After 13 months in Germany I'm back in the states, for good, or at least for now. It was a hard goodbye, especially since I don't know when I will get back over to Germany. These past few days I've been readjusting to life in the states. There are some differences that will take more getting use to than others ( Read more... )

Hard to believe, but it's been a year since I've arrived here ( Read more... )

it's really amazing who mild this summer has been for me. Usually in August all I do is sweat. Well this August, it's been "cold" so I haven't had to worry about sweating, unless it's during soccer with the boys. It's basically been in the 60s most days ( Read more... )

So I was back in the states for a total of 10 days. In 10 days I ( Read more... )

Remember that time iw as going to update regularly on LJ? haha, didn't happen ( Read more... )

Today I was "in" the itunes store and I saw that episodes from Glee are avaible to buy ( Read more... )

I recently came across a civics quiz given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. The results of the quiz were mentioned in an article I read describing the lack of understand/knowledge US students have of their country's history and government. The article brought up how many kids have trouble answering questions like who were our enemies in ( Read more... )

Recently my dad and stepmom visited me here in Germany. however,during that time we didn't stay in only in Germany we went to Prag (as the Germans spell it) in the Czech Republic ( Read more... )

This year in Germany has been filled with me learning so much about the people who inhabit this land as well as their culture. Moreover, it has opened my eyes to a whole different lifestyle, one which, in many ways, is better than the lifestyle I previously had ( Read more... )

Reduce, Reuse Recycle is a phrase that is used very often. There are certain times of the year where in America you hear people talk about recycling more than other times, and each time people say they can do more and will start doing more. But more often than not, nothing comes of that (this is in my opinion of course ( Read more... )