Good Crying and Guppies

So yesterday I went with Dorothee for my Christmas Present... in April. lol. But it's cool still. Instead of Chinese, an English movie in December. We went for Sushi, a German film in April. Sushi was amazing!!! Then we went and watched "Marley and Me" in German. Okay, I don't want to tell you the end, but I will tell you this. I cried at the end for the first time in my life! Truely, I have never cried at a movie in my LIFE! I went through two tissues. Waaaaah!!!

Oh, and Patrice and I had a talk last night/this morning and we're just going to be friends.(This talk was brought about by my irritation at his lack of availablity for the last two weeks, possibly three.) Which... okay. So I'm going to go to the gym and talk with the cute guy who works there who was making eyes at me last week. (Attention span of a guppy) :D

In the Air again, I can't wait to be in the air again....

I'm getting ready to head back to Germany in an hour. I've really enjoyed my time at home, but I'm ready for the next half of my adventure in Europe. I'm really going to miss somethings here- HOLLY!!! I'm really not looking forward to the flight though. I'm really hoping I can at least make it back without all the trouble I had coming here. Well, I've got to sign off and make sure I have everything I need. See ya in Germany!

Well, that was a bust

Maybe it's all my imagination- but I don't think that it is. Today my mom's family came from around the Emporia area and all congregated at my brother, Toby's, house in Kansas City. It's been a long time since my side of the family has hosted Christmas, and I thought this year would be nice. I was wrong. From the very beginning I felt snubbed. No hello Tiffany"'s except from my second cousin, Taylor, who is five, and my younger cousin Trey, who is eighteen. I had to approach my aunts and uncles and almost force them to give me a hug. It was so bad I actually had to ask my grandma if I had done something to upset her. It was very hurtful. But I'm still not sure if it was intentional, or if they even had any clue how their behavior was coming across.

My baby second cousin was there, I had only seen him once before I went to Europe and I was excited to get to play with him. I picked him up and my aunt ordered me to put him back down and said I couldn't play with him. Though everyone else was able to. Taylor said she wanted to sit by me at lunch- and my aunt said that she couldn't trust me. It was really mean. Plus- this may seem poor of me, but no one asked me about how it was in Germany- not one question, though all of them knew that I was there. I didn't expect to be the center of attention, but that was unexpected. I literally had to semi-force my grandma to sit down and look at a few of my pictures online. Needless to say I've had my fill of the extra family and am done.

But it was nice to hang out with my immediate family- including Nikki and Winston. Especially since with other people present they couldn't bother me about classes. :) Currently the family has left and it's just my family. Toby and Dad are tearing apart Toby's kitchen floor to see what lies beneath- they are hoping for wood floors. I don't think they are going to get their wish.

So that's how my day's going. Woo hoo...

Wheeee!

One Week! One Week! One Week!

La la lala la la!

I'm sooooo syked! Which I hope holds. Since that might be able to get me on the plane. Ugh! 17 hour flights can kiss my ass. When the hell are the scientists going to get around to the whole teleportation thing? And will Sharper Image be carrying it? (They have the coolest stuff.)

Anyways, I've been working on the whole "online-class-schoolwork" thing. (Double ugh). The 1960s one isn't so bad, but gag me with a spoon on the Western Civ one. I mean, could Rene Descartes be any more hard to read, understand and write a paper about. Everytime I think I have a handle on it, turns out I don't. So I'm just concentrating on the one at the moment.

This weekend was really busy. There were christmas trees to pick out and have cut down, sledding, clubbing, trying not to get our car towed, and Christmas markets. Wow. buuuuuussy. Oh, and then on Monday the girls had their Ballet recital. Which wasn't so much "ballet recital" as much as "Hey mom! Watch us jump around like pink fleas!" I have videos- will share.

Two Weeks and Counting...

I believe strongly that stomach flu should be like chicken pox- you should only have to suffer it once... of course, I was the kid who got it twice- even though that is NOT supposed to happen. What can I say? As one of my favorite book characters would say: "I am a riddle wrapped in an engima drenched in Big Mac special sauce."


But alas, the great bug of stomach ickiness has come and attacked me. Again.

Joy

*Rolls Eyes*

Okay, but this blog is not about that... entirely. No, this blog is about the fact that I am anxiously waiting/dreading going home in 2 weeks. That's right, two weeks from now I will be hurling myself into the sky in a tincan filled to brimming with my fellow sardines- braving the December weather and hoping and praying until my eyes bulge out that we won't get delayed. (Honestly, 17 hours of travel time is enough, thank you very much.)

I can't wait to get home... even though I have been enjoying Europe tons and I have a trip to Barcelona planned for two weeks after I get back. I just miss the familiar. Like driving my car, eating Mom's cooking, 30 theater-ed Movie theaters (oh the selection, oh the rapture!), like going to thrift shops, Target, used bookstores and last but not least: MY DOG!!!!

I tried to bring her with me. Really I did. See.

But she just wouldn't fit. The more I tried to squeeze her in, the more she would squeak. And although she may sometimes resemble a rat- she just doesn't naturally squeak. She does however have other amazing ablities. Check this out:

Oh yeah, my puppy kicks booty!

THE NEWS

Good News, Better news, Best News!

La la lala la la!

Good News: I found a group of German/English speaking knitters. Although I don't knit as of yet, they said I could join their group with my crocheting. I'm going to meet them tomorrow (found the group online) and I'm really excited about meeting new people. Woo Hoo!

Better News: Meet a woman at the gym last Friday, she's an American Army wife and she was super nice! She has two kids, and knows of more who could use a babysitter. I'm going to meet up with her again next Friday and we are going to go on the Army base and she's going to show me around. This is cool because they have reallllly cheap movies at the movie theater on base, and they have a commissionary which carries American stuff but cheap! Cheerios here I come! Plus, the Schmidts (Name has been changed to protect the innocent), have already started requesting that I pick stuff up for them too. :) I can't hardly wait! SQUEAL!

Best News: Yesterday I booked and paid for the flight which will bring me home for Christmas!!! Holly here I come! I'm really excited. I will get in on Dec. 23, at 6:23pm. YIPPEEE!!! Finally I will have some time where I get to the youngest in the household and be the one who gets to run amuck, amuck amuck amuck!<- if you noticed that last part is from Hocus Pocus, then you can get yourself a cookie. Then again, I suppose that I already do, occasionally... but this time I don't have to worry about setting a good example while doing it.

In other news- last Thursday I went and saw the first movie that I watched in a theater in some time. Okay, since I came here. I saw "Dark Knight", not too shabby. Over all I like it.

Oh, and something funny. So you know how the dad flies planes as a hobby. Well he was going Saturday for a lesson or something and as he is leaving Carola, 6, tells him: "Do everything you are supposed to and don't die." I thought that was a pretty good one.