New home

I have now settled down to a room, which has happy airplane posters on the walls and teddy bears on the shelves. I cleared out some own space, managed to swap the basket sofa to a big and comfy sofa i.e. bed. And yet again do I have IKEA fittings.

There’s no way I can complain now, though. I have two wonderful roommates, Charlotte und Kira, to whom I blabber elemental German. Even though I must sound like a baby, I feel proud that I have managed to avoid the temptation of speaking in English and actually explaining myself clearly. Well, at least for now there haven’t been bigger misunderstandings. Not that I know. I don’t always understand what they tell me but either I ask “Wie (bitte)?” or "Was" and look enquiring or just let it pass. The girls don’t exactly speak slowly to me, which I perhaps start to appreciate a little bit later. Most of the things are easy to understand but forming clauses is difficult. Compound(?) verbs such as aus/packen (= to unpack), vocabulary and inflexion of words (“Ich gebe den Kater ein Fisch”) are the hardest.

Now I’m preparing myself for tomorrow’s work. I feel like an adult. I have work and I am going there tomorrow by metro in my new black leather shoes and airy pants which I just ironed. I hope that I will get a good night sleep. Last night I woke up to a huge bang and in the morning I found 3 kilos of sugar on the floor. The two black cats were rampaging at the darkest hours of the night. Gute Nacht sagt der Sandmännchen.

Ernie wanted to drink some water and managed to drop the vase.