Lucky

Sometimes... I like to sleep on my floor..
and last night happen to be one of those nights
any way.. Lucky, our black dog, likes to wander about at night by my room and sometimes in the bathroom (when I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night in my blind/sleepy haze I forget that lucky is there adn wonder the HELL that warm fuzzy thing is..)

any way... I woke up around 4 am because I had an incredibly vivid dream that Lucky was in my room and started to lick my face. I got pissed off and woke up suddenly... then I realized it was a dream.
Needless to say.. it was very bizarre and I moved back into my bed haha

This week

This is my last week of school before Easter Break.. WOHO!!!!
here's what my week looks like:
Tuesday: Spanish, English, then German until about 5... Then I am meeting with my friend Merle to hang out..
Wednesday: Dont have spanish until noon.. so i will probably get up and run with teh sunrise... go to the market... go to Spanish.. then chill out until FAMILY SPINNING!!
Thursday: English, Art and then GERMAN until 5.
Friday: Spanish and then going hiking to two castles with some girls in my German class (Caitlins Birthday)
Saturday: picnic and hike with some amigos... maybe a belated Holi Fest : ) muahah
Sunday: SWEEEEEDDDDENNNNNN(Mimis Birthday!_

COUNTDOWN!!

6 day countdown until SWEDEN!!!

ow

I forgot that Germany is invested with an overgrowth of Stinging Knettle.....
shit.

taters

Note to self: Don't eat potatoes before going running.
damn you Deustch Kartoffeln

THANK YOU DINNER!!!!

So.. yet another "thank you meal" was prepared last night.. and on the menu was:

• Basil/herb goatcheese stuffed chicken 
• Zucchini lemon goatcheese crisps 
• Roasted green asparagus
• boiled white asparagus
• Lily bloom boiled... mean to buy Lotus root.. whoops.. still good though!
• and salad

Crane

Yesterday in the Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof I made a 10 euro donation to Japan (there were a bunch of japanese kids in kimonos asking for donations.. and if you donated then they gave you an origami crane...) and who can resist little kids in kimonos with cranes.. lets be honest here!!! haha so I now I have a little crane

MISAKI!!!!!!

IM SO EXCITED!! today I got a birthday package from Misaki!!!! it was so sweet... everything was labeled haha

• beautiful handkerchief: " this is handkerchief"
• Chopsticks and holder: " In this packet is the chopstick and chopstick rest."
• Sushi/car easers: "There are erasers"
• Origami paper: " This is folding paper. Japanese name is Origami."
• A letter that says: " Dear Sally, Happy birthday Sally! how are you?Do you enjoying your life in German? I spend a happy time with my family in Japan. By the way, I am sorry I am late to set for your birthday presents. If you can use presents, you will use these. Misaki"

AHHHH how cool!!!! made my day..
now I am off to make paella with my Spanish class at my teachers house! yeehaw

EMMMMY

Emily wrote me a letter from New Zealand!! it was suppppper nice.. WITH some NZ recipes :  ) ahha SHe really wants me to stay in Germany.. and was just kind of thanking me for everything.. and making her laugh whenever she was in a bad mood or something.. the last line is the funniest.. it says " dont let anyone or anything change you. Not even dad!!haha"
shes goofy.. but LOVES NZ and doesnt want to come home!!haha

SABINE!

So i have gotten my familia into Spinning.. we go almost every Wednesday evening haha... Leonie didn't like it at first.. but she's catching on. Spinning courses here are intense and so complicated because of the whole set up. Setting up the bike is a course itself hahah. Oh well.. better to be precise then to screw up on the bike. Our instructors name is Sabine.. she's nice but talks way too much... it's really funny when she sings to the music because seh gets REALLY into it haha.. most of hte people in the course are older... and unlike ours at home.. the room is lighted... with windows.. back home the course is really what you make it.. how hard you wanna push yourself here it's like.. she can see everyone and has no problem pointing you out hahaha.....
oh well.. Leonie and I went alone this past wednesday and that was funny...

Meeting

On Monday I had a meeting at our school with our guidance counselor and some other woman. It was a "welcome" meeting... almost 10 months late for me.. but better than never I suppose. We have two new exchange students at my school (one from Columbia and another from South Korea) so I guess my school figured they should hop on the band wagon haha. It was really nice of them though.. I was the only one of the 3 that could speak/understand German so.. hahah oh well.. they gave me a little journal..and yeah.. not bad! haha

Thursday

Yesterday was  FABULOUS day....
I woke up early.. rode my bike to School.. went to English..and then art.. talked half the day in german and half in Spanish.. to Laura the girl from Columbia. Then I rode my bike to Dusseldorf for my German class. Since I was early.. I bummed around Dusseldorf and picked up a Lily root at one of the asian markets (THEY HAVE AMAZING ASIAN MARKETS!..) because I am making dinner for my familia here on Saturday.. marinate lotus root or baked lotus chips?! I asked the Japanese women in my german class about a recipe (even though it's used more in China..) and they were like OH yes yes... um "Mayo...salt...and ham.." i was like.. oh. alrighty.. thanks.. (is that a Japanese dish..?) I learned that the Italian guy in my class just got his masters in Chemistry.. and is in Germany to learn German so that he can hopefully work for Henkel or another company. His brother.. actually lives in America and works for NASA, cool huh?
Then came time for me to ride all the way back to Mettmann in one stretch.. which let me tell ya.. I wasnt feeling. Plus, it was becoming very cloudy. So 1/3 of the way into my ride.. some old asshole decides that he is going to SPEED and STOP just before hitting me.. obviously seeing me because I had teh right away and turquoise shorts on..I was so pissed off for the rest of my ride.. not really mad just like WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!!
then I finallllllllly made it home... helped cook dinner.. did my homework.. and hit the hay

College

....well people I have reached a decision.. and I may freeze my ass off.. but who cares!!
It was between Denver and Vermont.. I landed on the University of Vermont in Burlington.
I am actually really excited about it. I also found out that a good friend I went to Thailand with is also going there!!!!
WOHO!!!!

They are back....

I would just like to tell you guys.. that this morning and ran with the sunrise.. BUT that's not my point..
THE SLUGS ARE BACK!!!!!!!! time for .....slugification.