Spring Cleaning

As you can see, I've changed the look to my little corner of the world wide web to reflect my ever growing anticipation of the warmer/sunnier (I hope) weather. The picture used is one I took myself in the first few weeks after I had arrived of das Bonner Rathaus--every time I walk by it I stare.. I just think it is so beautiful :)

Zeichen von Frühling

Signs that Spring is finally here.. or at least very much on its way are starting to show throughout Bonn. Today was a gorgeous day in the Rheinland--about 19 degrees Celsius (around 66 degrees for all the Americans out there) :) Emilian and I took a nice long walk like always, but today it was extra nice because the park was filled with people. Obviously everyone in the area is, like me, over the cold and ready for the sunshine. Emilian is getting so big, and his SECOND tooth is coming in. Also last week he began to CRAWL! He's only 6 months old and his doctor was amazed at how fast he is developing. Wait a smart little "cutie bear" as I call him!!! ;)

Tomorrow marks the start of another weekend. I haven't gone out in Bonn in some time and I look forward to doing it this weekend. Sadly, Bertus leaves on Sunday evening to return to Mainz (city about 70 miles or so south of Bonn) for 3 months. I don't know what I'll do with him not around all the time :( It will be awful.. but at least I'll have a reason to visit/explore a new city in Deutschland :)
And as for tonight, my beloved Mountaineers take on the evil Huskies of Washington. Tip off is at 12:27 here in Germany, and I will definitely be watching thanks to once again, the trusty SlingBox (once again: Thanks Trav and Lisa for purchasing the greatest thing ever!) Let's Goooooo Mountaineers!

Damn You Northern Iowa!

After the upset by St. Mary's over Villanova, I thought it was a hard hit, but my bracket could still survive. Well.. looks like the University of Northern Iowa just bent over the remainder of my bracket, because I had Kansas winning it all. Damnit.

BUT there is always a silver lining: And this is all just making it a little less difficult for my Mountaineers to take it all :) LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Stared Death in the FACE

Sorry I haven't written anything new in almost two weeeks.. not too much exciting has been going on, however, I have been busy with my new schedule of new German classes (now Mon/Tues/Weds for 2 hours every night) and my 2 hour lax practices in Cologne on Thursday night. Although, EXCITING NEWS! I opened up my own German bank account! Wahoooo! So I'm becoming more and more of an "unofficial-but official" German everyday ;) But that is not what I wanted to write about. Let's talk about my recent dance with death. So this past Friday, Lisa and I had both noticed that Emilian was not acting much like himself. He was sleeping more than usual and just not really interested in playing. Lisa said that she thought he might be getting sick. A little bit later that day, around 3 or 4 or so, Emilian really started to get sick. He was vomiting and just an all around sick bear cub :( Lisa had called the doctor who told her he sounded like he had Rotavirus, which is extremely common in infants. She gave Lsa the name of an electrolyte powder to add to some water to give to him etc. He seemed to have been doing better later that night, so I got ready and left to go hang out with Bertus. After getting to Bertus' apartment which seemed like an adventure in itself (don't ask), we hung out, watched some more Dexter of course and then I (like always) started to fall asleep. I woke up and got my second wind to the sound of the opening credits of StepBrothers.
The next day I woke up with nothing feeling out of place. But at around noon or so, Bertus and I were going to eat something and I just noticed that I had a slight stomach-ache. I couldn't decide if the feeling I had was because I was just really hungry, or if I had to possibly throw up. Fast forward 30 minutes and I would have my answer. I tried eating a small piece of yummy baguette with butter and basil leaves that Bertus made me, but after one small bite I put it down knowing something was wrong. I then ran to the bathroom to throw up for the first of many times that day. For the rest of the day, I was either curled up on the floor in Bertus' bathroom, or asleep in bed trying to watch more episodes of Dexter (but I always fell asleep in them). I couldn't keep anything down, it was awful. I would throw up about once every hour, until later that night it started to "slow", and I would puke about every hour and 1/2 or so. It was absolutely miserable. I am 99.9% sure I was dying. Like I was telling Emily during our last Skype seshion, I like, NEVER got sick back home. I feel like I have gotten sick more here in the past 4 months than I have back home in the past 4 years. Stupid. Speaking of months, and back home.. it's going on 5 months since I have been in the US. That's so crazy to me. Almost 5 months since I have cuddled with my Loki puppy girl or my Fluffmeister Girl! :( Boooo. Also, speaking of months, today is Emilian's 6 month bday.. and also Lisa's 33rd! Happy Birthdays all around! Alright, at this point, I don't even know what I am writting and yeah, sorry. Luckily, I started to feel better later Saturday night and just stayed in bed all day Sunday, and woke up this morning feeling as good as new. Thank.. God.. that's.. over. And I can't even begin to say thanks and also how cute Bertus was/is for taking such good care of me on Saturday. He is too good to me :)
BUT now I am better, and NOW I will go down to my room to nerd-out to Sims or something else... but most likely Sims (I know I am the coolest girl you know). Goodnight to all Stateside and I'll be back to update soon. Hopefully something exciting happens soon that doesn't involve me puking my brains out for 9 hours. Ich liebe dich alles :)
xoxo Megan

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Yesterday marked one of the coolest days of my life. Yours truly booked a flight to go to London on April 27th (a Tuesday) at around 2pm. I will only stay until around 9pm the following day. Why go for only a little over 24 hours you ask? Well, my friends, I HAVE SECOND ROW TICKETS TO SEE LIVE--RICKY GERVAIS--AKA COMEDIC GENIUS/MOST HILARIOUS MAN ON EARTH. I seriously can't get over that this is going to happen. Like I actually have tickets to go to Wembly Arena in London to see Ricky Gervais. What I wouldn't give to have Emily sitting there next to me.
I've added a short clip of one of my favorite pieces of his. Take the time to watch it.. trust me, it's worth it! 54 days!!!!!!!

Over It.

Well... 24 hours ago I was being a big baby and complaining about being homesick. Well friends, that has past (for the time being). How/Why did I get over it so quickly you might be asking yourselves. Well, I'll tell you. First, Lisa informed me that she has booked our "summer holiday" officially, and yeah, no big deal or anything, but I will be spending 18 days on the Spanish island of Mallorca in August. So that pretty much cheered me up right away. I mean, WTF? How is this my life?? The other way to get over any feelings of depression or homesickness? Uhhhhh... go see Avatar. Okay, I know, I know, I'm like, 2 months behind the rest of the world, but that movie is simply breathtaking. Honestly, it's incredible. If you have somehow actually not seen it yet, you need to do so before it leaves theaters. Definitely a movie you need to see on the big screen in 3D like it was intended. Seriously amazing.. wow.
And that's a wrap on my homesickness :)