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So.. this week was very stressful and trying at oma and opas..
i swear sometimes i want to strangle the children!.. haha oh im so nice i know..
but really.. they just make me so angry sometimes..especially the older one because she knows better and she just tries to be annoying. one example is that while im reading my book at night she will come into my room and say that she wants to see my book..which i let her and then she runs away with it and doesnt give it back to me. even after me asking her nicely to give it back she wont and then I will go to her mom and ask her to get it back for me. the minute her mom tells her to give it to me she gives it to me and then starts crying histarically like i just ran over her pet cat.. i dont get it.. In the mornings so also is so grumpy towards me.. i will say goodmorning and she will start screaming 'nein'.. and for anyone else in the house they probably would think that im doing something horrible to her but.. they know better than that. i understand that it would be hard for her especially to have so many people in and out of her life all the time but.. yikes.. i feel sorry for the au pairs to come because im sure that it will probably only get worse because her parents let her basically do what she wants and act the way she wants to.
so needless to say.. i was so excited yesterday at 3pm when i got to take the bus back to vienna to start my weekend. I decided i needed so humor to lighten my mood so i ventured to the movie theatre that i noticed last week.. which was featuring the movie Borat. Definatly what i needed.. very funny. The movie theatres are so weird here. When i bought my ticket the guy asked me where I wanted to sit.. unlike our theatres at home...they assign a seat to you when you buy your ticket.! I also didnt know which number was the row and which number was the seat so i just guessed..and no one made me move so im guessing that i guessed right!
today i went to the christmas market which was amazing. i didnt bring my camera with me but when i go back either tomorrow or next week i will definatly take pictures. its like a farmers market i guess but everything is christmas themed...there are lots of little booths with candles, christmas orniments ..etc..etc.. and it is pretty big.. I think there were over 100 booths and each booth is actually pretty big. It also is situated right infront of what i think is the city hall.. and thats also a very nice building to look at.
i also went shopping today and bought a few things.. and i got chased by a homeless man. I usually listen to my ipod while im walking around just because its sometimes really loud and i would rather listen to my music sometimes as opposed to the hundreds of people around me..anyways i was walking around the shops and i assume that the homeless guy had tried to say something to me but i didnt hear him because of my music.. so he followed me and jumped right in front of me which scared the crap out of me.. and he started talkign in german which i didnt understand any of so i just kept walking and he kept following and going off in german. finally i turned around and told him that i didnt understand.. he then says to me in english that he is very hungy and was wondering if i had any change to spare.. by this time though i was really getting annoyed with him for following me and scaring me so i just said i didnt and kept walking. needless to say he was a weird one.!
oh and this week, the aunt of the family left a dvd for me to watch .. its called We Feed the World and is all about globalization and fair trade.. on the whole a very good documentry but part of it was showing the process by chickens go through when they are being sold.. from the hatching them in the egg by the 1000's.. to feeding them and then shipping them off to the factories to be hung by their feet and stunned..then go through a rotating blade which slits their throats.. it was the most discusting thing... poor little chickens!! .. :(
well i think thats all i have to say for now.. nothing much more exciting has happened this week. i am reading my 12th book right now and its really good. mondays have become my day for the library as it does not open till 11am and is only open during the week..and mondays i dont start till noon so i have just enough time to run to the library.
:) danielle
posted by Danielle @ 9:20 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Danielle,
Nice to talk to you on the phone yesterday again. I feel bad that you are having problems with the kids. Sounds like they need a lot more discipline from their parents. I bet your glad your parents disciplined you!!! I am sure you kind of dread the beginning of the week. Are you going to be at Oma and Opa's all week again or just part of the week. Do they ever have a week where they don't go to Oma and Opa's? I think this may be another reason why the kids are cranky as they are back and forth so frequently between the 2 houses. That is tiring.
It is different that they assign the seats at the movie theater, although if they came here, they would think that it was weird that we don't. It is whatever you get used to. Breanne saw the movie that you just went to last night with Haley (she goes to dance, does cheerleading with Breanne and goes to FX too). She liked it as well.
The Christmas market sounds beautiful. Do they decorate the stores and houses like we do? Their streets sound crowded. Be careful walking around with your ipod on (don't play it too loud) as you may not hear a car honking to warn you to get out of the way. Do pedestrians have the right of way there?
It is raining right now. We had a warmer weekend which was nice. The driving was bad last week with all the snow we have had.
I am almost totally finished my last paper for this course. It will be finished around the end of November and then I will have about a month off before my next course starts. It is always so nice to have that month break between each course. I find I really need it!!
I went to Costco yesterday for the first time in ages. There is one about 3 blocks from Dad's new office. Anyway, I found a Sheltie calendar that has a picture of a dog that looks just like Emma did. And the weird thing about it is that the picture is for April, the month that Emma was born!!! Oh course, I had to get it! We miss her, she was such a spunky dog full of personality, at times annoying but she was also sweet and affectionate. Anyway, I don't know if I told you that they are going to be building a Costco close to our house, at the corner of the Henday and Lessard Road. That will be awesome!!
Anyway, must close and go watch Desperate Housewives!! Hope you have a good week!!
Love,
Mom
Dear Danielle,
I have been following your blog and find it very interesting. Sorry that your weekend in Salzburg was not that great. Lucky that you were there with the family the week before and they did show you some of the points of interest.
I get the feeling that you have had your fill with caring for children....they can get on your nerves. No doubt you are starting to count the days when you will wing your way back home. The weather here is so cold (minus 29 at present) the coldest we have had in a long time.
Auntie Sue and Cole came to Edmonton today. Samantha is making her Confirmation on Sunday and Sue will be her Sponsor. Uncle Dale is coming tomorrow and they will go back Sunday evening.
Have a good weekend, enjoy your time off.
Bye for now....Grandma C.
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