Brats for Breakfast

Hi! I'm writing to you as I cook these brats I bought yesterday. And just so we're on the same page, it's also 8:30 in the morning. I was going to eat them for lunch, but I've woken up and can't seem to get them off my mind. The last days have been full ones and involved little sleep. I had the privilege of attending a Young Life camp over the weekend and it was SO awesome. I got to take part in all their activities, and my favorite was this waterpark called Alpamare. It was honestly the coolest water park I've ever been to. When you got there you got a bracelet with a little chip in it. When you put stuff in a locker, the chip intentionally gets stuck in the key and becomes the bracelet. Thennnnn you get to do whatever you want while inside--eat, buy, etc., and it just tracks it on your chip. Then you just pay once when you leave. The rides reminded me of Great America gone water park, because they were "real" and exciting rides.

(Man...my apartment totally smells like onions now...) I can't believe it's mid-November. We're past my two month anniversary here. I can't wait for Mom, Dad, and Stephen to come. It's so close I can taste it--oh wait, no, that was just the onion coming up. Just kidding. Next week I give my referat/presentation about Strategic Communications auf Deutsch. Should be interesting. We have to make handouts for all our presentations, because that's what they do here. It's become tedious because I do not have a printer. I am considering buying one for 40 euro to alleviate time, stress, and insane costs. We shall see.

For Thanksgiving, I'm going to spend it near Starnberger See with a bunch of people from church and staff from Young Life. I will probably sleep over Wednesday night so I can spend the whole day there just hanging out and cooking, playing with their dog!, and enjoying fellowship. I am so lucky to know these people...

The credit card and debit card issue has been resolved, thankfully. Well, not come to closure, but I now have a way to get money on my own. Shout out to the fam for being patient with the situation and being understanding! You are awesome. The Christkindlmarkts will start in just a couple weeks here and I'm really looking forward to taking pictures and walking around in the lovely atmosphere. So much going on! Hope to write more soon...this will be the first weekend sort of to myself/nothing planning. I'm looking forward to getting re-organized and finding things that are hiding in my room. Love, karen.