today is thanksgiving. my family will be slowly waking up in several hours (it’s still one ‘o clock in the morning back home). i’m guessing the parade will be on in the family room, everyone going in and out to see the favorite acts that will march past macy’s. the turkey will smell yummy and… Continue reading thanksgiving
i stood in the kitchen for four hours this afternoon. my green apron was dirty by the time i was done and i prayed that the hair net i was wearing actually held hair back from getting into the pancakes i was making. i can’t tell you how many i made, but i can tell… Continue reading update
my desire to one day be a writer has left me. the library has been my home yesterday and today. i’ve spent twelve hours in there, researching and writing, willing myself to finish the longest paper we have to write here. the last two days have been days when i wear sweats, a baseball cap, and… Continue reading things
*read with my sarcasm in mind. i remember my first night here in germany. i was exhausted because of the time difference, i found myself sitting in a church praying for a few minutes, and then i went out for a walk. person after person passed me jogging or on a bike. the amount of… Continue reading oh, the horrors of life
there were once three young girls who set out to spend their afternoon studying. they packed their bags, grabbed two blankets, and went to the lake. at first they did very well — they were quite busily bent over their books while reading and writing. then they had to look up and smile once and awhile… Continue reading homework by the lake
it was just the bus driver in the front and me, surrounded by many empty seats. i had opted for the long route back into town from the airport. i stared out the window, at the grey sky, the snowy mountains in the background, and wind playing with the branches of the trees. a tear… Continue reading oh well
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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 . . .