I have no idea where to begin. Potentially I should start with the very beginning of Berlin and work my way through the week to today..but I think between everything I did and all the details I would want to include, it would be virtually impossibly to hold anyone's attention that long. Sad. Perhaps I will make two blogs tonight (yes I have homework, no I probably won't do it). I'll write this short one first to warm you up for the massive piece of literature that will follow describing my trip to Berlin. I arrived back to my house from Berlin about 1:30 pm on Monday. My host mom briefly said hi to me and then went back to watching TV. Sounds about right. I did homework, aka made a powerpoint about Scarlett Johansson and her role in the marketing campaign of Moet and Chandon (not an all around uninteresting topic), and then went to meet my group to go over everything I had done. When I got back to the house I immediately went to Leah's room where we caught up on each other's trips. She went to Italy this past week and had some awesome stories..mostly I just sat there jealous of all the gelato she got to eat :) So here's the twist. Anne had a friend over that night. Whatt? Anne has friends! Ok, sorry that's mean, and I can see why she does; she was a completely different person with her friend there - I actually enjoyed her company. PLUS we had an amazing meal! Her friend can move in as far as I'm concerned if it means we get something other than frozen foods. So we had a dinner of rice and then some meat thing in a tomato and it was baked with a really good sauce. We also had bread and cheese andddd...a glass of wine. That is the second time I've ever had wine in her house. I told my pseudo-host dad, Werner (Katie's host dad in Berlin) that my French host family never drank wine and he couldn't get over it the whole week. Hilarious. More on that to come. All the kids weren't there so Leah, Anne, Anne's friend, and I had a pleasant meal and a banana for dessert. Can't complain at all. Today we had class all day. I learned that I would live in a castle in California, married at the age of 26 to a male model with our two kids, an Audi, and I would be a stay-at-home mom. (No, the teacher did not predict everyone's future..although amusing to think about. Leah taught me a game and then everyone in our row 'found out' how our lives would turn out. It was more amusing than the lecture so it's what I retained.) We gave our presentation on Moet and Chandon (the teacher wanted to know where the samples were) and then I hung out in Leah's room for a bit before dinner. SURPRISE! Friend was here again! It even offset Cammie being back. We each had pasta with a full chicken breast and some really good sauce, yogurt for dessert of course. The friend made eye contact with us and smiled and spoke to us and it was nice, I like her.
For Lent I've been thinking. I think I am going to join forces with my mom and give up chocolate for Lent. This will be especially hard as Missy wants to visit a famous chocolatier in Paris. Hmm. But I am so excited to give up something that means a lot to me..probably more than it should actually :) However, in addition to taking something away, I also want to add something to my daily routine. I brought my prayer journal with me to France and I haven't written in it nearly as much as I should. So starting tomorrow I will write in it everyday. God has provided so much for me here and I was absolutely overwhelmed by his love while in Berlin. It was so refreshing for every aspect of my life and I am excited about Lent because it will help keep my focus exactly where it needs to be. So, hopefully an update on Berlin soon! Missy comes in 4 DAYS!!!
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