Livin' the Dream

Just got back from the gym and am devouring fresh bread rolls. Yes, I know that I just worked out and am eating bread so my workout probably cancels itself out with these bread rolls. But you don't understand. Bread and rolls and anything pastry related in Poland is just one of the greatest things- mostly because anytime you walk into the store, fresh rolls are being taken out of the oven. It would be illegal NOT to buy just a few. Back to the gym- I am still training for the half marathon (God help me). I think it's funny that when you sign up for a race a few months before you're supposed to do it, you are more than confident that it's pretty much gonna be a piece of cake. Then there's a few weeks or days left and you secretly are hoping that the race is cancelled altogether. I'm not saying I don't want to do it, but 13.1 miles just seems like a lot. Today at least. Tomorrow it might be a bit different. Hopefully because I literally have 9 miles to run. We shall see how that works out.

Anyways, let me tell you about my semester break. First of all, I canNOT believe it's been a year since the girls visited me in Poland! Time flies, that's for sure! I definitely didn't expect to be back in Krakow a year after we all visited. Somehow, I did make it back and had a blast as always. There's something about Krakow that gives you the modern entertainment mixed with the old feeling of the cafes and everything else. I was able to workout quite often in a really really really nice gym. It's funny how the atmosphere of your surroundings make you more "fit." We went bowling where I won three games in a row (I wish you could have seen my face...pure excitement, zero pity). Oh and we played in the snow because it finally snowed more than 2 inches in Krakow which was awesome. We also made it to a show at the theatre which I thoroughly enjoyed, especially since there was a huge discount for students that day. All in all, Krakow was a blast. After Krakow, my friend Ania and I were supposed to go down to Zakopane for two nights, but unfortunately she broke out in a high fever and felt miserable. So, I decided to cut my trip short and go up to Pulawy to visit my family instead. Seeing the fam bam is always entertaining. I wish I could explain the way we all are with one another. It's like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" meets "Home Alone" with a splash of "The Matrix". I'm telling you, my family is a hoot! We did some face painting, ate a lot, went to Kazimierz Dolny, ate some more and laughed uncontrollably while eating. I decided to leave on Friday morning so that I could get organized and so that I wouldn't have to be rolled out of Pulawy after eating like an absolute pig.

As for my plans for the weekend- nothing too exciting to tell you the truth. I mean, I am going to switch out my winter and spring clothes which I am beyond excited about and I already cleaned my room from top to bottom which was a blast, but nothing that normal people would consider exciting. I also have to organize our Budapest trip. I am leaving to go down to Krakow (yet again) on Thursday afternoon because my flight is out of Krakow later that night. I'm so excited to go! I already have a tour figured out and we're going to the opera and to the thermal baths!!! Like I said, I am beyond excited! I shall post pictures when I get back that's for sure. Oh and I have to organize my binders because the new semester starts on Monday aka class from 8am until 7pm, five days a week for the month of March. It shall be interesting to say the least. One more thing- I dominated on those two exams I was telling you about a few weeks ago! Whooooooo! And good news, I don't have to see that awful professor until next year- yay!

Alright, I'll leave you with a few pictures! Enjoy and have a great weekend!

What up Krakow?!

Too excited!

Such a homeless look

Passed out

Trying to be a role model

Oh man...what did I get myself into?

Of course we're related

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Babcia very upset I was taking a picture haha

Study Time aka Procrastination Time

Hello fellow blog friends!

It's that time again when I am extremely busy with studying and preparing for exams that I have tomorrow. To translate, this is the time where I am finding everything possible to, surprise-surprise, not study. I always wondered if the older we got, the smarter we got when it came to doing things last minute and it turns out that, that is not the case at all. In fact, we find hundreds of other ways to keep ourselves busy and not do what we're supposed to do because those things that we're supposed to do are things like chores and studying and bills and God only knows what. Needless to say, I am currently at a coffee shop I used to go to quite a bit, but haven't had a chance to make it here in quite some time. Actually, I wasn't even supposed to come here, but I decided the library wasn't something too appealing today. As a result, I packed up my good ol' backpack and walked over to the best coffee shop in City Park. Now, when one thinks of the best coffee shop, they usually think of things that appeal to all customers. So, I ordered myself a soy cappuccino (due to my lactose intolerance in case you were all dieing to know why I was drinking soy instead of wonderful lactose infested milk) only to have the barista tell me they have no soy milk. Next step if you can't have coffee at a coffee shop, get some tea, right? Well guess what? They ran out of tea. What kind of place is this?! As a result, I ordered juice. Yea, that's right, I ordered juice. I wanted to be all adult-like today and instead I got the same thing as the little 3 year old boy standing next to me with his parents. Awesome, I know.

Anyways, I am studying for my biomechanics presentation and final exam tomorrow. Talk about not knowing what I'm talking about when it comes to that class. I learned that when you don't know something in that class, the answer is usually "torque" so I'm hoping that gets me through tomorrow's hell of an exam. Now it would be a bearable exam if perhaps it was in written form such as a multiple-choice test like any other class that has a sane professor, but not this one. Not only is it biomechanics, the exam is oral. Yup, you read that right. It is going to suck the living daylights out of me. Whooo! Can't wait for tomorrow. Once I'm done with that I get to study for Methodology of Motor Teaching. I plan on dominating that exam just so I can throw it in the professor's face. In case you didn't pick up on it, I don't exactly like her. Actually, that's a very nice way of saying it- I would rather get kicked by a horse numerous times- no, no, no- I would rather drink my own urine everyday for a year- no, no, no- I would rather let someone spill acid on my hand repeatedly than have to listen to this woman speak. She is by far one of the most impossible people I have ever met. But, good news- once I'm done with this exam on Tuesday, I won't have to see her for...well until next year.

Best news ever- once I'm done with this exam on Tuesday, I will be done with my third semester in Polska! Isn't that crazy? Time has literally flown by and I would continue talking about this, but I'm nervous I'll become super emotional and get kicked out of this so-called "coffee shop". My plans for semester break are the following: I am going to Krakow, Zakopane and Pulawy. Whooo! Can't wait! Everything is sort of random and unplanned and going to be very spontaneous especially since I am going on this mini Polska trip with my friend Ania. Can't wait!


So get this, after booking our flights to Budapest and being really excited about going, the airline that we were supposed to fly with went bankrupt. Hilarious, right? Oh it was not. I was so angry, but after working some magic and calling the infamous Mama, everything got figured out and new flights were bought. Thank goodness! For a split second, Budapest was starting out as a disaster and is starting to turn around...let's keep it that way hahaha.

I think that is all for now. My computer is low on battery and I have to head out of here shortly because I'm going to the gym at exactly 4pm because that's when my gym opens on Sundays. The problem is that if I get there later than 4pm, I'll have to wait for a treadmill and all the people that are walking on them for literally an hour. Just a quick little ventation-to-the-nation: if you go to the gym, please don't walk on the treadmill. I do apologize to anyone that I am offending, but come on! Run on it or something- anything! Just please don't waste my time and walk on a treadmill because news flash!- you can walk outside. Ohhhhhhh! Is that why they made sidewalks? Just saying.

On a positive note, there is the cutest puppy here at the shop and I secretly want to steal it. I am wearing my backpack today so I figure I can hide lots of things in there. I think I'm gonna do it...just have to wait for the right...