I don't even know...

I'm so lazy!!!!!

All I did today was watch movies. And Skype people, which is awesome. But no work. Again. Haven't done anything productive since flipping Wednesday. WEDNESDAY?!?!?!

Oy... yes, I'm an old Jewish woman.

I've been so tired. I think it's from doing nothing and just eating. Like today when I had a gigantic kebab and then watched The Departed. Which is a really good movie minus the first and last twenty minutes of the film....damn you Scorsese! I don't like his movies. I shouldn't be surprised that the last twenty minutes was a waste of my life.

This have gotten better around here. I talked out the "dramas" of my life and I'm feeling better. I met two Irishmen last night at Spring Bros. and I made a new friend with the barmaid I know that sounds bad, but she's American and she wants to hang with some Americans...it's hard being not around people you have a common culture with even though she is half Swiss, but that's besides the point..., her name is Olivia. We're gonna hang out soon. :)

The Amsterdam people are returning home tomorrow morning and I'm glad that they are. I've missed all of them!

Tori is leaving tomorrow. I'm going to miss her. Like, a lot. She cracks me up and she definitely makes this house a lot more fun and entertaining. Like today when she and I rocked out to peanut butter jelly time and hot potato...we're awesome. Be jealous.

There really isn't too much going on...I've been too lazy...which is NOT good. *shakes fist at self*

I'm going to find the hostel for Mallorca and start planning my Spring Break adventure! Yay Ireland! :)

I love my random adventures!!!

Yesterday was an interesting day. I was so unproductive it wasn't even funny. But hey...I had some fun. So that's all that counts, right? RIGHT?! Ok, good. Glad we're in agreement.

I was planning on going into work at nine yesterday morning. That didn't happen. I haven't been sleeping well this entire week...between loud house mates and feeling sad and missing home, it just wasn't happening. I finally slept Wednesday night though, so

I just emailed work and told them that I was working from home. Beris really shouldn't have told me I could do that if I needed to... And by work from home, I mean I turned on my computer, read one article about Indian cook stoves and then read blogs. Go. Me.

Then Elliot and I went on an adventure! It was sooo much fun!

We walked over to Old Towne to check out the Cathedral that's there. It used to be Catholic then the Reformation happened and they were all like, "No, no, silly Catholics! We don't like you! You can't stay here you ninnies!" So they took out all the awesome decor of the interior of the church. It's still for real beautiful in there. It's actually really cool to look at the walls, because on the stone you can see the scratching that was done to remove all of the whateveritwasthatwasonthewalls to make it simple.

I was blown away, yet again, by the beauty of this Cathedral. I love how big and airy it is. I may go to church h

ere one Sunday, just to say that I did. Don't worry, Mom, there is a Catholic church right

up the street that I'm going to go to this weekend. Don't you worry...

Elliot, being the awesome fellow that he is, found the tower entrance. And so the adventure continued...

We payed, and by that I mean Elliot paid yay me for not having ANY cash on me..this comes up again later..., and began out trek up the narrowest stairs I've ever climbed in my life. When we reached the top of the stairs, we looked around and we like, "Really? Is this worth four francs?! I don't think so...Oh look, more stairs!" So we kept walking up MORE narrow steps. It was SO BEAUTIFUL. Actually, I don't think that beautiful fully describes what it looks like. Look, here's a picture!

I don't think that was not good enough. You want another? Ok, you're gonna be jealous. Just sayin'.

Told ya. :D

So after that awesomely cold, windy excursion we popped into a creperie. NOM. And because I'm such a tourist I took a picture of my food...

So remember how I had no cash? Well, Elliot didn't either after the Tower bizniz. The door said that the stupid place took credit cards. So, I went to pay with my handy-dandy credit card, but it wouldn't work. Which freaked me out a bit. So Elliot gave them his. Didn't work. So I gave them my other one. Didn't work.

ASD[ERIOIGFEJRN;WERIWEJRWLKEJFLEJHR387YUP!!!

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Couldn't be us if THREE cards wouldn't work. So Elliot went to the closest ATM for some cash. And by closest I mean a ten minutes walk and yes I measure distance in minutes...I'm from Akron, yo from where we were.

