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Week four: I'm an idiot
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Hello again! Hope everything is going well for whoever's reading this... because my week four was quite interesting!
My fourth week here started off with a bang when I got invited to all you can eat sushi! It cost 10euro, and you had your choice of everything and anything that rolled by on two conveyer belts. There were two levels that ran by numerous tables around the restaurant. When you sat down, all you had to do was open the little plastic sliding doors and have at it! The people who sat right by the food were busy the entire time with requests like, "orange plate on the bottom!" or "no not that one! That one!" We laughed our way through MANY tiny little plates. I left very full but very satisfied. I will definitely be back.
So, that was Monday. On Tuesday, I finally proved to my coaches and teammates just how dumb I can be. I am proud of myself that I made it so long, but on Tuesday I finally locked my keys in my room. I had been switching them between my purse and practice bag and forgot to switch them. It wasn't that bad though, because my coach had the other set. As soon as I got in my own apartment I was asked by my parents, "Does somebody have another key?" Thank goodness he did, right? So I simple got the next set of keys from my coach at practice, which was where I was heading anyway.
Of course, that was just the tip of the Melanie Can Be Really Dumb iceberg. Those who know me well, and especially those who have lived with me (Allyson) should understand. The next day, I was going to go to the park to read. I had just gone outside to use my computer and when I came back in I threw my keys on my chair. As soon as the door clicked shut, I knew. I had locked BOTH sets of keys in my apartment.
My first thought was to go to the backyard and climb up to my second story window, which I had left open. I walked out the front door and it shut behind me before I realized it locks too! Luckily the maintenance guy or the landowner was there and he let me in. He saw me go around back to look at my window and asked me what happened. I told him I locked my keys in my room-- I tried in German first, but I think I used the Spanish word for my and instead of the word for key I think I said door. He asked what room number and went straight to my door.
He tried everything to get that door open. He demolished my health insurance card, put dents in the frame and drilled something for about an hour. When I suggested a ladder to the window, he asked my weirdo neighbor to climb up... apparently because he was tall. He told me to stay by the room and came back saying it was impossible. He should have just let me try. I would have climbed up. I didn't really want that guy in my room anyway. Eventually, after a very noisy hour filled with this guy cussing at the door-in English-he finally got it open. He charged me 10euro and told me I was very lucky. Apparently it usually costs about 50euro to get doors open. Now I leave my keys on my door handle every time.
Thursday was much less embarrassing, except when I told the key story to my teammates. We had practice and then I headed over with Melissa to her boyfriend Andi's house. There we barbecued and drank and watched the Germany soccer game against Portugal. Everybody thought that Portugal would win. Germany hadn't been playing very well and Portugal had been on a roll. But Germany was on fire that night. It was one of the best soccer games I've ever seen. Afterward was even cooler.
I told you about what I saw on Leopold street when Turkey won. When Germany won, there was even more craziness! I got the the underground train just as one in my direction was leaving, and it was absolutely packed. There was red yellow and black everywhere. There were people cheering, singing and banging on the windows and sides of the train as it left. The next rain came up to the platform with horns honking and everyone around me cheered. The train filled again quickly. All at the same time, everyone on the train started jumping up and down yelling Deutchland! Deutchland! It was awesome, and I was really upset that I didn't have my camera with me. It ok though, because tonight, Wednesday night, Germany faces Turkey, and Munich should be out of control. There are a lot of Turks here (or Turkeys, as the coach of the second team called them.) Whoever wins, I will take my camera with me tonight and finally get some pictures!
Friday was a relaxing day, and I read one of the four books I had bought from an English-language secondhand bookstore. Saturday, I played with the second team and even with the coach playing we barely had 9 players. We lost both games and I was pathetic. I don't know what my problem was, but I did not help the team out that day. The second game was the worst. It went 10 innings, three and a half hours, and we ended up losing 25-24. I haven't seen scores in the 20's in a long time. And I was really tired because I caught the whole game and there were a LOT of passed balls. I was very grumpy afterward.
On Sunday, the first team had two games against a weak team. We got yelled at during the first game because we were all sluggish and we were barely beating a much weaker team. Then the coach let our head case pitcher go in to pitch (she's the one who lost a game the first weekend I was here and blamed the loss on the rest of the girls then left in between games.) She had told the team that she wasn't going to throw fastballs anymore, and that got her pulled pretty quickly. She couldn't throw a strike, so four batters and no outs later she was pulled. She was pissed about that... again. She blamed the infield for not supporting her. She was yelling at the coaches in the dugout throughout the entire inning. I was tempted to call time out and tell her to shut up. Of course, she ended up pouting the rest of the game and eventually left... again.
The second game went much better. We won 15-2 and even batted around the entire lineup once, which earned us free ice cream. We had a big talk over ice cream about Mazi, the pitcher. Only one girl was on her side. My coach, Ingo, asked me later what I thought and I said I would give her some much needed time off. We'll see how that goes.
Now, I'm just looking forward to this weekend's games. We play Freising and these games will determine if we are in 2nd or 3rd place. We split with Freising the last time we played them, but they had their American at that time and we didn't. I think we can win both. I can't wait to play. I love big games. I'll update you next week as to how the games went. Have a great week!
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Hilarious (reply)
Jun 28, 2008 13:29 EST by teddybrs22
I am so flattered that I got mentioned in your blog. That would only happen to you. It would never happen to Lisa cause she doesnt lock the door to get locked out. I think that may top the locking the keys in the car when it was running though. Your pitcher is crazy as well as the girl who was defending her. Sounds like you are havning fun though. Finally, I cant believe Katie is engaged. NUTS!!!!
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