This update will be quick and random, just so you all know I'm around...
So, it's September, which means that life starts going crazy with German events all of a sudden. Last weekend was the annual Labor Day Donau trip (Detroit this year), and this weekend is German Day in Chicago. The week inbetween these events is always when things start up, so on top of two crazy weekends in a row, I've head my regular weekly Wednesday & Thursday night rehearsals starting up. Makes me really glad I decided to come home Sunday night so I had Monday to relax and get organized.
First, on German Day - I've been feeling a little weird all week that the fest opens on 9/11, a day which I think will always be a somber one for most of us. The past couple of years I've listened to polka music on my train ride & walk in, but I couldn't do that this morning. I'm itching with anticipation as I normally am, but don't think I'll feel right about puttin' on the tunes until after lunch.
Second, last weekend was fun, but it was also a little weird since it was the first Labor Day trip I've been on where I've been the only person from my family there. I was in charge of the Kindergruppe (they were fabulous, but more on that in next week's post), but just hung out the rest of the weekend and got to catch up with people. I didn't even drink that much - didn't do even one shot. In hindsight I'm wondering how it happened that I went on a Labor Day trip and never had a schnapps.
Since Trey was working Saturday and Sunday, he wasn't even there, which meant that I got to flirt a little more than normal. I also found myself getting reflective, thinking about how my life would've been very different if circumstances would've been different at certain points in time, causing me to have ended up with someone else before I met Trey.
This continued on my drive home (it is for this kind of reason that I like taking car trips by myself - it's nice to have 5 1/2 hours to yourself when the road is open). After all of this reflection I still think I have it pretty damn good. :-)
Have a great weekend everyone, and if you're in Chicago, I'll be at the middle bar in the big tent all weekend!
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i love those long drives when i can contemplate whatever i choose! it's not the same, but it's the reason i didn't mind my 45 minute commute - gave me time to think!
the only one from your family there? when that kind of thing happens to me i get all reflective about how life's changing, we're getting older, blah blah blah.
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