Still fun? I think so. :D

Made some yummy fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans last night for dinner. OMG it was soooo good! I haven't had such a good meal in a few weeks. Probably the lasagna I made. But in reality it was the roast my momma made me before I left. :) Nothing beats dinner cooked by your mom.

Today I went on a walk in the most frigid weather we've experienced here. SO. COLD. But I got a really pretty black lace dress and another more casual dress to wear with leggings. WOOT!

Also. Scheduled a trip to Mallorca, Spain for the first weekend in April. Sooo sooo excited for some beach time. Plus it was great. Switzerland decided to love me today and send me my Stay Permit AND my Eurail pass. *does happy dance*

I see you!

Not really. But wouldn't that just be suuuper creepy if I could?? It would be like Big Brother only Eerie Ellen. Maybe? Probably not.

So I want to tell you about my job here in beautiful Geneva.

I'm working at World Vision International, which is a non-governmental organization that has offices world wide. I just happen to be at the one here. So there :P

The organization is actually pretty cool. They are a really diverse group that touches on all of the major and many minor aspects of poverty. Their main focus is on children and their betterment, but they also work to help men and women of all ages to have a better and easier life in developing countries around the world.

Like I said before, I'm working with Beris and Laura. This week they are both gone. Which is a little funny since Laura was supposed to be my backup supervisor this week while Beris is gone. But nooooooo.....she has to go to Tanzania like a lucky little girl. Although Tanzania? Not sooo great. They be supah poor there. So I guess it's a good thing. Whatevs.

With them gone I'm on my own. So Laura is having me work on research for a paper on Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) and pneumonia caused by i

ndoor pollution. Snooze fest??

Surprisingly, no.

It's shocking!

I read for about 4 hours. It was intense. But awesome at the same time. I get to do the same tomorrow. I know, you should be totally jealous. I don't recommend reading about micro bacteria and fungi while eating a banana though. Eww....

This is one of the views from my office though. I about die every time I look out the window.

And this is what my office looks like. That little white desk to the right bottom corner is where I'll be sitting next week when Laura returns. Until then...her desk is mine! Muahahah!

Workin' at the car wash!!!

Ok, first of all, why do I have the most random blog titles? For real. I don't know where they come from, and yes, I know that many have been phrases from songs lately, but come on. I know my mind is random, but why "Workin' at the car wash??" That's a terrible one, but I just can't bring myself to change it. So hopefully it brought some confused laughter to your life just as it has for me. :)

So I'm sitting at work.

I'm soooo productive....and by productive I mean that I've basically been falling asleep all morning and no amount of caffeinated beverage is helping this situation...Not. Good.

I'm basically here on my own. There are a few others but I think they've all left. Except for Gladys. She's the receptionist. I think she's always here. She does run the place after all. Go, Gladys! Go, Gladys!!

So my production level is quite low this morning. I feel very important right now because I'm typing so maybe everyone that can hear me actually thinks that I'm doing something that counts for work today. I mean, I did read some book-like things for about three hours. So it was dead silent. Which I hate. I don't know how these people work is such silence. I need sound, yo. Yay for iTunes!

I'm very frustrated with the internet this morning because I couldn't get it to work. Wanna know what I did to make it work?? I know you are just dying to know!!!!

I turned it off and then started it again. And no, I did not think of that on my own. One of the girls I work with told me about that. I feel dumb.

But then I couldn't (and still can't) get my email to open for my Kent email. It sucks because the project one of my supervisors wanted me to start today is located in my email inbox. I'm a little bit ridiculous...

SOooooo looking forward to a nap!!

What the heck, Geneva?!

Ok, this weekend...never again. I didn't like it. That's all I'm really going to say. I hope that the rest of the weekends are better. Like next weekend when Alexis and I go to Bern and Zurich. Wooo!!! :)

Anyway, two people got pick-pocketed last night at the bar. How much does that suck?! Hannah lost 200 francs and Taylor had his wallet stolen. I feel horrible for them. That's why I keep my money in my handy-dandy storage called my bra. Gooooooooooo me!

This week, I think that life here will actually get going. I'll be going to work on a regular basis and I'll start traveling. I can't wait. It needs to start. UGHHH!!!!!