Monday Monday

Hello again. I'm still alive! And it's cool that you're apparently still looking at the blog after so long of a silence. As I said before, I'm in Gera at the moment and I really prefer to do the longer blog posts and emails on my own good old laptop (though I am thankful to have internet access here!).
I had a bout of homesickness already, mostly because there were some days when we weren't staying so busy and it pretty much gave me the opportunity to think about how much I miss my family and friends, and the Fort. I even miss working at the B & N! We've stopped by some bookstores here in Germany (I wanted to buy the first Harry Potter book in German but it's still too advanced for me) and I find myself just lingering in there, comparing it to B&N.

Most likely, we'll be moving in on Sunday, Aug 9th. That is going to be a long one, I think. We'll start for Berlin at 7am, three hours later we'll arrive. Quickly move that stuff into the apartment and take the car back to Gera, three hours again. Then, we'll take the bikes to the train station and ride the train for three more hours to Berlin and finally (hopefully) be all set. We're renting from a student who is going to Kansas for the fall semester of school, so since she's coming back in a half year, the apartment is already furnished and decorated. We have two rooms, a tiny tiny bedroom and a fairly large living room. We even have a tiny balcony all to ourselves. Our room is right off of the huge kitchen (almost like a factory-loft-style kitchen). Across the hall is technically another apartment with the main bathroom and our three roommates living in their separate rooms. We share the kitchen and bathroom. I'll put up some pics so you know what I mean, once we move in, that is.

All right, I said this wasn't going to be a long post.. but you know how that goes. Please excuse typos, as I didnt have time to look over this before posting. I'm going to catch up on my emails on Monday, along with another post and pictures. Thanks Joel, Kristy, and both my parents for the emails when I was feeling blue. You really don't know how much they cheered me up. :) Gotta go to Leipzig for a day trip! We're going boating! huzzah! See ya soon!