Deutschland

Hello again,

It feels like no time has passed since my last post. Nothing interesting happened most of the week. We had our first 2 German classes after a very long break. Don't worry: my German isn't any more ridiculously hopeless than it was before our vacation.

I started running again, lightly, every now and then. I should be in functional shape for my next race in 3 weeks. I'm running the Alb Marathon 50K as a relay with other Kyle. He and I are splitting the distance, so it's only 15 or 16 miles for each of us. I'd consider running it alone, if it weren't for the ridiculous elevation profile of the race. I don't think I could deal with that right now. Perhaps next year.


http://www.albmarathon.de/strecken-orientierungsplan/hoehenprofil-des-alb-marathons/

I started the week off sick, and Elizabeth followed right behind me. It made us a little less active... a little less ambitious. But it was over fairly quickly.

And right in time, too! Today Carole and Dave came to visit our apartment! They are our first American visitors. It was very good to see their familiar faces again. We took them on a short tour of the city and took them to eat regional foods they hadn't tried yet.

Lastly, some huge strides were made towards bringing the cats to Germany. My mom took the boys to the vet and got their certifications! I don't know what we'd do without her. We are excited to have them around again. The apartment can feel empty without our boys.

But yeah... other than that nothing happened this week. We'll work on being more interesting in the future!