Oktoberfest...not so much for me

Another quiet weekend at home for me. I really do enjoy having the time to myself. If I can't travel alone, at least I can stay home alone when I need some me time! The girls were going to Oktoberfest for the day with Janeel's boyfriend and some of his friends. They were a group of 6, 3 boys and 3 girls. Unfortunately they stayed out late the night before and the boys had more than a little trouble getting out of bed in the morning! They didn't make their train...twice! But on the plus side, while in Munich Kelly was able to buy her rail pass! Which meant she was able to make our reservations for Paris! We have two beds reserved on the CNL, CityNightLine, and two seats reserved for our trip back as far as Mannheim. And it only cost us 30 euro extra.

I spent my day being productive in a couple of different ways. First, I took out the trash. Then I watched a couple hours of TV on the internet. But, I also figured out prices for rail travel for mom and dad when they visit. I found the price for a rail pass and just using the regional passes, and it's cheaper to use the regional. I was able to start looking into hotels for their stay. But I won't be able to finalize that until they make a decision about renting a car or taking the trains. We'll see what happens. I also started working on one of my papers for the Internship classes and got pictures taken for my portfolio. I don't want to be stuck with too much to do at the end. I also caught up on my weekly log. I tried to start another paper, but found I couldn't really start yet. There are a couple things I need to do with the kids and some timing that needs to happen before I can start most of my work. I really need to get done with the paper I started! I want to have something done! I think there might be one other paper I can start as well, that would be two things done and out of the way. The goal is to do that today.

It's Sunday today. We love/hate Sundays around here. It's nice to have some time at the end of the weekend to just relax, but we all seem to watch the clock. There is always the thought, "oh man, it's already 3pm; I don't want to go back to work tomorrow." But I try and keep those thoughts to a minimum and actually get something accomplished. The goals for today: take out the recyclables, start another paper, and hopefully finish the first paper.

I did take some pictures of my room here in Germany! I also attempted to make some yummy food while I was home alone, I think I did pretty good with what I had.