Done!

I finished! I finished at 6:59 pm. And Rob called to say he'd just landed at 7:06. Woot! Last night I dreamed that Meg has been hatching sheep. Yah, I know, it's weird. But she was really good at it, kind of like my mom hatching tortoises. So, Meg had this whole bowl of sheep, and they were really cute. They were small, like, each sheep could fit in your hand, and of course they were much cuter than real sheep. They were fuzzy and cottony. Good job Meg! Not only are you good at transporting moths and old people, but you can hatch sheep too!

progress

Yesterday I figured out how to open a bottle of wine with a weird corkscrew. I also wandered around the center of the city without a map. Before I went out I had been working on the puzzle for several hours. I had a lot of conversations with myself. I said, "we need to get out," but me said, "just one more piece and then we'll go," and then I got annoyed with me and we left. Today I worked on the puzzle some more. We also went out (myself and I) ( I don't know where me was). I checked out the third mall in the Munich area. I think it's the best. Altho it didn't have a toy store. I also managed to take the garbage out today. Not a pleasant job, because the dumpster is in an enclosed area, so it's unpleasant to breathe. So I don't. Until I've gotten out and shut the door and walked about 20 feet. Takes skill! Tomorrow sometime Rob comes home. Hooray! someone else to talk to. I actually called my Dad yesterday, and told him how much I felt like him when I check my map for an hour and wish I had a compass so I knew which way was which. Not sure he was impressed. Oh well.

Skype

I just set up my Skype account so that it can display my Oregon cell phone number when I call. It says it won't show all the time, but it might. Now you can tell it's me calling. Although, when you see 123456000000 calling, that may be me too.

And here are some pictures of the puzzle i've been working on. What else to do while watching the olympics? Bonus: There are some earrings in these photos. Can you spot them?What are you wondering? Do you have any questions about life in Munich? I'd love some ideas on what to write about. At the end of any blog entry there is a little word that says "comments." Anyone can click on that and leave a comment. It can be anonymous, or you can enter your name without having to put in any more info than that! Talk to me!!
The olympics are still sounding like ooga oogah flooga omega blah blah blah. blah blah United States oogha flooga. blah blah...

It used to be the question was, "do i need it," and, "can i afford it." Now the question is, "can i find it," and if i can, "can i carry it home?"

Olympics

This is what the Olympic coverage sounds like to me: blah blah blah blah oh! blah blah blah twenty five blah blah. blah blah cat blah blah blah.

Today Rob left for Colorado. So I did what I do best: I went shopping. Actually, I wanted to explore the two malls in Munich that I haven't seen yet. I went to one in Neuperlach. I found a big toy store with tons of games. And then I finally found it...a store that is almost like Fred Meyer. Lots of selection of foods. And other things. Hooray! At the toy store I got a puzzle, because that's a good thing to keep me busy while I watch the Olympics and Rob is gone. Here is what the puzzle looks like now. It has 2000 pieces. I saw the cats in the picture at a store called Kaufhof. They were made of china and quite expensive. I think that's why I chose this puzzle though. It looked familiar.

And for dinner tonight. Stew. Note number one: potatoes that have been stored in the fridge for several weeks can probably be used to play raquetball. Note number two: Celery comes with slugs. That's right. I was rinsing off my celery and there it was. In my sink. A slug. EWWWWW. So I picked him up with a big paper towel and threw him in the trash. Then I hurried and finished cutting up my vegetables to that I could take him and the trash out. By the way, to take my trash out I have to bring my key. To open the door to the trash bins, to open the door to my building, and to open the door to my apartment. Cool thing: we have a buzzer, so when friends come they can ring the buzzer, and then I can push the button and it opens the downstairs door for them. Uncool thing: Newspaper delivery people randomly push buzzer buttons until someone opens the door for them. Annoying!

The cell phone

Dang, I did kill it.

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday I . Wait. Two days ago I hopped on my bike. No map, no toilet paper trailing off my shoes. I went west. Then south. Then I came back.

Yesterday I worked almost all day on a scrapbook from our vacation. Now I just have little bits to finish--the small details.

Today I fried the phone charger. I thought the thing I plugged it into was a voltage converter. Alas. At least the phone still works, and we went to Saturn (think Fry's) to buy a new charger. It's good, because Rob is taking that phone to Colorado with him tomorrow.

Tonight we are enjoying a great thunder and lightning storm. It blew a breaker in the apartment, including the TV and the dining room lightbulb, but the TV is back on. Can you imagine being without the TV on the opening night of the Olympics? AGH! Scary thought. Lots of lightning going on still. It's great! Lauri--are you jealous?