milan design week

so i looked up ticket prices to milan for design week (16apr-21apr)... and i found, with taxes, 57 euros both ways = 114 euros for the round trip plus the buses to the airport (because ryan air is farther out of both cities).. so still cheap, i could leave thursday (17) and come back sunday (20). i have to run it by my boss, but i'm long due some off time.... i have been putting in overtime everyday. so i would have to cover the ticket, the bus tickets, food, and i could find somewhere cheap to stay or maybe even with some friends. so it would be a nice change if i could swing it. we'll see if i get the time off. also i have some holiday time in may the 12th it's a monday & i could go to france or prague if i start scouting tickets now.

since i've become legal its been downhill... now i have to deduct 38 euros from my pay for food, but he said he'd only take 15 since i bring food every other day!?@ umm i'm barely making money here. today was supposed to be half day or something like this... i didn't get to leave till 7pm & he was even like "but you aren't staying later?" i told him some lame excuse i was late for dinner with my roommate.... he seemed surprised. c'mon its friday!@? plus a holiday...

i haven't heard back from amnesty international about this research job, but i think i'm going to tell him this week i have an interview & i got the job & will have to leave because i need to give it my time... so do my 8 hours & basta! maybe here or there for deadlines, but generally speaking, be out by 6.

anyway, the weather sucks all weekend. yesterday & today too were crappy -- rain, biting cold, wind gusts, ice, snow flurries... and riding a bike during this is torture. so this is what the weekend looks like too... anyway, i'm going to rotterdam tomorrow night to hang out with the guys & go out, spend the night at che's & then come back on sunday with him, go watch some futbol & eat argentinian goodness.