been missing much. The semester wound down, which unfortunately meant
that I actually had to do work. I aced my beekeeping exam, a very
important accomplishment in my life. If you need any info on bees, I'm
your go-to person. Yesss.
I got an A in philosophy, Lit, and Czech as well. There you go Mom, I
know that makes you happy. I ended up really liking Czech. I think
I'll continue with it when I get home. I wonder if Rosetta Stone makes
a Czech version. Must keep up. Even though it is completely useless in
the US, how cool would it be to say that you spoke Czech?
The landscape architects has their open house on Wednesday. It is
really fascinating what they do. Their project was to redesign a
neighborhood in Prague that was designed by the Communists [read:
UGLY]. They all had different designs, incorporating different
landscape techniques [parks, graded green spaces, pedestrian walkways,
ponds, sculpture, etc.]. Very cool. I know that I'll look at "spaces"
differently now.
The fashion students also finished this week. Their assignment was to
make costumes for "Midsummer's Night Dream", stage a 10 minute play
and make a cocktail dress. The girls were starting to work on the play
and I offered my expert opinion and ... ended up
in the play. I was the narrator and had to make my own costume. I
think it turned out really well...I made a long black skirt with a
train that had blue petals [in graded colors and sizes] that looked
like a flower. I also made a headband and necklace. I am quite proud
of my little outfit, seeing that I've never sewed before. Last
Saturday, we had a photo shoot for the costumes. They hired a makeup
artist to make us look fabulous and then had a professional
photographer take our pictures. It was pretty awesome.
We had our fashion open house yesterday where we staged the play and
then the girls had a fashion show for their cocktail dresses. It was
super fun.
After, we all went out for a farewell dinner to the monastery where we
all went out the first night. Wait, let me back up. Earlier in the
day, someone decided that we needed to have a mustache party. See, all
of the boys have been growing out their beards [or trying to...] the
whole semester. So yesterday, they all shaved down to mustaches. Not
to be outdone, the girls constructed our own mustaches. Mine was made
out of blue felt. It was fabulous. Anyway, we all went out to dinner.
With the mustaches. We got some strange looks. The best part was that
someone had brought their eyeliner, so EVERYONE got a mustache,
including our professors, the assistant, and they head of the program.
It was AWESOME. Probably the weirdest thing I have ever done [and I do
theatre], but so awesome.
Mom and Dad are arriving tomorrow! I am so excited to see them. Harris
and Laura arrive next week and then we all take off for Vienna. After
we get back, Laura, Harris, and I are heading to Budapest and Krakow,
and then Laura and I are flying to Dubrovnik for almost a week. Life
is not too bad.
I'll be home on May 16th. It seems very close and very far away at the
same time. Three weeks!! However, you may not see me for a while even
after I return. See, I was crazy and booked my flight to Frankfurt at
6:00 AM. Which means I have to be at the airport at 4:30 AM. Which
means I have to leave the hotel at 3:30 AM. Which means I have to get
up at...oh I don't even want to think about it. Blerg.
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