On the 26th, I went to see The Departed with Julia. Excellent, bloody, brutal movie. I enjoyed doing nothing for two days, but I would have probably died of boredom on the 26th (not really), so I was very glad to get out a little. Before the movie we went to Starbucks, and heck, we may have four of them downtown, but it sure took us forever to find one. We had a delicious peppermint mocha, and some nachos with cheese at the theater. Good movie and good snacks, made for a good evening.
Today (the 27th) I did nothing much. I did call my sister tonight, and we talked for almost 2.5 hours which was great. We talked about a lot of things, about her life, and mine, since we missed out on so much of each other. We also got to talk a bit about Adelina, her daughter, my niece, who passed away last year. We agreed to meet up on Tuesday, and I will be going to the hunting and fishing museum with her and her two boys (they already had that planned so I said I would love to come along). I cannot believe how old my nephews are, and I have never met them. One is 10, the other 5.5 years old. I have never even seen a picture of either of them, so I am very excited about this. That and seeing my sister again after 10 years. I hope we will have a good time. And I do not think I ever actually went to that museum, so that will be interesting as well. It will definitely make for an interesting, exciting start of the new year!
Tonight Tina came over for a few hours, we gave each other our Christmas presents. She got me a book I had actually been meaning to buy but had not yet (but she didn’t know that), so it’s awesome. It is Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, and she also got me the cute angel figure you can see in the picture. We just hung out in my room and chatted until she had to leave because it got kind of late. It was a good time, first time I saw her since she visited me in Heidelberg.
Tomorrow I am going bowling with Christoph, Tatjana, Tina and Julia. Bowling is so expensive in Germany, I had no idea. The only time I had been bowling here was once with work for Christmas 2003, and I obviously did not have to pay for that, and then once with Petra and her kids on the base in Mannheim. We will pay €13.50 for the track for one hour, and since we got it for two hours, that makes €27 plus €1.90 each for the shoes. Since there are five of us, it is not too bad. Evenings (€23/hr) and weekends (€35/hr) are even more expensive! That is kind of sad, because even though I go bowling about once a year, I really like doing it, but seeing how expensive it is, chances are, I will not be able to go bowling more often.
Friday, I will be seeing Babel at the theater. I had been waiting for this movie since September. They showed it at the film festival in San Sebastián but it was sold out. Originally I was planning to go with Lejla and Eva, but Tina and Julia also want to see it, so it looks like there will be five of us. I really love going to the movies here, since I like the theater and they show everything in English. (Okay, that is mostly why I like it so much, that and their nachos with cheese - only the one from the machine though - are excellent, and they sell Ben & Jerry’s ice cream!)
Saturday I am going to Passau with Tina. I never visited her there, since she started school there in 2003, and since she is transferring to another school, it’s about time to visit the town, because she will not live there after February. We’ll be staying until Sunday, which is New Year’s Eve.
Now, I would love to tell you what I am going to be doing for New Year’s Eve, but the sad truth is, I do not know. Somehow my friends and I have not managed to make plans yet that work for everyone. I hope we can figure something out by Friday, because anything I may have to buy for Sunday I will have to buy then (since I’ll spend Saturday in Passau).
So, yeah, I have been having a good time home. The only stress I am having are the dreams I have had lately (I dream about school/work/something stressful every night, I guess that shows that I really needed this break), and that pile of papers and books calling out to me to write that damn termpaper but so far I haven’t done anything, so really, that was not very stressful at all. I have not yet gotten started on the books I have to read for class, because I figure that wouldn’t take more than a couple of days, if I really get into them, and I finally got to the point where I am not reading more than one book at a time. I have finished two books since I got here, and started a new one yesterday, and I also really want to read the one I got from Tina today.
Four more days in the year, and I get to see a bunch of dear friends before 2007 starts. While 2006 has not been the greatest year, I know I will enjoy the end of it (providing that we can think of a good way to spend the last few hours, heh).
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