Dva Svátky v Jeden Den!

(Translation: Two Holidays in One Day!)

Today is a VERY big day for several reasons. First and foremost, JENNY IS TWENTY ONE! Scary to think that we are already that old! Granted we are all basically twenty-one when we're in Europe, it is still exciting none the less. Jenny is spending her birthday in Barcelona, so I just want to wish her an amazing birthday!

The next reason that today is a big day is that it is the "Den Vzniku Československa," or Czechoslovakian Independence Day, which is a National Holiday here. (Even though they are no longer Czechoslovakia, they still celebrate this as their national day). This all means that I DON'T HAVE CLASS TODAY! Yes, my two day week of classes has been reduced to one. Tough life. (I DO have a class trip tomorrow for one of my classes to make up for the missed class, so I guess I don't totally have the week off!)

I can't believe that I am going to share this, but I have reverted to my high school habit of sleeping through my alarm clock. I have had several close calls with making it to various things, but none as close as yesterday morning. I have class at 9:00 in the city on Tuesdays, and yesterday at 8:35 I was awoken by a text from Karen asking if I had left for class yet. Apparently I had slept through all three alarms that I set! I threw on some jeans and ran out the door, forgetting to brush my hair, put on a different sweatshirt than the one I slept in, and totally forgetting the previous night's makeup. I was out the door by 8:40, and the train-wreck that I was arrived at class at 8:58. Not very classy, but hey, I made it! I blame it all on the Halloween party I went to Monday night and the trauma of the crazy tram driver.

Once I had showered and generally pulled myself together after class yesterday, it was a good day. Blair's parents are in town, so we all went out for drinks with them after my night class. Made me excited for the arrival or Marc and Michael, which is about ten days from today!

Anyway, Happy Czechoslovak Independence Day and have fun in class/at work! (I am allowed to rub it in-I didn't get Columbus Day!)