World Cup

or: How awesome soccer is when you’re not in the US

I’ve never been particularly interested in televised sports.  For a long time I wasn’t interested in sports AT ALL.  And then I went to a Gator game and I was hooked.  It was nothing like the Colorado high school football games, which I had previously used to gage weather or not I would enjoy any sporting event.  No, this was something entirely new, and I began to enjoy live sports.

Uuuuuuup Date,

from the slacker.

So here I’ve let a month go by with out blogging ANYTHING!  Shame shame Miss Jay! I guess I’ll catch you up to speed.

Happy New Year!

out with 2012, in with 2013

You ever have a time when you intend for something to be great and it just isn't?  You plan and get excited and pumped up for it.  It finally happens and it’s just so-so, or maybe even down right miserable?  That was our New Years Eve.

We had planned a night out on the town, the way we used to.  One last hurrah before we trade it in to stay in with little ones and toast with sparkling cider.  Out to the club drinks and dancing with friends.  And because the Germans do it all night, we decided so would we.  Boy did we.

Thanksgiving

and other German (or not) happenings

All the Germans on post are very kind.  Every last one wished us a happy Thanksgiving last week even though it’s not something they celebrate.  My favorite was the man I spoke to to come fix our dryer!  He said “haf a heppy… uhhhh… tanksgiffing? Ja.”  Loved it!  That’s why I think every German person who says their English is not so good, or they only speak a little bit, is full of it!  Try hearing my German!  I’m still trying to master “may I have” cause it’s full of all these forward facing vowels… ARG!”

A week!

Has it been that already?

I arrived in Germany a week ago today and I cannot believe how much has happened and how differently time feels now that I’m here.  It’s almost three o’clock and there is about an hour and a half of daylight left in the day. The light is dim enough outside, that my brain is telling me to start cooking dinner, even though my stomach is saying “Shut-up! You just ate lunch!”

Jet lag is a bitch

and other sleepy ramblings

So here I am in Deutschland FINALLY!  It was like the dam that was holding in all my emotion broke when I saw Cody!  I caught a glimpse of him as he ran around the bus that had just dropped us off and my eyes instantly welled with tears!