Baby Igle

Eva and i were comming back from gerasdorf one night. We were driving ont he dark road when Eva suddenly stopped abruptly. I didnt see anything, untill we got up close. A little baby Porcupine (Igle) was on the road. He was a little confused and running all around int eh middle of the street. Eva flashed her headlights to the oncomming cars so they would stop for the little baby igle. The stopped and it succesfully crossed the street and headed back into the woods after getting foor from the fields on the other side. It was so cute. I can still remember picking one up in Bernardstahl with Jaro.

Ausländer Raus

So on mothers day a couple weeks ago, we picked up oma (Grandmother) from the hospital where she had been for a week due to diabetes. We brought her home and spend some time with her. She has started loosing her memory and doesnt always quite know who i am. So Leon, Romana, Oma, and I are sitting in the living room talking. Leon said to her ''Happy mothers day''. I thought she would have replied with a ''thank you'', but she didnt. She pointed to me and sais ''We dont want to keep them.'' We laughed a her comment and leon replied, ''Who dont you want to keep?'' Oma looks quickly says ''The immigrants''. We all looked confused at each other. Leon once again asked ''Which immigrant?'' Oma then points at me and says ''Her!'' We all burst out laughing. I guess my family doesnt want me after all. Yup, Oma was really showing her true colors on mothers day!! :)

The Memory Disk of Life

It has been exactley one year and three days since I started this blog. Going back and reading the first few posts made me realise how much can happen in one year! Its amazing. I think that everyone should keep their own blog, even if its just for yourself to read because you can reallz see and reflect on what you have accomplished that year! It makes you want to do even more with your life and creates an elevated motivation level which is always good! I highley reccomend making your own blog! Its worth it. You are able to recall memories that you would have otherwise forgotten. In a way its like a memory disk...of your life.

Barmherzigen Brüder Hospital

I had an unusual day today. I woke up at 3 AM and wasnt felling well at all. Like the past several months just very weak, dizzy, and fatigued. It was at am extreame so when i got up in the morning at around 7:45 i took a taxi to the hospital to get checked out. For all of you who dont know, in Austria we do t have to pay every time we go the the hospital. They just scan out cards and its practically free (due to a differant health care system than in America). So anyway, im waiting and eventuLly get called to see the doctor. He askes me the standard questions and based on my answers decides to draw blood and get it analyzed in the lab aswell as giving me an infusion of a gatorade like sibstance. It was bright yellow and said Ri on it. I googled it on my phone and all i got was Rhode Island. Well i dot really know what is was but it helped a little. While drawing the blood, as usual, I got stabbed not onl once by the needle, but 5 times. Twice by the elbow area, once in the middle o the arm, and oncein each hand. For me it seems that when it comes to blood, five times a charm! So after this uncomfortable semi painful pricking I got some gattorade injected into me for about one and a half hours. Finally that was over and i waited in the waiting room with 20 other strangers. My name gets called to descuss the findings. I did not go to the previous doctor who examined me befor hand but to the "head doctor of the emergancy room". He asked what i was here for and if the infusion helped. I replied and befor he even started discussing the results he told me that i had a very nice body figure and wanted to know if i would be willing to "model" for the hospital brochers/advertisments. At first i though he was kidding but it turned out he was serious! After i abliged, we went on discussing the results. He told me i have a mild form of amenia and perscribed me medication for me to take every day. After that he politley asked me to wait for the photographer. She came and i posed with the doctors in some photos. Its funny how things so random can happen to you. I mean... Think about it. Your in a hospital with a needle in your hand and the doctor compliments your figure and asks you to pose for him. It reminded me of when we were waiting for the ferry in New Jersey to visit the Statue o Liberty and these Chinese tourist came up to me and started taking pictures. Thy howver did so. Ause they thought i was a hippy!
Anyway so now im outta the hospital and waiting for the pharmacy to open in a half hour to get my meds.

Will update last post soon!
Hope all is well

The Opposite of My Wii Age

So I havent kept my word. I have only posted three times since 2011 began. I have decided that the sluggish winter months are over and I will once again start updating regularly…as in once a welk or more. So over the past month much has happened as usual. Most ocurances are not interesting enough to include in this blog, but i have colleted a list of a few that I found worthy of telling.

So when I came to Austria, I was 19 years old. 4 months ago I turned 20. Physically I have gotten older, but that is not the case when it comes to ticket buying. At the beggining of last summer, Eva would buy me a 19 year old adult ticket! Towards the end of the summer the age slowley started decreasing. I was suddely 18, and then 17 years old. Now thats still acceptable. I do have to admit that I do look closer to 18 than I do 20. But it didnt stop their. Over the fall my ticket age dropped again to 16, then 15. I told Eva that was pushing it, but she didnt seem to care. Over the winter my age fell once agin to 14 and then 13. In the spring of 2011, my ticket age took what I hope will be its last plung. A Museum was featuring a new exhibit, so I went with Eva, Leon, and two of Leons friends to see it. It was of stuffed, dead, skinned animals. Similar to the Bodies exhibit we saw in New York City a while back. Anyway, so were waiting in line and Eva tells me to go over and stand by the children. We get to the window and Eva orders tickets. 1 Adult and 4 children. Just to let you know, a childs ticket is 12 and under. So now I have to walk past the ticket collector as a 12 year old! Honestly, i think Eva may have pushed the limites to an extreme. I may not look 20, but I sure as hell dont Look 12!!! Anyway, she continues to do this wherever we go, and i must admit, ist quitt embarassing. They always ask if i have an ID and Eva always quickly repleys that I forgot it. They Look at me like im retarded, but what am I to do? Her thought is that as long as I can pass for a 12 year old, why not take Advantage of a discount. I thought Kearn over did it by saying I was 16! So according to Eva, im one year younger then Leon who is 13.

