Sorry about the delay in the updates. Once you’ve heard about everything this week you’ll understand.
Last weekend was Easter weekend. I went to an traditional German event - Ostern-Feuer (or Easter Fires if you prefer). It’s this event where people burn giant bonfires of tree limbs and some Christmas trees (I’m way impressed people kept their trees that long).
Easter Sunday I went to mass in the morning and a dinner a friend’s house that evening where we feasted on Indian and Thai food – very spicy, but REALLY good. I also got to talk to my family on Easter Sunday, but that touch off a lot of homesickness. I miss them and our family traditions.
Easter Monday is a huge deal in Germany which I was not aware of - no stores are open and everything shuts down. On Easter Monday the Blue House hosted a dinner where we ate lamb (which apparently is traditional), potatoes (mashed and roasted), steamed veggies, and a variety of desserts including thumbprint cookies I baked, cupcakes, and kuchen. Very yummy! It was my first time eating lamb and I loved it. I will definitely be attempting to cook it once I get back to the States.
Tuesday began the craziest week of the semester for me. This is a week where there is so much school work and just other stuff going on that there is no time to think straight. On Wednesday I had to have had read a book and a thirty-minute presentation on Parisian Culture that I had to present. Thursday I had two major outlines due for my Asian History class. On top of all this I’ve been participating in a play and the performances were Friday for me which meant rehearsals almost everyday this week.
My stress level has been over the top.
Amazingly I got most of this done. The book didn’t get read, but we ran out of time to discuss it, so I got lucky and have another week to read it. The presentation on Parisian Culture went well. I turned in the two outlines (one for a term paper, one for a presentation). Unfortunately the professor did not like either outline and told me I am too much of an “American Feminist”. Really, this is all I have to contribute, my brand of feminism, and I try hard not to be ethnocentric. She asked me, on Thursday night, to rework my entire presentation and send it to her Monday morning.
Friday I spent nearly the entire day doing play related activities including the performance that went very well. I could pick out some of my friends in the audience which was heart-warming. Afterwards we celebrated by going out for drinks.
Other highlights of this week include the two Iranian guys on my floor inviting me to eat with them – they’re getting to be good friends.
Today, Saturday, I am going to start reworking this presentation and then help out with the other performance of the play. Tomorrow, Sunday, I have plans to go to church the shut myself up with this darn presentation. Say a prayer for me that I can get it to wherever my professor wants it.
I hope everything is going well for you. I’d really like to hear what is going on in your lives if you want to leave me a comment or drop me an email.
Love,
Elizabeth
Prelit bonfire - if you look closely you can see the leftover Christmas trees
Easter fire roars to life
On stage performing
Receiving a rose for a job well done - I love flowers :)
3 comments:
good luck with the rest of this semester.
Any time you want lamb, just call, Kyle and I love making it, and we do so many veriations of it. Also, if you want advice on how to make it, Kyle is a genuis.
take care of yourself!
As in Mary had a little _________, baa baa black__________, the Lion and the __________?????
E. Poor little lambkin.
Glad you made it through the week. I knew you would. One event at a time.
I am feeling you left out a few details about the stressors of the week (for good reason), but thanks for getting this on here!
Lamb is tasty! :)
I know what you mean about busy. The next two weeks or so are going to be out of control for me. Yikes!
What play did you do?
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