A little bit of this and that

So I know I haven't posted in a while, but to be honest there really isn't too much going on that is post worthy. It is cold here and so I am really not doing much outside of work and the house. I am a little angry at myself for not going to the gym in the last couple of weeks, but I have been exhausted. So here are a few things that only deserve a few lines about my life right now:

1. I am handing out the first report cards of the year on Friday. They act like this is the biggest day in their lives. Teachers are freaking out about them and they only have to do them 2 times a year. I can't stand all the complaining.

2. To keep on the same subject of school and complaining, our staff is turning into the worst I have ever seen. I think it has to do with our common working space. For those of you who are teachers understand that when you get together at lunch or near the copy machine you start to talk about students, work load, other teachers, etc. This happens what once or twice a day for a few minutes at a time. Imagine if you did most of your planning in the same room with the rest of the staff. It is non-stop and it is making me resent people at work. We do not have computers or internet in our classrooms, so the we do all our computing in one room, the same room. This needs to change.

3. Completely changing the subject to my apartment. I still love my apartment and my roommate is cool. She actually left for Vienna two Fridays ago and I think will return this weekend. So it has been nice having the place by myself. However last Wednesday, so a week ago, I went to make a pizza and when I opened the oven there was a 1/4 of a chicken sitting in there. At some point before that Friday, my roommate had cooked a chicken, ate part of it and stuck it back in the oven, for me to find later. Now I know she didn't do this on purpose, but come on. It was quite gross. It had been sitting there for at least 5 days. Now I know what your saying to yourself, you didn't use the oven in 5 days, and this is true. For those of you that know me best, know I am not much of a cook and so it is understandable the oven wasn't used for 5 days.

4. Cat hair: I bought dark sheets for my bed this fall and really think they look nice. But only the 5 minutes after I put them on my bed. Because at that time the fat cat in my house comes and lies all over them. He is white and orange and so his fur really sticks out like a sore thumb. It looks gross, and I don't like it. It is just frustrating.

5. I have spent a lot of time this week researching places I want to see in Madrid. I leave in a week and I am spending 4 days there. I have looked on countless websites and watched a number of videos on things that I think would be cool to see. I am pretty excited to get out of Berlin and see more stuff.

6. I would just like to say that my trip to the states was wonderful, and I really miss everyone a lot. I hope that everything is going well in Kansas City, or where ever you may be, and I can't wait to see everyone again. You know there is always a place in Berlin, if anyone wants to come visit.

Thats all I've got right now. Hopefully I will have some good things to share after Madrid.