What happened to my blogging motivation? I used to blog all the time before Barry died, and then all the time afterwards. I kind of dropped off the face of the earth again and again. I like writing, but I just don't do it anymore. I realized this as I was scouring my old blog today looking for a recipe I haven't made in a really long time. I used to write constantly, and now I am just sitting here at my computer, in my robe and pajamas at 0900 and feeling like I don't even know where to start! I originally intended this new blog to be for our travel adventures, but how many have I posted since we got here?
None.
Way to go Joanna! haha.
So here's what's going on in my life right now...
I really have to go to the grocery store today as we are out of breakfast food, lunch foods, meat, fruit...you name it, it's gone. But I also have a class at the gym at 2PM that I have to go to, and I really don't feel like showering twice today, but I can't go to the grocery store looking like a slob with greasy hair.
My kids are back to school now and settling in well to the DODEA school rhythm. Teenagers are the hardest creatures to raise. They make me understand why mothers sometimes eat their young in the wild. You try raising three at a time! HOLY SHIT. And then add in one pre-teen girl to the mix, and it's a whole shit salad sometimes. Anyway, kids are doing great with school and getting involved etc etc. They like their new schools and seem happy to be here in Germany, We will be doing cookie season with Girl Scouts again this year, but at least my youngest loves being in Girl Scouts.
We've gone on lots of adventures this summer. We hiked up to some Castle ruins (Flossenburg, Ehrenburg Fortress), went to a concentration camp (Flossenburg), went to Garmisch and went sledding on the Zugspitze in the summer! We also went to some castles (Hoenschwangau and Neuschwanstein), walked across the longest Tibetan style suspension bridge (Highline 179), and also explored Hitler's Eagle's Nest and some of Berchtesgaden. We rode some really fun alpine slides, and went in a really old monastery (Ettal) that took my breath away, and then we walked though the Partnach Gorge which is absolutely breathtaking as well. Then I went to Poland with a friend of mine, and we bought lots of pottery! And then I took the kids to Prague this past weekend as Andrew had to study.
We are still settling into our new house. We still need to find a home for a few last minute things, and hang the last few items up on the walls. I joined the spouses club again, and am looking forward to the luncheons and trips they do (I'm going to Oktoberfest later this month with the spouses club!!!). In a couple weeks we hope to go to Stuttgart to see my German friend Tanja that we have not seen in 16 years! Contrary to Kansas, I have some really great neighbors. I have become friends with a few of the ladies, and I am so glad that our neighborhood is more friendly than it was in Kansas. I didn't know any of my neighbors and everyone there kept to themselves...here people are more friendly. Well, at least they are on our street.
That's all for now, I need to go spend money at the German Grocery store now and get my life together for the day.
I will try to post some pictures soon, but I need to get a watermark first before I put them up publicly.
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