22 Jul '05 - + 20 - 22 Back in the Swing of Things
We got back to Hamburg on Sunday after an interesting trip to the
United States.
This week has been pretty slow, full of rain,
class, progamming, and fixing a bike.
The trip was really three trips in one: four days in Montana with my
Dad's extended family scattering my Grandmother's ashes and cleaning up
my Grandparents' house, five days in St. Louis seeing friends and
paying bills, and three days in Chicago attending Jenny's brother's
wedding. Jenny had to stay in Hamburg an additional week for
work, so she didn't make it
to Montana or spend as much times as I did in St. Louis, but the
wedding was a wonderful chance for us to spend time together and with
her extended family.
Anyway,
they were two exhausting weeks filled with family and taking care of
lots of things that have fallen by the wayside as we've been in Germany.
At Skalkaho Falls, Montana, with my sister and her family.
Upon returning, fixing the bike was the the first priority (after overcoming jet
lag). While I was in Montana, Jenny went bike riding with a friend, and the
friend borrowed the bike for a ride down to the Fish Market. Unfortunately, this happened:
It's
actually not as bad as it looks (or as the look on Jenny's face
makes it seem). Our friend had ridden over some glass, and the
punctured tube slipped out of the tire and wrapped around the brake. It
looked awful, but I just had to extract the old tube and replace
it with a new tube. Unfortunately, I had to ride Jenny's girl-bike
for a couple days until I got the right supplies. I hope I didn't
get laughed at too much.
Our next event is hosting a party tomorrow night for my classmates and
teachers from my German language course. It should be pretty
interesting, but it might be very boring. It'll be the first time
we all meet outside class, so I fear that we'll end up with the
English-speakers in one corner, the Portugese-speakers in another, the
Spanish-speakers in another, and the spouses looking bored. Of
course, my Latino classmates were disappointed to hear that it will be
a wine, food, and conversation party instead of a dance party (we don't
even have a stereo). I think it'll work out fine, anyway.
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