Still Me

Okay, I've really tried to immerse myself in this whole German experience.

On Saturday, we went and put a deposit down on a zwerg kaninchen (or dwarf bunny) for you English speakers. We'll be picking it up next week. It's a fairly common pet here in Germany, and it was a compromise for pet-starved Maddie whose mom doesn't want a dog and whose dad doesn't want a cat. Pray for us all!

That night we had cousins Torsten and Elke over for dinner and a game of Skat--an EXTREMELY complicated German card game. Found out that we got off easy, because apparently, you usually play for money! Had a great meal, a great time and we know a new card game. Next time we get together I'm teaching them Golf, a card game my Aunt Carole taught me. Much easier!

Sunday we had my friend Sheree and her husband Florian and their kids Leah and Lucas over for (what else!) coffee and cake. Sheree is American and her husband is German, but their German time is temporary. Florian lived in the states for something-teen years before coming back. We sat around the table drinking coffee while the kids played until 6 p.m. Skip and I didn't get to sleep 'til after midnight we were so wired.

So you'd think that through all the transition and turmoil of living in Germany, I would have emerged a more fully evolved, centered human being. But, no. Today we had the activities fair for the American Women's Club and I was busy signing up volunteers for the massive Halloween Party. When I went to get my parking ticket validated, I left my lists (of about 50 volunteers and e-mail addresses) at the front desk of the hotel where the meeting was held. That's the same kind of thing pre-ex-pat Anne would have done. Fortuneately, it was still there when I went back for it. Whew!