Beware the Ides of March

  Today wasn't that special.  Well, I take that back.  Today was entertaining.  Last night, we were supposed to get the 2nd student to live with us from the French part of SWitzerland.  She was supposed to arrive at the apartment around 10PM.  I hung out in my room ready for bed, because it was getting late and I wasn't going to stay up very late just to say hello.  10:00 came and went and it was soon 10:45PM.  The doorbell rang.  I was falling in and out of sleep since about 9:45, so I didn't really know what was going on.
  A few minutes later, my host mom came back inside speaking French with the girl.  I figured things were fine and so i went to bed.  I woke up this morning and got ready like usual.  My host mom told us breakfast was ready and so I said "ok! Ich komme!" and walked to the kitchen.  My host mom looked at me and said, "We have the wrong girl!  They sent us the wrong girl!"  Apparently the flight was late and the car was packed of girls that needed to be taken to their host families.  This girl, Virginia, claimed to be the girl who was supposed to live with us.  My host mom made a couple of calls after breakfast and she and Virginia left before 8AM this morning to try and sort things out.  I didn't worry about things at school.  I figured either the right girl would be there when I got home, or the wrong girl would live with us instead.
  Kelleen came home with me today because we had planned to see a movie in the afternoon.  Mondays are called "Blue Mondays" because it's the cheapest day to see a movie.  My host mom had left her keys in the door, so I couldn't unlock it.  I buzzed and she let me in.  Kelleen introduced herself and I told her we were thinking about seeing a movie.  We had a schedule of movies and the theaters on the kitchen table, so kelleen and I looked at it.  i asked if the right girl was here, but my host mom looked at me like I was crazy.  I repeated my question and she said, "no, but we are going to make the switch at 6PM tonight."
  We had just gotten home in time for "cake time".  My host mom made tea for both Kelleen and I and gave us some kind of baked good with chocolate in the middle.  Delicious.  We looked at the schedule of movies and decided we'd see "The Ides of March" at 6PM.  We hung out in my room until it was time to leave.  The movie theater we were planning to go to is only just down the street.  it's 5 minutes away or so.  I'll have to add a picture of it, so that you can see the street where I live and such.  Just as we were about to get ready to leave, the doorbell rang again.  It was Virginia and another girl, the right girl!  I have no idea how to spell her name.  It's something like "Nuamee".  I'll have to find out how to spell it!  My host mom introduced us and I continued to put my shoes on.
  We were getting ready to leave when my host mom asked where we were going.  I told her we were going to see a movie and then I'd be home.  She asked what I was going to do for dinner and I told her I would be home only a little later.  She said ok and that I could eat when I got home.  She told me that "Verdammnis" would be on TV tonight at 10:15 and so I had to be home in order for that!  "Verdammnis" is "The Girl Who Played With Fire".  I told her I would definitely be home in time for that!  We left and headed to the theater.  We got there and it was a really small movie theater!  IT's really cute though.  We bought our tickets and were surprised.  Normally, you have an assigned seat in the movie theater, but not in this one.  I liked not having to seat in a specific seat.  We had to wait a few minutes until someone told us the theater was open.  We walked in and found our seats.  It is a very old looking theater with a stage and curtains that cover the screen.  They drew back when the previews started and then closed again before the movie started.
    I won't give away anything about the movie, so no worries!  It was a really good movie.  George Clooney directed it and wrote the screenplay.  The movie was all in German which made it a little difficult to follow.  The voices didn't seem right for Ryan Gosling and George Clooney.  I think they could've picked better voice-overs.  They also spoke incredibly fast and so I had to focus on the words and also the scene to make sense of it all.  It was a good experience and I liked the movie, even though I couldn't understand every single word.
  I walked the short distance home.  My host mom was surprised I was home so early and asked if I had eaten.  I told her I hadn't and she told me to come to the kitchen right away and eat!  I told her ok and followed her.  She had left food on the stove for me to eat.  Noodles!  Yummm.  I'll add a picture of my dinner as well. It was incredibly delicious.  Pretty much everything my host mom, Birgit, makes is delicious!  I've told her what I don't like, so she knows what to avoid cooking.
  Anyways, I'm home now and just about to head to bed.  I don't think I'll be staying up to watch "Verdammnis" with my host mom, unfortunately.  I'm am way too tired for that.  Tomorrow I'm going with a group from school to the Pergamonmuseum right after school.  I'm going to need my energy if that trip is supposed to be 3 hours long.  I'll leave home around 8AM and not return until 6:30Pm or so.  I need my sleep!

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