Sunday, October 08, 2006

Aarau.. AACCchhhooo!

You wouldn't believe the week I've had. I'll just give you the highlights:

Texas A&M LOST... to Texas Tech... Did I also mention that I had somehow conviniently forgotten my tickets in Austin and had to scalp some additional tickets to get into the fucking game to see us lose to TECH?

I arrived on Monday prepared to take off to Switzerland. All was good with the world with the fine exception of my laptop decided to have a hard drive failure at DFW causing me not to have any of the data or materials that I'll need for the next 2 weeks of work in Switzerland.

Tuesday I find out I have the flu, complete with sniffling, congestion, fever, and body ache. I will spare you the nitty gritty details as it's making me sick all over again.

They have mosquitos here. Lots of them. On top of everything I look like I am breaking out in hives and itching feveriously.
That's about it. But I do have a funny story for you...

Wednesday morning after yet another night of doing that sit up in bed and attempt to fitfully sleep thing, I had the brilliant idea to take a shower. a hot one. With lots of steam. So I crank up the heat. With visions of being able to breathe again dancing in my head, I tenderly step into the steaming hot shower. As I am attempting to get dressed, the most unpleasant screeching siren starts directly above my head as I realize that the steam from my shower has just set off the smoke alarm in the room. The piece de resistance of my week is having the hotel staff walk into my hotel room while I am precariously standing on the bed waving frantically at the smoke detector with one hand and attempting to keep my last shred of dignity together in this hand towel they call a towel with the other. It was not my most graceful moment to date. Of course they don't speak English. Did you know that verrückt is crazy in German? What a wonderful wealth of knowledge I am acquiring on this visit.