interesting, but then sad

My day has consisted of: 

Speaking to Richard at 2am (becasue he is at a tournament, and wanted to catch him for a bit), he is in England. 

Then waking up to an email from my friend Choi (currently in Singapore).

Then writing to my friend Ali on Skype (in Germany)

And speaking with my friend Jon (friend from Valpo who is currently in Cairo). 

Yeah, it is pretty great thinking that I have friends all over, but then the other side of it is that they all really are so far away, and that isn't much fun at all. 

Even though I never cared for the articles, I really do love the language

It feels good to read German and really understand it. Granted, it is second year German and I should hope I understand it. I get nervous that I have lost it all. I am currently tutoring a sophomore in high school German, he isn't bad at it, just needs to gain confidence, and put the effort in. We went through some readings and questions today, it was really fun to read German out loud, in my somewhat correct accent, ask questions, understand, all of that. This has inspired me to read one of my German books, let's see how that goes, but I need to keep working at it, put the effort in. 

When I opened up to the first page, a picture fell out. I have no idea when this picture was put in the book and have no idea why it was there. But the other person in the picture used to infuriate me. And now, I just looked at, thought, how odd for this to be here, and thought back to the time it was taken. It feels so long ago, and hey, if I saw this person again, I wouldn't be angry or upset. But it also made me think of Richard, and how amazing he is. I hope this person is doing well too. 

Does the library carry children's books in German? Could I get them in interlibrary loan? Need to look into this. 

Flying in style

Yes! I don't even have words to describe the feeling I have right now. Some of the wedding plans have changed, and this meant we had to change some other plans. We have been looking for flights for me to come visit, because it is important that I meet his family. I found some fairly inexpensive flights going over, but then the price kept up little by little. Then I found another flight, not direct, that was quite a bit cheaper, but overlapped with my last final this year (ok, I only have 2, but it is still my last). While I was looking around tonight, I found two direct flights that were cheaper than any other direct I had found. It was still a little pricier than the non-direct, but not by that much. And the two flights had a pricetag difference of about $6, it was either Virgin Atlantic or British Airways. After reading about both, I decided to spend the six bucks and purchased the British Airways flight. 

I will be leaving Chicago O'Hare on May 7th, arriving at Heathrow on May 8th at 9:20am. Direct flight! then I get to celebrate Richard's 27th birthday with him! I will be visiting for 16 days. In that time, we hope to play an Ultimate tournament, visit with his mum, dad, and sisters, meet his friends, run a half marathon, and watch quite a few movies. Only 83 days until I leave to be with him. 

Oh yeah, Wayne and April are awesome.