I lied...

So in a previous post I mentioned that I'll be sad to go home and and I really love it here (that part wasn't a lie... I do love it here) and that I wouldn't mind if Jordan got a job here... well I think I lied. I'm going to be really excited to go home in August. This has been an amazing and eye opening experience, but all good things must come to an end sometime. There are things about Germany that I'll miss like...

~The bakeries... we get strawberry croissants and apple struddels for breakfast every Saturday morning. Mmm... so good.
~Everything is priced exactly what you're going to pay for it in the end... tax included.
~The people of the Erlangen ward... They are amazing people.
~The chocolate... need I say more?
~Game nights on Mondays at the bishops house... a tradition we're going to try and carry on in the states... we'll see if it works out.
~The architecture of the buildings
~The sightseeing
~Being able to get anywhere with public transport and being within walking distance to most places I need to go
~Having so much free time... being able to sleep in as late as I want, read as much as I want, and surf the internet as much as I want
~The quality of the food... even mcdonalds is better here
~H&M

But there are so many more things I'm excited to go home to. Just little (a major) comforts that I took for granted such as...

~Having my family so close
~A/C
~Having a dryer to dry my clothes
~Having a car to get around in... a car WITH a/c
~BUSTER... I can't wait to hold my puppy in my arms again... He might be sleeping in our bed for a while when we get back
~English speaking people... I miss being able to communicate with people everyday
~American grocery stores
~American convenience foods like fruit leather, granola bars, etc.
~Target
~Being able to set up my baby's room and have our own place... a place that isn't the total size of my old bedroom at my parents house.
~Sunday afternoons spent at my parents house or at my in-laws
~Cafe Rio
~A place to get my hair cut that I KNOW will do a good job... Landis Aveda Salon
~My own bed
~English speaking movie theaters and more specifically, the dollar theater

I'm sure there are more but thats what I can think of right now. But I can't believe we only have six weeks left! The time has really flown by... we've had some really fun times here and hopefully we'll do more fun things in the time we have left. We're trying to plan out a three or four day trip somewhere outside of Germany but then theres the concern about money so we might just end up staying in the country and find more things to do.

Last weekend we spent part of the day in Nuremberg at the Nazi rally grounds. Theres a place called the documentation center thats in one of the buildings that Hitler was building for party rallies where he could make speeches. It was never finished so they made a museum out of it and we did a guided tour and heard about how Hitler came into power and the progression of the Nazi party and eventual downfall. It was really interesting. On Sunday two hours of church were canceled because of the heat and boy, was I feeling it. I was light headed and dizzy through most of the sacrament meeting despite all the water I was drinking. When we went home I laid down and Jordan and I slept for four hours. It was a nice nap and we still were able to get a decent night sleep.

Anyway... No plans for this week yet but I'm sure the weekend will be here before we know it!! Until next time...