Breaking the bank!

Ok so last time, I said I would keep track of my expenses for one week and would total them up for you!! So here it is...

Sunday
Greek Restaurant- €14
Total- €14

Monday
Copies- €1
Groceries- €12
Total- €13

Tuesday
Laundry- €2
Cafe Felix- €15
Total- €17

Wednesday
Groceries for shared dinner- €7
Total- €7

Thursday
Doctor Visit (DAK Card deductible)- €10
Käsebrötchen (breakfast)- €0,50
Prescription medication- €5
Groceries for shared dinner-€6
Döner- €3,50
Total- €25

Friday
Cafe Felix- €10
Beer- €3
Total- €13

Saturday
Cafe Felix- €10
Groceries- €6
Total- €16

Week Total: €105
Daily Average: €15

I'd say that this is a pretty typical week....mind you, I don't typically go to Cafe Felix that often, and I usually don't go to the doctor every week....but different expenses occur and you just need to go with it. I just got another doctor's bill in the mail from when I was at the hospital in September...it is about €85! Kind of upsetting because I thought I had that all taken care of already, but looks like I'm going to have to shell out a little bit more to be square with them!

Speaking of paying...I think one thing that I'm going to miss when I go back is the money. When you get here, you're like...wow this money is weird. But honestly, like switching to Greenbacks is going to be tough. First of all....comparatively, all of American paper currency looks the same. When you go through your wallet, you need to fish through your bills to figure out which is worth what. Here, not only is the money different colors to differentiate easily, but they're also different sizes! A €5 bill is much smaller than a €50, and so on. The coins, on the other hand...I think I like the American system better. There are denomination coins of €0,01, €0,02, €0,05, €0,10, €0,20, €0,50, €1, and €2. I kind of like those larger denominational coins, but those 2 centers are just ridiculous....all of the BCA group had so many left over "pennies" and "2 centers" that we played poker and betted with them.....it was pretty fun! I still have a ton left and don't really know what to do with them. Oh well.....

Ok so I officially have less than 6 weeks left in Germany. Eek! I have a lot of stuff I need to do. I'm almost done with my 550 page book for my history/literature class, and I need to do a 10 min presentation about the history of that book in two Wednesdays from now. I have a translation test this Wednesday and I have 4 large research papers that I need to write by the time I leave. I'm not going to be modest, I'm a good research paper writer...but four large papers in a short period of time is going to be hard as hell. Oh well...it's the price you pay for leaving before the semester ends here!

Also, more exciting news...I am taking a J-Term when I get back to SNC! I will probably arrive on campus Jan. 3rdish. I'm taking a special topics marketing class which should prove to be pretty interesting...I'll also be looking for jobs/internships so watch out De Pere/Green Bay, Dave is on his way!!

Best,

Me