MY weekend

Well, I just got done reading Jill and Jen's weblogs and they seem to think people are interested in their boring weekends, so I thought I would tell everyone about mine.

I, too, did nothing. Friday night started off by Jen calling me via Skype and telling me that I was a loser because it was Friday night and I was sitting at home. It is always a joy to talk to her.

Saturday was actually a beautiful day here. Denis and I took advantage of the fact that the sun came out for more than 20 minutes and we decided to take a drive. On the way to Hemeln, we hit some traffic and soon found out that there was a bike race going on- and we were going to have to sit in traffic until it was over. This could take another hour. I was shocked. There are no detours!? They just assume people have nowhere to go?! No people to see?! While I was asking Denis this and demanding acceptable answers, a nice lady came up to us and started speaking English with no German accent. I was impressed. Apparently she studied for a year in Utah during highschool. Her son, who looked about 8 years old, apparently is obsessed with Houston! That's right- Houston! Well, more like NASA, having recently seen Apollo 13. But he said that anything from Houston is cool. So that means I'm cool.

The day was really great, not only because an 8 year old thinks I'm cool, but also because we bought a BBQ grill! Denis unfortunately had to work for a few hours in the evening so we didn't start our BBQ until 11pm. But it's probaby better that way since we're not really allowed to have a BBQ grill on our balcony anyway.

So now it's Sunday. If you guys are still with me, I'm impressed. Sunday, so far, has been a little less eventful than Saturday. Got up late, had some cereal, cleaned the apartment, sat on the balcony, went to the gym. However, there are still 5 hours left in Sunday, so you never know what might still happen...

Any suggestions?

I always hate it when I'm about to finish a book that I really love. Right now I am reading "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende. The way Allende tells the story of this Chilean family is quite unique and addicting. I feel totally engrossed by the story and I know I will be a bit said when it ends.

If anyone has any suggestions on which book I should read next, I would love to hear them.

What?

The weather has been so great here for the last few days. The sun was shining and the clouds were gone. I even sat on the balcony for a while and got some color back into my face. I'm starting to resemble a human being again (Jen, Digidy- you can let this one go by). Then I wake up this morning to a weather report that says it's going to snow all weekend. Snow! It's April, people. APRIL!

"See you again, yesterday"

For those of you that have read the book "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris, you pretty much know what I have been going through recently. I'm currently living in Germany and have been taking introductory language classes. I've finally gotten enough courage to speak German with the locals when I'm out and about and am pretty sure I've made a complete fool of myself and said some pretty ridiculous things.

Here are a few examples:

What I wanted to say: "I feel smarter already."
What I actually said: "I feel up the rain shower."

What I wanted to say: "No thank you, I'm just browsing."
What I actually said: "No, I just test."

What I wanted to say: "I would like a spicy doner kebab, please."
What I actually said: "I would like a sleep doner kebab, please."

The crazy thing is that people actually understood what I was trying to say (except for that whole feeling-up-the-rain incident.)

I'm happy to say things are better now. I had to get a professional picture taken for my CV and I managed to speak to the photographer without saying anything completely out of context...as far as I know. I must say I felt pretty invincible after that.

I keep my promises

Here it is. As promised. My Blog.