It's all in my head

Tuesday was a pretty low-key day. My flu had turned into sinus congestion so my participation in Turkish class was a bit hard. Towards the end of class my professor asked me a question and I said sorry I cannot hear you. I could tell she was getting annoyed because she was repeating herself an octave higher. But the sounds I heard in my head were slightly different than the ones I had been learning.

I headed to the cafeteria with John after class. Once there we met up with thee Germans (Sebastian, Nina and Liviu), some Americans (Nate, Petra and Jamie). We had a good time cracking up about Turkish class and learning languages. I think I’m going to attempt to learn German while I am here.

My last class of the day was at 3:30 with Damian, Lexie, Kat and Freda. We usually sit in the second row but this time Damian left us because the teacher calls on us too much. He was right, the teacher asked me a few financial and economics related questions. Again these topics are not my forte. After class I met Mart, the guy Damian sat next to during class. I asked him why Turks laughed at me when I practiced my Turkish. He said, “all of our lives we try to learn English. It’s weird to see someone try to learn Turkish.”

I went back to my room after class to start studying for my Turkish quiz on Thursday. The dreaded quiz that will cover all of the Turkish words I have learned so far, approximately 100 words. I studied for an hour then headed out to dinner at 6 and ice-skating with a few exchange students at 7. We had a good time especially since I was not the first to fall. Lexie was the first one to fall with a grace fall face dive.

Most of us left after about an hour of skating to go study for our Turkish quiz. I suggested to my roommate that we study together. We had a little system going on for a bit of time until she hopped in the shower and I said I would “rest my eyes”; at the time this was true because I was reciting Turkish words. Next thing I know its 6am in the morning. Oh, well so much for resting my eyes.