today, I'm a machine...

First off, I'd like to apologize for the lack of creativity pumped into this post. I'm in a technical, get-stuff-done sort o' mood, which isn't exactly conducive to funny quips and interesting stories. However, I did kick so much ass today that I think I'll be back to my wordy self in no time...here's what I accomplished in the last 24 hours:

• slept for 11 hours. Our room is like a cave...
  
• one hundred loads of laundry. No joke. The washer/dryer here is teeny teeny tiny, and you can wash approximately 2 pairs of pants at once. Don't even think of drying them, that'll take three days. I wish I was kidding.
• researched train tickets (times, prices, options) for this weekend's trip to Budapest, Hungary and Bratislava, Slovakia. Gotta keep adding stamps to that ol' passport...
• went to the main train station to look into buying the tickets I'd researched. I knew exactly which trains I wanted, what times they left, the whole nine. I'd expected that we'd pay 3,000K ($150US) each, but upon mentioning a 'group ticket' I'd read about, we got the whole sha-bang for 1,600K ($82US) each. Woot!
• used a photobooth at the train station to (finally!) take a pic for my International Student Identification Card...which will lead to more discounts.
• researched, compared and booked hostels in Budapest and Bratislava (thank GOD for Excel spreadsheets...they come in so handy!)
• made a rockin' dinner of chicken tikka masala and whole wheat cous cous. It's not San Jose indian food, but it'll do...it was super tasty.
• found 6 different things (on clearance!) to buy online at Target.com. Although I'm yet to complete the purchase, I'd like to pat myself on the back for finding things a bit outside my comfort zone. It'll be so fun to have a 'present' to open when I get home in May.
• sent 5 e-cards, because they're fun.
• made a list of the thousand things I'd like to offload onto my Mom and stepdad when they come visit in 11 days...I'm traveling light for the 23-day adventure, folks! (fingers and toes and eyes crossed that they'll be willing to take a suitcase home...pretty puh-leeeese?)
  

Wow, this post could be considered incredibly boring. Now that I go back and read that looooong list, I have to post it, though.