baumschmuck

i woke up with meike again, but then i fell back asleep until 11! i think i may soon be on german time, and not bombay or whatever anymore. i painted a little, but then i realized that meike would be home soon and i haven´t left the house AGAIN, and so i put my key in my pocket and went out to wander. meike had left me a map, so i did´t worry about getting lost. there was a sign saying "Fußgangerbrüke" so i followed it. thought i might see water, but it just went over the Allee. on teh other side is the uni campus, where michi´s classes are. i wandered around. there was a sign for a pop art exhibit. i asked meike about it when i got home, and she said perhaps we´ll go there this week. she was there when i got home. we chatted and ate doritos. "cool ranch" is "cool american" here. then we headed off to kibo again. meike´s basketball party is tonight. i finally got online to type emails! that was when zou all got the first set of these. while meike was as the party, birgit and i worked hard- she prepared her english and french christmas units and i typed emails. then we made schwarz und weiß plätzchen where you make plain and chocolate dough and roll them out on top of each other, then roll them both up into a tube and slice it to make little spirals. und wir hat tannenbaum geschmuckt! the first time i was in germany i helped decorate the tree before i left. this time i´ll stay for the celebration!