Spring Leaves

Every time that I am not at my computer or am too busy to write something, I always have the best topics to write about. Of course, now I have no idea what I should be writing about other than the fact that I should just update.

Life in Aachen continues. Thursday is the third and finally holiday in Germany (there are three in one month and then NONE until October...RIDICULOUS). I wish I could say that I had interesting plans to go out and about and do something fun but most likely not. Today I worked eight hours with a one hour break in between. Although by the time I got to my last class I was tired, I prefer this schedule. I was home by 1600 and had time to go to the gym, cook dinner like a normal person and do things that normal human beings do. Tomorrow I'm teaching ten hours. Yay.

I'm beginning to believe that my family isn't going to come and visit me this summer/autumn. As much as I want them to, I keep hearing different excuses. I've got two weeks of vacation ttheime to use this summer and if they're not going to come, I need to look at some other alternatives. I know that for sure I want to go to Croatia sometime this year but I'll probably also just spend sometime hanging out in different parts of Germany and Dresden to visit the amigos.

I'm feeling a bit inadequate as of late. I mean, I know people who are traveling around the African horn region during research, volunteering and what not. I mean, my time in Aachen is important for my future in International Relations but honestly, wouldn't a summer stay in Africa be more influential? I still want to go to Rwanda and do some research there. I've also go this travel bug as of late. My friend Jacqueline and I plan on traveling SE Asia in a couple of years. But what am I supposed to do if I start a career? There is only so much time for someone to do something like that, you know? Yesterday I talked to this guy from FSU who is traveling around 20 something countries in 215 days. I want to do that! Crap like that requires money though. And that is something that I am trying to hold on to when I can.

This summer I am going to be taking some classes at the Volkshochschule (kind of like a community college for people who want to learn different things). I want to learn, I mean really learn how to use Excel, take a wine/cheese class and perhaps a cooking class. I think on their website I saw a politics class too. That could be fun. I just have to talk to my boss and see if they can give me the time off once a week to go to the class. I need to feel like I'm doing something besides working, sleeping and going to the gym. I think it'd be a great way to meet some other people too. Apparently, our schedules slow down a bit too in the summer, summer is quickly upon us. I think if I get something to do and start feeling like an actual citizen and not just existing and start living (like I feel now) then maybe things will look differently.

I'm also Frau shopping, so that can't hurt. Ha.