Freakishly Happy

Hey all! It's gotten to the point where I haven't blogged in so long I'm overwhelmed with what to say next. So much has happened since the last time we blogged. We had a fantastic time in Minnesota with our friends Tracey and Jamie and their new baby Noah. He is absolutely adorable. It was so strange to see him change EVERYDAY. He'd smile more and become more alert almost by the hour. We also had a wonderful time pigging out on American food. We had 3 cans of baked beans, 4 meals of Mac and Cheese, hotdogs, cheetos, chocolate chip cookies and much much much more. My digestive tract is still trying to recover.

I began classes this week. I am currently taking 4 courses, but I might be able to cut that down even further. After talking to my advisors I found out the since I'm a senior I am able to do half time with out any penalties (financially or academically). So I might drop two course. The crazy thing is that if I drop my Monday/Wednesday courses, I'll be able to have a weekend from Tuesday to Tuesday. How cool would that be??????
The other insane is that I onlyh have 14 weeks left in this semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I'm kind of at a weird place though. I don't really feel like being here in Germany, but I also am not quite ready to come home. Hopefully I'll get things sorted out during these next few weeks.

Tomorrow we're going to the 'home country.' We have a friend in Rotterdam Netherlands that we're going to pay a visit to. This weekend is his birthday AND their Queen's day (a pretty big holiday I gather), not to mention TULIP TIME!!!!!!!
Spring has been so beautiful here in Germany but I am very excited to see what it will bring in the Netherlands.
The weather here has been about as perfect as you can imagine. It's been sunny and warm and all the trees are in full bloom, the ground is covered in vibrant blossoms. All of the street kids' dogs have given birth to PUPPIES, and they are all taking their first steps all around the city. Spring is wonderful!

Since we've been home on Saturday morning we have had a MASSIVE bed-in. We've been completely lazy and it has been wonderful. I am sorry to have left you all hanging with our exciting tales of our frenzied trip around the world, but I am working on finishing up the blogs from our last few stops.

As our energy tanks are almost completely refueled, we are getting ready to go back to the States for a few days to catch up with friends there before starting classes.

I am currently working on choosing my spring courses, and trying to convince the U of I to let me graduate in August, please pray and keep your fingers crossed that they accept some proposals that I'm making! It'd be so great just to be done after Germany is over.

We have really REALLy appreciated your comments over the last few weeks. It was so great to be in a foreign city and feel like our family and friends were right there with us.

Hopefully things will calm down again once the semester starts and regular blogging with resume.
Cheers!
j

The greek were way ahead of their time!