We're in Germany! We flew through the night, with a stop in Iceland, to Frankfurt. We landed at 12ish their time which was 7 am our time and now as I write this its midnight. Talk about a long day on little sleep. After a snafoo at the airport with getting a car that set us behind, we were able to see a good amount of Frankfurt. I recognized a lot of it from when I was here 4 years ago.
We would honestly be completely lost without the Grehls. They are the family I stayed with when I was here. Their son, Peter, who is Brad's age was my primary host. I went to school with him and such. Back to the point, they have helped so much since we don't know any German. They pretty much planned our first week here and what we need to see. It was so good to see them at our gate! Peter is great and his friend Sandra is as well. Stefi, their daughter, is a delight.
What I learned today: Mothers in all countries worry too much.
I apologize if this is a bit scatterbrained as I'm exhausted. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have a bit more time. Tschuess!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
So, yesterday my brother graduated college. How neat is that!? Although it kind of makes me want to be done with college...but alas, I have at least two and half years left...maybe three. More importantly, I'm super proud of him and he's already got a job too! WOW! Despite his best efforts he has also managed to get a real girlfriend and apparently she really likes him, like for real. She told me so herself. Weird.
One other story from this weekend: I got my performing moxie from my Grandpa Boettcher. He likes to make people laugh. His classic joke that he will tell EVERYONE and also his family, much to our chagrin, is "I'm so old that when I was young the Dead Sea was only sick." Well, this weekend he was out in the hallway ten minutes before the graduation service was about to start, so the graduates were lining up. He approaches one of the girls in the line and asks, "Now what was the name of this play again?" I can only imagine what went through her head, trying to figure out if this old man is senile or just being facetious.
So you know how some people name their summer or have some sort of song lyric that defines their summer? No? Well they do. i.e. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine, it's the summertime" or "Summer lovin' had me a blast" Well I'm theming my summer too. I'm calling it, "THE SUMMER OF A BROAD." Get it?! It's a play on words. Because I'm travelling abroad, but also I am a broad. Still nothing? Well i guess I'll just appreciate my own cleverness while you groan at my weak attempt at humor.
(Note: I will still name my Facebook photo album "Summer of a Broad 2012" )
Onto more teacher-y like things, I have to write a syllabus for my class in Taiwan. Which I haven't done before along with writing lesson plans, which I haven't done before. Tonight, I did those things while sipping a glass of Barefoot Moscato Wine. It was certainly something I could get used to doing on a regular basis. (P.S. Its legal for someone under the age of 21 to drink in their own home with the permission of their parent or guardian. Right?)
I told my mom today that my goal is to make it to 21 without getting an Underage Drinking Ticket, so I suppose I should play it safe this week. :)
One other story from this weekend: I got my performing moxie from my Grandpa Boettcher. He likes to make people laugh. His classic joke that he will tell EVERYONE and also his family, much to our chagrin, is "I'm so old that when I was young the Dead Sea was only sick." Well, this weekend he was out in the hallway ten minutes before the graduation service was about to start, so the graduates were lining up. He approaches one of the girls in the line and asks, "Now what was the name of this play again?" I can only imagine what went through her head, trying to figure out if this old man is senile or just being facetious.
So you know how some people name their summer or have some sort of song lyric that defines their summer? No? Well they do. i.e. "It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine, it's the summertime" or "Summer lovin' had me a blast" Well I'm theming my summer too. I'm calling it, "THE SUMMER OF A BROAD." Get it?! It's a play on words. Because I'm travelling abroad, but also I am a broad. Still nothing? Well i guess I'll just appreciate my own cleverness while you groan at my weak attempt at humor.
(Note: I will still name my Facebook photo album "Summer of a Broad 2012" )
Onto more teacher-y like things, I have to write a syllabus for my class in Taiwan. Which I haven't done before along with writing lesson plans, which I haven't done before. Tonight, I did those things while sipping a glass of Barefoot Moscato Wine. It was certainly something I could get used to doing on a regular basis. (P.S. Its legal for someone under the age of 21 to drink in their own home with the permission of their parent or guardian. Right?)
I told my mom today that my goal is to make it to 21 without getting an Underage Drinking Ticket, so I suppose I should play it safe this week. :)
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
I can honestly say that I can't remember the last time I was this excited about my life. I've got so many big exciting things happening! It's a great feeling. I'm pretty sure it mostly comes from actually knowing and feeling confident that the major I'm currently pursuing is the right one for me. I get to travel like crazy this summer and work my butt off to make up for that. My schedule for next semester will be super great, I'm the Vice President and Business Manager for our theatre club, Masquers. I'm also the Theatre Ambassador for Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre honor society. Second semester, I'll be Stage Managing the Masquers show for the first time!
I'm surrounded by great, intelligent and funny people who have enriched my life. My brother is graduating college and getting a big kid job! I'm so proud of him.
This week, a big project for one of my classes was cancelled (thank goodness I had procrastinated) so that makes my finals week easier. I'm going to a show on Friday at the dinner theatre I worked at. Saturday, I have a end of the year picnic and awards ceremony. So much is going on but I'm loving being busy with the things I chose and not just things I have to do. I don't know how everything will turn out but I'm finally going in the right direction. :)
Oh yea, I also got a grant of $300 for the trip to Taiwan to go with the $500 stipend!!!
To top it all off, I dyed my hair. It is now a reddish purple-ish burgundy, but enough about me. How are you?
B
I'm surrounded by great, intelligent and funny people who have enriched my life. My brother is graduating college and getting a big kid job! I'm so proud of him.
This week, a big project for one of my classes was cancelled (thank goodness I had procrastinated) so that makes my finals week easier. I'm going to a show on Friday at the dinner theatre I worked at. Saturday, I have a end of the year picnic and awards ceremony. So much is going on but I'm loving being busy with the things I chose and not just things I have to do. I don't know how everything will turn out but I'm finally going in the right direction. :)
Oh yea, I also got a grant of $300 for the trip to Taiwan to go with the $500 stipend!!!
To top it all off, I dyed my hair. It is now a reddish purple-ish burgundy, but enough about me. How are you?
B
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