Jerrie's Travels

So Today..

this morning i woke up late again.. they even bought me a new alarm clock but i slept right through it.

so i looked like shit as i peddled my ass to the train station.

the morning trudged on what seems like forever.. in one class i slept.

my teacher didn't even show up for one period.

It was really cold today. I Think it was going so slow because i was excited to go see Matt and Mitch.

I went to My rotary meeting. They were eating deer... and i really can only think of one thing when i hear that

Bambi.

i am such a picky eater as it is. I Only really eat. Chicken. Pork. and Beef. I refuse to eat anything weird like that. So i was stuck eating some weird flour concoction and some Brussels  sprouts.

After the meeting.. which is held in this castle with a moat. i headed home and showered. I was waiting and waiting for Matto and Mitch to call... and they didn't

thank goodness i was on msn when they signed on and told me they would be under the clock in Zurich. So i rushed to the train station and caught the next train.

when i arrived at the Zurich train station is was right at 4 when people are finished work. so there was a lot of movement.

and then i saw a tall smiling face in the crowd. It was Mitch!. So i ran up to him to see him and Matt. They both looked surprisingly older.. which is ridiculous because i have only been gone a month ish.. but Matt has a little bit of a beard and Mitch got a hair cut. I Immediately started to drill them about there trip. about the hostels and there safety precautions.

We head down the main road in Zurich.. we wanted to eat at a Japanese restaurant but all the ones we saw were take away. eventually we were just to gant and sat down in Papa Joes to eat.

It looked like some kind of pub/restaurant thing.. so we Go in and eat.. which costed waay to much. But we had some good laughs.

The waiter was seemed to be pushing us to pay the bill and leave. so we headed down the street to Starbucks.

After the boys ordered some HUUGE mugs of some mocha frappe latte caramel. i don't know whats. we sat at the the corner and continued our Banter.

I felt like i was going with them. That i would be home in a month too. And that sentences definitely has both positives and Negatives.

We were laughing at the times they were frustrated with each other and i said "well who else can either of you imagine going on this trip with" and then they piped up with the smart ass remark of "myself?"

and without a second i responded "what! that's crazy! i wouldn't want to go to Europe by myself".

pause

I burst out laughing.

It really didn't realize what i had said and then it hit me.

i am such a blond sometimes.

hahahaha.

anyways. I was sooo glad to see them. And leaving was actually harder then i expected.

I got on the train... after Mitch managed to burn his fingers on the tiniest matches in the world.. seriously.. it is burnt into his skin... but i sat on the Train and i was once again kinda slumped back to when i had to leave my family. Sometimes you really do feel like the only person in the world.

it just creeps up on you like. OH HEY! don't forget! if you feel lonely, or just want to feel the comforts of home! you can't really!

My parents finally figured out skype.. which means... my brother finally installed skype.

so i chatted with them. (half of this was written yesterday and half tonight so my tenses might be fucked) but. talking to them was great.. BUT THEN

oh god.

this is where the story becomes a nightmare

i am totally spooked of the parrot. i think it is going to leap at me (no thanks to my dad for putting that one into my head) so as i head downstairs to turn off the Internet...  I keep thinking about it attacking.. and then it turned around on its little stump thing.. .and watched me... and started like... purring/growling... so i am like

oh no.

fuck that

i am NOT going past that thing.

so now i am stuck in the kitchen... which is a good place to be.. but its like 3 am and i am tired and i have school first thing. so i try to get some courage and walk past. but i just cannot bring myself to do it.

so as i lay on the sofa that is like... a big long sofa for all the kids to sit on at the dinner table.. i suddenly get the great idea to make a distraction..

so i grab 2 pink post its and crumple them into a ball...

the plan: throw the post its and then GUN IT. of course the bird is still watching me and my heart is still racing... i am one second from throwing the post it.. and i back out. so i decide.. that's it. i am just going to have to sleep on the kitchen sofa...

But then i realized... i left all the lights on in my room. and the door that leads to the stairs to my room open.. and the cats are not allowed in that room.

so one way or another. i will have to grow some balls. buck up and do this.

i tried everything... getting it to fall asleep.. then sneak attack and go.. but it just was not working.

eventually i passed out. and then at 5 in the flippin morning i am like. no. it is not going to end this way.. so i grab my post its and chuck em. now instead of booking it. I just watched as the luminous pink post its elegantly floated away from my body and gracefully swayed toward the ground.

the bird. fully aware of my presence... started mocking me. He had his game face on.

So i put up the hood on my house coat. and ran. i ran across the room like i have never ran before.

never looking back.

i crawled into my bed. Freezing cold... and got what was left of my hour long sleep.

only to find out today that the bird cannot jump that far.. and that i have nothing to be afraid of.

how embarrassing.

i woke up late for school. and missed the train. Therefore missing math.. which i do not feel so bad about.

hoped on the train and headed to Romanshorn.. only to get totally lost on the 8 minute walk to the school

i was such a wreck.

i had school until 4. I Wanted to kill myself

my favorite class is English.

for obvious reasons.

tomorrow i have music and it is all i have been hearing about. How crazy the teacher is.. so i am stoked for that.. and i only have school until 11.  I also got a phone call tonight for a exchange girl and she is having like all the exchange kids over to her house for Raclett or how ever it is spelt. so i am excited for that.

Facebook is being a bitch about my photos. So i will try again tomorrow. Tonight i am going to bed early so that i actually wake up to my alarm.

i have not heard it once yet.

Dad i got the food package today. One of the bag of cheezies had been ripped open. not like they opened the box.. trust me.. that thing was intense to get into. but they were definitely stale. but the other bag is GLORIOUS!. and the beef jerky... and the coke bottles... yum yum yum.

i cant recall anything else that was super amazing that happened.

the parrot thing was really a defining moment for me.

i feel like such an idiot. my host family totally laughed at me.

A couple days this past week have been harder. It kinda slapped me in the face a little bit. But I am sure i will concur that soon.

the photos above are of

a swan i was feeding under a bridge at lake Zurich.

Jane, Katie, Me and Sarah in Luzern

a photo of the planetarium we went to in luzern.

the Denkmal Lion in Switzerland... soo cool

and then a famous bridge from luzern.

also... in teh picture of me and the lion... you can see the pig around the lion

look for it.. if you have no idea what i am talking about... read the previous post... or the one before it.. i said it in there somewhere.

love you mom&dad

posted by Jerrie Ambrus @ 1:40 PM