can't get it like that in the USA....

June 21, 2009
today was my second day off and oh buddy! i woke up at 6:30 feeling rather sick so i went back to bed planning to wake up at 7:30 to get ready for church... but that didn't happen. The church is about 30 minutes away from me when I take the train and I just didn't feel well enough to spend an hour getting to/from church. I slept till 8:30 and decided that I wouldn't go to church because I didn't have time(it starts at 9) so just slept until 9! It was so nice but I was still feeling sick. I took some meds and just layed in bed till 11 drifting in and out of sleep. While I was laying in bed Finn came up to my room, opened my door and told me to get up! haha.... I told him I didn't want to and I could hear Ulli yelling at him from down stairs to go back down. She came up to check on me a little bit later cuz she knew I wasn't feeling well and she asked if I wanted anything to eat. I told her no and she left me alone. I slept a little bit more and when I woke up no one was home. I don't know where they were but it was really weird. It was kinda nice to get ready for the day in a quiet house though. By this point I was feeling quite a bit better so I got dressed, did my hair and actually tried to look nice.

I updated my blog since I've been behind, and then spent some time talking to Heike. the family got home and I could hear steven down stairs making lunch. Ulli came up to see if i wanted to eat anything and knowing i needed SOMETHING I said sure! I'm glad I did cuz it was Maultaschen! :) yummy! i missed that stuff! Not gonna lie, Heike's mom makes it better, but Steven's was still good.

A little bit latter the neighbor girl Vivian came to pick me up and we went to catch the train. She said we were meeting 4 of her friends so I was really nervous. The first one to get on the train aside from us(at the next stop) was her secret boyfriend Dominik.... that was a bit awkward but not too bad. The next stop Chris and Sandra got on.... ok then it was really awkward cuz Chris and Sandra are going out..... I was hoping that their other friend was NOT a boy.... We got to Freiburg as Vivian's phone rang. It ended up being their other friend, who was calling to let us know they would not be able to come... great. it was me and two german couples! I didn't really understand what they were saying cuz they talk in a really funny dialect, but Vivian was nice at talking to me in english or simple german(i told her before that I really don't understand a lot of the german here.... stupid slang and such)

We climbed 209 stairs to the top of the Münster(really old church in Freiburg) and looked at the amazing view!! It's such a pretty town!!! after that we went to this really great Eis cafe(ice cream parlor) and got some ice cream. This cafe was huge though!! and really nice! but their prices weren't bad and their ice cream was amazing!!! You can't get it like that at home!!!

We got home and I put Ole in bed while Steven and Ulli finished getting ready for their night out(it was their anniversary so they were going to a really nice hotel for dinner) They left and I put Finn to bed... I was nervous that we'd have problems but we didn't have any at all!! :) It was so great!! he asked me to read him a book in english so I pulled out my hand dandy huge Dr. Suess book that I have with like 15 stories or so in it, and I read him the Sleep book. he really liked it and it was fun to read to him!! :)

I tucked him in and he went to sleep. I went down stairs and watched the Prince and me, in german and just kinda chilled with my laptop(yeah i am kinda addicted to it...) and I talked to Heike.
Ulli and Steven got home a lot sooner than I was expecting. I'm so glad they had a nice night!!!

We sat and talked for a bit while Steven goofed off on his computer, soon Ulli and I found out that he wasn't really just goofing off. :) He bought me insurance! haha! i'm covered now so if anything happens it will be fine! :)

Steven pulled out this huge stack of cd cases(3 of them) and told me to take them upstairs with me and look at them... i got up stairs and they were all movies! :) yay!! he told me most of them he bought in China, so they were in english. that made me really happy! He has some REALLY good ones! I think soon I'll have to watch a movie or too!! I talked to Heike a little bit more and kinda finished planning when I'd come to neckarsulm next(this weekend! because Steven is going to Heilbronn-right outside of neckarsulm so he'll take me with him then i'll go see heike and ride the train home! :) yay!!!)
I think I need a new pillow... my neck has been hurting really bad!! :) but it was a really great day!

I LOVE GERMAN EIS!!

pictures: a really pretty view of Frieburg from the top of the Münster, looking up at the Münster from under neat it, my delicious banana split(yes that is a banana split... jealous?!), the picture the nice waitress took of all of us. (chris and sandra are closest to the camera, and Vivian and Dominik are back by me)