i dehydrated myself.  well, i live in a constant state of dehydration, but you know how i get after a long day out and i’m on my way home feeling dizzy and sick, only then to realize that all i’ve had to drink is hot chocolate and coffee.  yeah, it was pretty rough. stuttgart is… Continue reading stuttgart, frustration, and all that jazz

most have gone off to paris, spain, and trips all over germany.  there are sixteen of us who stayed here.  we slept in, had a slow breakfast, and listened to my music while we finished some old testament journals.  we goofed off with my camera, tried to put a puzzle together, and wrote random words using… Continue reading words

today was long and hard, but good. today i wandered the countryside of Fishbach.  i felt like Maryanne from Sense and Sensibility as i went from one small backroad to the next, following the orchards and making my way through trails in the forest.  i had no destination and no purpose in the steps i… Continue reading . . .

it’s snowing in different areas around me.  not here, but around.  it snowed in the Black Forest (twenty of our students are there right now) and yesterday the Swiss Alps were covered.  today, the fog decided not to come and we could actually see the mountains.  it was fifteen minutes before dinner and i noticed how clear… Continue reading …

i do have lots on my mind, but sitting here and writing all those little nothings sounds better than trying to put my thoughts into words that will in the end only come out a jumbled mess and not make sense to anyone. the cemetery here isn’t just a green field with row after row… Continue reading different nothings