Counting the days

Right now I am counting the days til I am back in Germany. Don't get me wrong, I really like it here, but there are of course a few things that I don't like that much or that are just different in Germany. And after almost 10 month (!!) you get a little exhausted, especially during summer vacation when you take care of the kids the whole day. Of course they have some summer activities, but I still have to be creative with them and do a lot of stuff with them so they won't get bored. But I am really thankful that I have so sweet girls. I really like hanging out with them, play with them in the pool or at home etc, but at the end of the day I am glad to be off :)
But the last couple weeks were really exhausting. Working 9-10 hours, then college til 8 or so and then I am really tired. Sometimes I meet up with some friends, but to be honest I just like having some Jessie-time where I can just do what I want. For example, I just started reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. People who know me, know that I love the TV show "True Blood" which is based on those novels.
College will end next week, finally...been driving a lot what means paying a lot for gas. Well of course not as much as in Germany, but still....
I hope I will have some news about my job as a teacher soon. Kind of exited, but also scared. Wonder if I can still handle the german grammar and spelling...Maybe I should start writing this blog in german again?! No, don't think so...
Well that's what's going on right now, told you I will not write about real personal stuff anymore ;)

Today is July 23rd what means it's only 74 day until I go back to good old Germany

my life boring??ähhhm nooooo

I decided not to write any more personal and for me really important stuff here cause it is kind of private and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. But let me tell u one thing. There is a lot going on right now and when I tell people, they r like "OMG ur life is a freaking soap opera!" Lol. It's crazy...well it's only 3 more month left and then I will hopefully have a normal life again :) I sent my flight request form last week and I will probably go home October 5th. I will hopefully have enough time to find an appartment, get settled and visit my friends before my teacher job will start in November 1st...We'll see
 

Update July 1.0

Allright lets see what happened since the last time I updated my blog...Hmm I was hanging out a lot with my friends, well after collge classes that actually started a few weeks ago. They are ok. One of my classes is kind of boring and I don't really learn something new, but it's ok. Gonna have midterm next monday and have to "study" a little bit for it this weekend. I also have to write a paper about a health issue. I chose "anorexia nervosa" cause it is always up to date and it effects a lot of people.
Ma basketball class is really cool. We r like 4 girls in that class and most of the time we r playing and of course working on our skills. Last class I jammed my finger, so it is swollen and blue now, but it is not the first time that that is happening to me so I know how to tape it etc.

Last weekend, from thursday til tuesday, two of my friends and me drove to Wisconsin to visit a friend and spend time in her parents summer cabin. It took us 8 or 9 hours to get there and we were driving through the night so we arrived early in the morning. We slept for a few hours, had a wonderful american breakfast and then packed the boat and the jet-skis and enjoyed the beautiful weather, the lake, friends and drinks :) I felt like in paradise. Nothing to worry, just realaxing and getting tannedd :D
So that's what we did most of the time. Sleeping, getting up, getting ready for the day, spending the day on/in the water, having drinks, a lot of fun with the jet-skis, tubing, wakeboarding( I tried it for the first time in my life. It is really hard, but I got up for a couple seconds :) ) swimming, playing in the water...so it was just AWESOME!!
On 4th of July there was that huge firework and we enjoyed it on the boat with my friends, family and even more friends :) Really cool

The way back to Michigan took like forever cause there was looooots of traffic and we were stuck at Cicago for about 3 hours. So we got home after midnight. Good thing I didn't have to start working before 9am :)
So now the usual dayly routine started again. Working, college, friends, studying or bed. So I always can't wait for the weekend and for sleeping in :)

Me and Betsy on the tube

Update June1.0

Ok let's see, what is new....had a fight or something with a person who I thought was my friend, but after a guy showed off, she showed me her real face. Don't want to go into details, but I lost her as a friend :(. Women are sometimes just really complicated, that's why I like hanging out with guy-friends. They are not so bitchy and just not complicated. If u have a problem, just tell me, but please don't pretend that everything is fine and talk behind my back!
But I made a new friend and I am happy that I met him. Kimi, me and him are hanging out a lot and we r going to Minnesota in 2 weeks. Sounds like a lot of fun and I can't wait :) Yesterday we went to stony creek for kajaking. Was so much fun and I really enjoyed the nature and the silence. Kimi also showed us Eminem's house that is nearby. Really cool :)
Tomorrow my college classes are atarting. I am taking basketball and lifestyle choices. Let's see how this turns out to be. My kids have vacation now, so I will be busy with them too. Swimming lessons for them, dance camp etc....

