Attack of the Pink Fuzz

Yes, I did pick that title just because I thought it would be a funny title. But I didn't just make it up out of nowhere. I really am being attacked by pink fuzz. Magenta, to be precise.

What is the source of this fuzz? Well, I'm not exactly sure, but there are several suspects. At the top of the list is the magenta chenille blanket I bought at Ikea. Chenille is somewhat infamous for spreading fuzz. I also have a magenta sweatshirt-jacket that could be contributing to the problem, as well as some pinkish purple towels. For the record, I washed all of these, but yet the fuzz remains. The room I'm living in right now has a hardwood floor (and is tiny, remember), and when I set my bag down on the floor and then pick it up, there's pink fuzz all over it. Once I move out (in a week, I hope!) I will vacuum it, but right now it's just too tight in there with my stuff.

Anyways... let's discuss some real news. Namely, the weekend. I had to finish a paper for the language practicum, so that came first. But I also went to a little "housewarming" party at my friend Matt's apartment--the whole BCGS clan has discussed having housewarming parties in all of our new apartments, and Matt was the first to make it happen. At the party we played German Taboo (spelled Tabu) which was hilarious, but of course we had to pass on like half of the cards either because of language or cultural differences that left us totally stumped. The "keine Ahnung" ("no clue") stack got pretty big! It was still fun though. This weekend is a Halloween party at Molly and Andrew's, and I already what I'm going as... but I want it to be a surprise. You'll have to wait for the pictures.

Sunday was pretty awesome, as usual. Great service, then spent the day at the Heimlichs (pastor's house) so I could use the internet with the convenience of wonderful company. :) I worked on my Full Measure arrangement ("Someday" by Nichole Nordeman) and also put some finishing touches on my paper. Tobi came over after awhile and graciously helped me with some grammatical corrections. We also had a hilarious conversation about Berliner dialect and Bavarian dialect. After that Tobi and I went back to the church for a prayer meeting, after which we ate dinner at the super yummy Chinese restaurant underneath our church (we're on the second floor). After that we worked on planning the music for the service for this coming Sunday because the Heimlichs are out of town. By the time we were done with that it was so late I had to ride the "Night-Bus" home. What other people do that late on a Sunday night, I really don't know!

It was no problem though because I don't have class on Mondays. :) So I slept in, printed my paper and turned it in, ran some other errands, and then ended up eating dinner at the nice Italian restaurant nextdoor to my apartment. Jeannie and her mom know the people that work there really well, and actually right now they are doing us a big favor--we only have one key between the two of us for the front door to the apartment, so whoever leaves the apartment last drops off the key there so that whoever comes home first can pick it up there. The people there are super friendly and I actually ended up chatting for awhile with them on Monday, after which they offered me a cup of coffee "on the house". After finishing my coffee I realized how late it was, so I just ate dinner there too. They have really good minestrone soup. :)

After that was music practice at church. It went okay. It's just hard because I just really don't have nearly enough piano or guitar experience to lead worship, but there's no one else to do it! Another women plays about as much guitar and piano as I do, so it works out between the two of us but it's a little shaky. I just don't want to distract people from worshiping. Please pray for me if you think of it!

Not too much else "special" to report on... visited another history class today that I really liked--problem is, I don't need another history class, I need a literature class! But I also visited a lit class today that is a possibility. I went to the Bibel Kreis yesterday too. There was actually a guy there who couldn't speak much German, so the girl from Vanderbilt was translating the whole time. She did an amazing job, but there was one hilarious moment when she got almost all the way through a sentence and then suddenly said, "Wait, what was my verb?" Classic.

That's all for now I believe... post comments! They make me smile. :)