'm slightly frightened to try that one though. I take such meticulous care of my hair. It takes hours to get the "I cut my hair twice a year" look.

One random note, the deposit on stuff here is crazy. It's like .25. I bought a 1.5L soda today for .39 (yes it was ja! brand), and there was a .25 deposit. I've discovered a forest with trails about 2 miles away, so that should help make running easier.

It turns out the deal with the stipend is that I can't get it until October 1st, because that's when the infamous David Starr gets back from Cali. I don't know what he's doing there, but he's the one who is supposedly in charge of my program. But it'll be around 400E a month once I get it, and I will get the money for September, just not until October. Thanks to the mind-numbing work I did this summer it's not an issue.

There is a TV in the dining room that's right next to the kitchen. When I'm eating my meals I usually turn on Eurosport, because I'm suffering from ESPN withdrawal and that's the closest thing there is. The last few days there has been the men's field hockey world cup on. It is apparently being held in Germany. And guess who advanced to the final, Australia.