I digress.

So the other day, Leon and I weré home alone. Eva said she was going to be home at around 7-8, but as usual, she came home 2-3 hours later. their was no food at home and Leon and I had become extreamly hungrey. We decidedto call up an indian delivery service to order some food. Leon calls them, and starts ordering multiple dishes for us...thats when I realized that we didnt have any money to pay for it because eva had borrowed 50 euros from me that morning, leaving me with nothing. So i quickly told Leon. The ws too embarassed to tell them on the phone that we didnt have money, so he threw the telephone at my face, hitting me in the lip. It hurt, but more so was funny. I start cracking up, and all the indian guy hears in the background is us laughing! Neither of us cancled the order, we just hung up! Im pretty sure the delivery service guy thought we were mentally challenged!


to be continues when i have time...

Joy at the Cafe House

Today Leon came home from school and accidently left the door open. Turns out 10 minutes later Joy was missing. I frantically got my hoes on, grabbed my keys, and headed out the door while Leon strolled around the house like it was no big deal. I ran to the staires calling out for her and presses the elevator button. The door opens and guess who stood their looking up at me. Joy had managed to sneak in while it was open and couldnt get back out. Luckily the elivator was still on the fifth floor.

So couple of weeks ago we went to a cafe house named Dogenhofen. Its right by Praterstern and quite uncrowded during the winter. We often go to pet the owners dog and ours ay together. Shes a ni e old greek women who makes the best dishes, be it dessert or dinner). So this particular day Eleni was telling us a story while the dogs played. It suddenly became silent so we called for the pups to come over to us. Guess what crime Joy commited. She snuck back into the kitched and ate all the food in her reach. Included where two pre arranged dishes. But thats not all! Later on she stuck into the clset and ripped open a bag of expensive pig lung treats and ate them all up alone. That maxe her a little thirstey so she resorted to drinking out of the toilet. Lesson learned- dont let her out of your sight!

Prag Continued

So we took a walking tour of the city. Out tour guide was the czech women. She was short chubby and wore this furrycoat which made her look even more funny. We toured some bic church, i dont remember the name, and many other sites. We went oover charles bridge ( i think thats its name) and it was extreamly picturesque. Their are tstatues everz 2o feet, it is however a very long bridge to walk over. Anyway, the next day we got on the train and went home.

A couple weeks later, Leon purchased a puppy from the local pet stre. Hes cute and all but pisses me off. He barks every two seconds and the people who live underneath us in the appartment keep yelluing at us and telling us totie its mouth shut. No one likes them though, so we dont plan or tieing the dogs mouth shut! haha His name is Jake and is a Jack Russle Terrier. Joy and jake get along suprisingley well though, given the size difference. They chase each other around the house, its quite funny watching Jake easily run back and fourth while Joy lags behing, having trouble moving on the slick floors. We think she broke her nose. One day she was running aftewr Jake, and Eva wanted to block her way and stupidly did so by opening a drawr. Joy collided init was slamed extreamly hard into it nose first. At first she just sat theier and looked disoriented but Eva insisted that was nothing. later on that day the bridge of her nose was swollen twice the normal size. Eva insisted that was due to the gentle lead, which in nonsense. Anyway, she now has healed, but her nose does look like it was broken.

GThis brings us the the fire in the Wohlmutstrasse. A fire started late at night in the cellar. No one in the whole appartment building had fire allarms apparently, which is quite strange. Carine woke up to a large cloud of smoke which had filled her whole room. She went out to the hallway to see what was up and had to slam the doom shut because even mre smoke came int heat way. She decided to run to the neighbors appartment where they waited. The fire department sucked the smoke pout with some sort of large machine and everyone was evacuated from the building. many were taken to the hospital. Carina was givensomje staroids for her lungs, one elderly lady even dies a couple weeks later due to smoke inhalation. Now the whole place smells like burnt chemicals (furniture, bikes, tiers, etc.) all from the cellar which had been burned. Maybe ill upload pictures to the blog when i get a chance (and remember).

Then came the holidays, and my birthday, and New Years. We watched some fireworkson the Kaiser Lawn by the giant ferris wheel. I even did that thing where yopu melt the lead, pour it into water, and see what shape it takes. I decided mine took the shape of a persone holding a turtle, or some smaller animal. I think that means I will be working with animals soon!!!

This brings us to the present.

Yesterday Eva and I were driving on the highway, and she didnt have her yearly highway Sticker which is manditory in Austria. She wound up being pulled over and controlled. She could either pay 120 euros up front, or if she didnt have that she could pay 400 later. She didnt have the money, so I lent it to her by paying with my debitt card (dont worry Kearn, she will pay it back). The funny thin is that Ive been trying to use my visa debit card in austria for the past several months, but no one accepted it. Ironically, these people did. They'll take any money they can get their hands on.

We also found out yesterday after being told false information for the past 6 month that a person with an american diplome does not need to do all those courses worthtwo years of my life. every unversity in austria told me i was not allowed to take courses unless i do two years of austrian classes first. Both Eva and i were pissed off and nwere about to give up hope. By chance, we were told by the insurance people to call the people incharge of education, because I was no longer insured because Im not currently going to school. After calling the head of schools and universities in austria (the man directly under the minister for education) we were informed that their was no such law. They had all just taken it from germany and assumed that it was the austrian law aswell. I do however need to take a few testgs, but not two years worth of schooling. Hopefully I can pass those tests and try to get into the vet med uni in vienna.

Anyway, thats the good news. How ever because of this false information, I missed the deadline for the EMS test required for the admission into the Med Uni Wien. This pissed me off alsot, because as it turns out, i could have taken the test without a problem.

that pretty much sums up the last months of 2010, and the first of 2011.

Hope all is well in America,
- Sassi