Zach's been gone 22 days. I am not really counting it that way, I just happened to talk,talk to him on the phone for the 1st actual talk last night and we wondered that it had only been 3 weeks since we had dropped him off! It feels like it has been a couple of months since he was home. Not that time is dragging, it just seems like so long ago. It was great to talk to him although I missed him more today then I had before hearing from him. Instant messages and Facebook conversations have been great, I feel like I kinda know what he is doing (maybe he is laughing at that and saying I have NO IDEA what he is doing!) He doesn't sound homesick in the least and that is a really good thing. Although I miss him I don't want him at home! (He knows what I mean) So, classes are good, sports are good (MSU's stunning win over Notre Dame for example and his season tickets for MSU Basketball), seems like he has made a good group of friends. Enough about him! EXCEPT...he needs to get a job!
Sarah walked in the Oktoberfest Parade, among other wonderful things that she has done in the short 10 days she has been in Germany. Again it seems crazy that it has been such a short time! She has done a great job of getting information to us via Facebook and her Blog. We actually got snail mail from her, which prompted me to write her back. I actually wrote instead of typed the letter. She has huge, wonderful things coming her way as well as the everyday living. Her struggles with the German language will be a thing of the past quickly!
Brian and I had a fun filled, childless weekend! Octoberfest is not the only beer drinking thing going on in this world. Michigan Irish Music Fest was in Muskegon! We had a great day of Irish music, Irish dancing and BEER! On Saturday we went out to lunch in Muskegon at a favorite restaurant. Brian tried a chocolate martini and enjoyed it so much he bought the ingredients and had a couple more when we got home.
I have been having fun with cooking. The 1st couple of meals I made WAY to much. I like leftovers but this was planning on feeding four with leftovers! I have gotten better. I am not in the mood to follow recipes as much as envision what I want to make and how I want it to taste and then going for it. Here is what I need to work on: SAUCES. The chicken with mushrooms and red wine cooked down too much. The shrimp, bacon and broccoli with lemon and cream served with pasta cooked down to much.... I think I need to get a lot more chicken stock in my house! I still have "ideas" for meals which is fun. I am also looking forward to following recipes... plenty of time! It's great that Brian is willing to eat anything I put in front of him.
I have also been working out. 3x last week and I mixed it up. Elliptical, hiking with the dog and Aqua Blast! OK, a second on Aqua Blast, I really liked it even though it sounds so corny! I was for sure a decade younger then anyone else but once I stopped feeling so self-conscious it was fun. I love being in the pool. It was a lot of stretching and arm stuff, not cardio really but something. Liked it so much that I did it again yesterday! Even said hello to Joyce and Don my 2 new friends that having been doing this class for over two years! It gets me out of the house.
Next weekend may not be filled with lunches out and festivals but I am going to tackle the office! Yikes...
Julie
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