#notsofun

I didn’t take any pictures lately, so i don’t have anything special to put here.

The day before, while i was biking, i hurt my back pretty bad. Some guy with motorcycle, came towards me from the other direction and he wasn’t even looking at me, so i panicked and did a sudden move, i guess. Since then, my back hurts pretty bad. I didn’t go to work yesterday, i laid and rolled around like a panda instead - mainly because i can’t sit up or get up in traditional/normal ways, i have to roll over to my side. 

Yesterday afternoon, i gave up and went to apothecary. It didn’t help that i didn’t have any cash and my only debit card with a euro account did not work. I was afraid that i wasn’t gonna be able to buy it, but luckily my credit card worked. The lady was so nice and she spoke English, yay! She warned me that cream would burn a lot but after that it would relax my muscles. Last night, it worked but this morning i woke up with a even more terrible pain. It actually spread through my rib cage. I put the cream on in the morning, this time even wider and some on the left side of my stomach. 4 hours later it started burning up. An hour after that it was unbearable, i stood up went to the mirror and lift up my shirt - i was amazed - whole area that i put cream on was red! And even when i touched it gently it was burning like hell. 

I stopped everything and went into shower, hoping that it would help with the burning - I was wrong. Washing my hair was the hardest part because i couldn’t lift my arms up. After i soaped up, i switched the water a little bit hotter, the pain was unbearable, i have never experienced anything like that in my life. Even warm water was hurting me, i just rinsed with ice cold water and got out. It was still kinda red-ish. 

I got dressed, got my wallet and my bag. Went downstairs and tried riding my bike in the yard for a while. I was fine so i went out to Alexanderplatz. I love Berlin on the weekends, all of the roads are empty. Less cars, less bikes, less people. It is amazing. (if i get better, i am thinking of going biking around the city)

I went there, withdrew my money - i am still amazed that how fast you can withdraw money, it takes less then 20 seconds. 

I came back, bought some stuff from Rossman. Then went to Edeka to buy some fruit. It was only my second time there, and their isles are kind of complicated. I was standing in the middle looking around - only for a second - and an employee stopped and asked what i was looking for. I said ‘plant milks’, he didn’t understand, i said ‘milk’ two more times and he took me to the back of the store and showed the milk shelves. I am surprised again - people here are so nice!

I realized something yesterday, and today i saw that it was actually true. The thing is, i am living in the middle of Ostbahnhof and Karl-Marx-Allee. Both are only 3 min walk distance away, just in the opposite directions but i am amazed by how different people are in those areas. Around Ostbahnhof, people don’t usually talk or smile, nor speak English. On Karl-Marx-Allee, everyone is super nice and they all speak English. I am glad that even though they were at similar distance, i chose the apothecary on Karl-Marx-Allee. 

I am loving living here, in this area and i don’t want to leave. 

P.S. i can’t believe August is over!