Ich brauche Urlaub.

The most important lesson of this week is that publishing blogs on a Friday night is not a good idea.

This week/end has been hard- at uni this feeling doesn't really arise until like December, but I am now remembering at school you suddenly find yourself CRYING OUT for half term.

And so it is currently- I'm hearing people talk and thinking, why are you STILL speaking German? WHY?! I'm finding it more difficult to cycle to work every day... and on top of that, was at stunt camp for cheer yesterday. Got me thinking about how I'm so into cheer as a idea- the bows, the spirit, the American footballers, but when it comes to lifting another person on your own? No thank you, I much prefer teamwork ;)

Luckily I am taking a few days off in 10 days time for some exploring and well-earned lie-ins.

That being said, today is Sunday- where everyone hangs out with their own families... so of course I slept for 12 hours (I blame the Muskelkater - muscle hangover, great word) and am trying to re-organise my life while I have the time.

I cleaned (even my bedclothes)

I'm writing lists

I'm writing a blog (and trying to figure out what it means to write about your life and have people read it and why and what I should write about. I could write a whole post on why I blog etc. Blogception)

And admittedly, this is all preparation for, and avoidance of, the 8000 words that I have to write for uni this year.

What I mean by all of this I suppose is, that I'm 8 weeks into my year abroad and I want to becoming ever more intentional, rather than slowly losing the plot. I want to make sure that I am squeezing every bit of life and lesson that there is to have whilst living on "the real mainland." I am definitely having fun and learning lots, but I have let time get ahead of me, and at the end of the day I need to document all my learning, and basically be able to speak really, really professionally good German.

And this is difficult. However, it is a challenge I still think I am capable of!

So here we go again...!

P.S. This blog was interrupted by the appearance of the Matin Responsary on my iTunes shuffle. My room enjoyed a spectacular lip sync.