So that'S what's going on right now. Working, hanging out with my friends and enjoying the summer :)

Yosemite National Parc

Awesome, amazing, beautiful....lots of words that are coming in my mind when I think about the Yosemite National Parc. I am glad I made that tour, though I had to get up at 5:30 in the morning cause the tourguide picked me up at 6am. It was really nice, I was in that little bus with like 26 other people and our tourguide, who was German  told us a little bit about the area, but after a while almost everybody was sleeping or just dozing. The countryside was soooo beautiful, I liked it a lot! After a few hours we arrived in the parc and the driver dropped us off for the first stop. We had to walk 1 mile to see the giant sequoia trees. They are really big, thats why they are so popular. For seeing them I had to walk through snow(!!) and of course I was not wearing the right shoes for a walk through snow, what means I was wearing my Converse shoes which were after that trip soaking wet ;) Well it was worth it :) My camera's battery was about to die so I only took 2 pictures of the trees. After everybody was back on the bus we were driving deeper in the parc and we saw more of the  beauty of nature. I was gorgeous!! We had the chance to walk around and take pictures and our tourguide was giving us informations about the waterfalls etc. Couldn't remember everything ;)
After a few hours we headed back to San Francisco and I  was there at 8:30. So I had a full day and was dead tired when I got back. It was really a nice tour and I am glad I booked it. This was the best part of my San Francisco trip :) Though seeing my dad was also pretty nice :)

Here is a link for my pictures about Yosemite and San Francisco: https://picasaweb.google.com/111642259285248643163/SanFranciscoAndYosemite?feat=directlink

San Francisco Day 4

Today was not really special though I saw the sun for a little bit ;)
I just walked into the city and was looking for a Borders store to buy a book for my flight back, but guess what there is no freaking Borders. They are all closed :( So it is 89 Starbucks vs. 0 Borders...So people just drink coffee here and don't read or what?
And of course I got lost because I am no friends with maps. I was looking for Union square to do some windowshopping etc, but of course little Jessi messed up Union street and Union square so I landed in a not so nice area....well let's say if I would have been looking for a job as a stripper or so I would have been right there ;) But at least I saw some cable cars on my way. They are not running right now so it is rare when u see one...
Well I found my way back to Pier 39 and took a street car to union square. That is the part of San Francisco that I actually really like. Didn't buy anything, I spent already enough money...
Tomorrow I am going to Yosamite National Park and I am really excited. The tour starts at 6 in the morning, so that is the bad part about it, but maybe I can sleep in the bus. Hope I will not freeze too bad there, gonna put on several layers of cloth...
Gonna relax now, my feet really hurt after all that walking....

San Francisco Day 3

Today I woke up by the rain cause it was pouring and it didn't stop til noon or something. But this didn't stop me from meeting my dad and hanging out with him. So I walked through the rain to Pier 39 where we met. He already bought some tickets for some activities and we started with a ride an on ferry which drove to the Golden Gate Bridge where it made a turn and passed Alcatrez. The weather was still crappy, but in the beginning it was at least not raining anymore so that we could stand on the deck and take some pictures. Bad thing is that my camera's battery is about to die and I forgot the charger...hope I can still take some pictures on monday when I am going on a Yosemite tour. I really liked the tour on the ferry and it was ok that the weather was not that good. After that tour we went to the Aquarium of bay. That was really neat and we've seen lots of fish, sharks, starfish and jellyfish. The coolest part was to see kids being so excited and deep impressed by all those fish. You could walk through a glass tunnel where the fish were swimming, so they were swimming over your head too. Pretty cool :)
After the aquarium we were walking through Pier 39 and had lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp co, a restaurant leaned on the characters from the movie "Forrest Gump". Remember the part, where Bubba tells Forrest what kind of food u can make with Shrimps? Well You can try a lot of seafood in that restaurant. Really a cool place.
After lunch we went for another city tour, what was really nice cause it took 2 hours and the driver told and showed us a lot of stuff that I haven't seen/heard before. 
I had a really nice weekend with my dad and the next time I will see him will be in October when I go back to Germany.

Thanks Dad for that great weekend. Have a good trip home. Hugs and kisses from your one and only daughter :)