Ein schöner Tag in Kassel :)

Well today was a LOVELY day!

24 degrees and sunny!

Arty-farty shot of the park

Me and Conny :)

Stuck in the hole ;)

The cock kept getting stuck ;)

Me and Conny went the the Karlsaue (the big park I mentioned before) and we took a picnic. The weather was so nice and we sat and played cards and ate melon (and got it everywhere!!). For a bit of exercise, we played the most hilarious game of Federball in the world! I don't think we have an equivalent but it's basically Badminton without the rules; you just hit back and forth. Well as you can see from the picture, the shuttlecock just kept getting stuck in the rackets...

"I can't get it out of the hole! - That's what she said ;)

The cock is stuck! - That's what she said ;)"

So so so many "that's what she said" moments, I haven't laughed that much in a long, long time!

We did some more reading and I got a bit further with "Der Kleine Prinz" while listening to Italian music and discussing the odd phrase in French whilst talking mostly in English... *mindfuck!!*

So now it's 10pm and I've not long got home. I'm about to have some dinner; soup a la Aim ;) That's Cuppa Soup to anyone who's not familiar aha! 

Wonderful day :) More memories and more pictures!

 

A happy day in Kassel!

Today has been a brilliant day already!

I woke up this morning and went to collect a package waiting for me at a near-by sort of post office. When I got home, I opened it and it was full of AMAZING things from Aimz! See attached photos! Literally, I had the biggest grin on my face ever! 

Every time I think I can't love this girl any more than I already do, she does something like this! Absolute legend! 

I also managed to Skype my Dad and see that despite the gunman on the loose round Tile Hill, he is alive and well. We had a nice chat about everything and we talked about exciting things for when he comes to visit me in Kassel! :) 

I then went out for a little bit and had a nice chat with Conny as always and we also went for a wander around some shops. After, I went to meet Anka and we had a lovely chat too - and in German! My German is immer noch furchtbar unfortunately but every little helps, right? We also managed to get a German Dictionary from the library ready for my Translation exam on Monday. We sat out in the sun for ages and soaked up the rays and chatted about loads of different things. She invited me to her birthday/end of exams BBQ next week so I'm looking forward to that. Sun, BBQ and practising my German with lovely people - perfekt! :) 

Once I'd got home, I decided to do my aerobics exercise video with all the windows open and my Summer Tunes playlist on loud ;) was awesome and I feel really good! Also, I did a load of sit-ups and a "belly blaster" workout :P I'm not sure why I'm doing this to myself!? I want to run the Race for Life and I also want to have my "bikini bod" back but is it worth all the pain!? :P

This question gets harder if you refer back to the picture of the chocolates :P ahaaaa! 

To conclude: Life is good :)

Putting my heart on my sleeve...

I would suggest if you have no interest in my relationship, you should close this page now.

For the first time since I got to Germany, me and Joel had a really nice Skype session. Normally, it's me having a meltdown and him picking me up and sorting me out. Or it's him having a down day and us both chatting and typing without sound so that the sound of each others voices doesn't make us both cry.

Tonight, we spoke for four hours - mostly about our week and what we'd been up to. We only Skype once a week so it's nice to catch up and hear what we've both been doing.

Every week, he sends me a bunch of funny pictures to look through so we both had a laugh about them. It's strange how it's so different with Joel. I can laugh with him in a way that I can't laugh with anyone else. It's just a moment of pure bliss and happiness when we're both laughing together and I can't wait to be geographically with him again to hear his laugh properly. When he laughs, his whole body laughs and his shoulders go crazy - Skype just doesn't show that!

I also played a few romantic tunes and sang to him over Skype. My voice is sh*t anyway so I dread to think what Skype-quality-sh*t-singing he picked up the other end! Hope I didn't kill the romantic mood too much! 

I'm putting my heart on my sleeve a bit here but I never believed in love. I never believed those people who walked around confessing their undying love to another person. I used to think they should be locked up in a padded cell and fed weird and wonderful medication. 

I never believed in marriage either. Maybe it was the lack of a successful married role model, or maybe it was the serial bride role model that I did have? All around me, I saw divorce and broken families and I swore I'd never go down that road. I was sure I'd live my entire life independent and that marriage was just a piece of paper.

How things change? Things couldn't be more different. I am one of those people who wander around confessing my undying love for my boyfriend. I want to marry Joel and I know with every fibre of my being, that I will marry him and I will be with him for the rest of my life. I finally believe in marriage. I don't believe in divorce. I remember speaking to my Grandma not long after my Grandad passed away, and she told me about her and my Grandad going through hard times and they always got through it together. I want to be like my Grandparents. I want to potter around and make tea for Joel while he's snoozing on the couch in the sun after a busy morning of gardening and taking the grandchildren to the park to play tennis. This will make you laugh, but I want to have our false teeth in glasses of water next to each other by the side of the bed :P

Sure I want a career and I want to be independent and to show everyone what I can make of myself. But most of all, I want to be with Joel until the day I die. 

I've found my Prince. Now I want to live happily ever after <3

Normal life in Kassel

I think it's safe to say not a great deal has happened since my last post. 

My sinusitis and ear infections cleared up fine. Although I think I now have an acute phobia of the shower and the potential of getting water in my ears... not good!

My Year Abroad essay is complete and ready to be submitted. My Popkultur essay is also ready to rock 'n' roll. I have an exam next week but I'm feeling pretty chilled about it ;)

We have raised £350 so far for Race for Life but we're aiming for £500 by July 21st. Please please please donate if you haven't already! Read the description about our lecturer, the person we're running for, and I think you'll be inspired. He continues to be an inspiration to this day; he's still giving me advice and guidance even while he's ill. Please donate, it would mean the world to me!

I'm still continuing to do aerobics and sit-ups in my flat and I'm pulling muscles I didn't even know I had! 

I went for a scout around the Karlsaue here in Kassel. It's a huge, gorgeous park in the centre of the city. It's stunning and I went there on the one day we had summer here. I managed to wander round and take some pictures, but unfortunately I did get followed the entire way round by a guy from Brazil :/ awkward! So my plan of going there running is out of the window; he goes running there every day. Damnit! 

I've been further educated in film. I've finally seen the Matrix and both Iron Man 1 & 2, and I'm off to see the 3rd this evening... in German. This is going to be interesting... 

Anyway, I have two weeks until Joel gets here and I bloody can't wait! The countdown to my return to normality begins! 
I can't wait to live with Joel again, even in our cramped little room, it's cosy and it's home.
I can't wait to have Aimz on the same island, so I can pop to London every other weekend and see West End shows and have picnics in the parks around the city.
I can't wait to have Lorna & Becky nearby for nights out and Sunday lunches and Disney marathons in onesies!
I can't wait to be in the same country as my family; a ten minute car ride from my sister and the children. A short journey to Coventry to see my Papa and the rest of the Greens!
I can't wait to be up to my eyeballs in work for fourth year, nestled away in the library with Luce, procrastinating by reminiscing about Torrechiara and romantic running from the train in Parma!
I can't wait to pop to Leicester to have steak and Bettspielen with my Boffin, Liv ;)
I can't wait to run this Race for Life with Becky W :) *ahem, please sponsor us*
I can't wait to have meet-ups and epic adventures with the Radyr Comp people!
I can't wait to have cross country meet-ups with all the fantastic people in my life who are just that little bit further away! Jess Bean, Charl Wright, Rosie Pollock, Conny & anybody else that I've forgotten to mention but who has been there for me in the last few months!

I can't wait to have my life back! It may have some small tweaks and improvements but it will be my life once more! <3 
40 days. Bring it on!