Speaking German makes me tired

This past weekend was quite up and down. Saturday I found myself surrounded by a family and laughing all day. I spent the whole day with my mentor teacher and her family. She and her eight year old son picked me up. He is adorable (the son), as soon as I got into the car, he started asking em questions and telling me about himself. He would start talking really fast at points, and I would just nod my head and laugh where it seemed good. I ate lunch and dinner at their place. For lunch we had a very typical German meal, with schnitzel, potatoes and vegetables. And for dessert we had yogurt. Then we took a hike in the woods, and the dog came as well! As we were on our way out, the family stopped and saw that there were a whole bunch of mushrooms growing wild in a field of Christmas trees. I guess they know their mushrooms, because these were the kind you could fry up and eat! So we picked a basket full and got our hands dirty from the dirt.

After we got back, we had the traditional coffee and cake around four pm. There is a part of me that wishes I could drink coffee, it just seems so adult. But I really have tried. The family has another son who is about thirteen, and we played soccer in the backyard, which brought on much laughter, especially after the dad joined my team. And for dinner, we grilled, yum! After dinner, the sons and I played a game, because the youngest practically begged to watch a movie, but he would have to head to bed in the middle of it. When I left, I promised I would come back.

Then Sunday was filled with pretty much nothing. I went to church in the morning. The church was almost packed, there happened to be a baptism. It was really fun to join in on the sacrament. It made me sad when almost no one joined in on the baptismal vows. It was also quite surprising to see that the child was well over one-year-old, maybe they just wait in Germany. After church I saw some people I met on Wednesday. One of the guys saw me and waved. A wave that says, "Hey, come on over." I waved back and then just left. A second after I did that, I realized how stupid that was, but I felt so stupid that I couldn't just turn around and say hi. So spent the day reading and watching TV. Next time I will be bolder, because I am a bold, adventurous person (I have to remind myself that pretty much every day).