Happy New Year

I hope everyone is having or had a Happy New Year depending on where you are in the world right now. Its strange to think that we are living in two different years at the moment. Nothing to exciting is happening here its almost 22:00 and I still don't know where I am going to be at the start of 2005. Best wishes and don't forget to get lost at some point in this new year.

back in the Peak of Good Living

Just thought I would let you guys all know that I am finally home. It only took about 64 hours with about 4 of those being sleep hours. I love weather delays but hey its in the past. So now hanging out with the family and catching up on the OCs I missed while i was gone...oh the beauty of having a family full of girls.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New year to ALL!!!!

The last few bites . . .that is cinnamon and sugar and butter 

Sugar Attack = Death

So today my last full day in Brno, Czech Republic, I was out walking around town with my friend Laura. We came across a Cafe that she had been looking for all semester. We perused the menu and decided on some hot chocolate, which in the CZ is hot chocolate pudding. I decided I would be nice to myself and get a "Tasticky s tvarohem, maslem a skorici." In English this would be sweet pies stuffed with fromage frais, topped with butter and cinnamon. Wow, now that sounds delightful, plus we all know i have a HUGE sweet tooth. So the it comes out in this massive bowl containing about 30 of these stuffed pies covered in butter, sugar, and cinnamon. It looks great and the first few bites were wonderful. I got through the first 10 pies with easy, but washing sugar coated cream cheese down with hot chocolate pudding only works for so long. Well after making Laura eat one i dove back in for the second half. With what looked like about 6 left I had more than I could handle. That is when I noticed the Evian ad to my left and ordered one. That helped me choke down the last what turned out to be 8. I have never felt so conquered in my life, at least not by food. I now am in such a state of daze its very strange but maybe this will help me pack finally.

what's in store for the last night in BRNO? . . . A homemade CZECH monopoly then the Belgians are making Belgian Waffles for dinner and then who knows. . .

Random Side Notes

Once again it has been a while since I have posted. Some things I have found out lately are kindof funny so i am going to share.
First, If you ever draw a blank on topics to discus with international friends, resort to animal noises. During the recent trips to stir up conversations amongst the countries a friend and I deicded to find out what sounds animals make in other countries. I think you might just have to find these out yourself, but a hint is to ask about a dog, frog, rooster, turtle, and any dying animal of your choice.
Second, the Brits just keep coming up with new uses for words that make life very confusing. Talking about a Football match (soccer game) Luara watched, one of the boys from England said "their kits are so ugly". The other American and I looked at each other for a minute and tried to figure out what in the world he was talking about. Come to find out what we call uniforms they call Kits, he said a uniform has a bowtie. Some things I will never get. Chips will always be chips to me not French Fries and Pants will always be pants to me.

Dobra Zprava pro dnes...Ja nikdy mam brat cestinu zase!!!!!
(Good News for the day...I never have to take a Czech Language Course again!!!)

Oh and I go home in 2 weeks just in time for some family fun and Chrismukkah!!!