Schwerelosigkeit für das Herz.

August 5/Friday was not a great day. I worked an hour in the morning. I thought I'd have to drive the kids to school and also bring them home, but HM's work engagements for the day were cancelled and she went about her day as usual. I pretty much laid around home all day and didn't do anything. I wanted a day of almost complete laziness, and that's what I got! I did manage to force myself to spend a couple of hours searching for apartments. I even got so far as to set up an appointment to meet with potential roommates on Monday! I am excited and nervous about it. Wish me luck! I worked a couple hours in the evening when everyone got home, but was free around 7pm to do as I wished. I got ready and headed into town. I met up with John and Fiona, and then we went and met up with a number of our other friends. We were celebrating Danielle's birthday, so naturally we spent the evening drinking and laughing. I finally made my home around 5am (and I was the first one to go home!).

Saturday was the first Saturday in awhile that I didn't have to work. HP took the kids out to town somewhere. I'm not exactly sure where they went or what they did, but it gave me a quiet house and I was able to sleep in undisturbed. I more or less lazed around the house all day. In the late afternoon I managed to peel myself out of bed, shower, and make my way into town. I caught the train out to Vilseck, which is where an American military base is. Two of my friends, John and Leo, are stationed out there. They were putting on an American-German Volksfest in between the two bases (Vilseck is one, Graf is the second). A couple of my friends were going and I wanted to go as well. I spent the evening hanging out with Kayleigh, Larissa, and Kyle. I also ran into an old friend of mine, Michael. Michael is over here with the Army for six months of training. He came to Nürnberg just over a month ago. We met up then and I showed him around. It didn't even occur to me that he might be at the festival (despite the fact that he is training less than two miles from it). I was dancing with Kayleigh and Larissa when I happened to glance around and I spotted Michael dancing in the corner with his friends. We were both beyond excited to have run into each other and our two little groups joined forces. We all hung out together the rest of the evening. We met a bunch of people throughout the evening and made some friends. Leo came around when he was finished working at his unit's group. All in all, it was a fun night. It was nice to get away from Nürnberg and to do something a little different for a change.

Sunday I went for lunch with Leo. We went to a cute little asian restaurant and we both enjoyed our meals. I went for a run in the evening just as the sun was settling and the cool air was coming in, which is certainly the best time for a run during the summer. I spent the rest of the evening relaxing at home in anticipation of my long day on Monday.