First Days

Well, I made it to Germany alive and well. I've been filling out paperwork and standing in lines since I got here. I'm missing my family and friends very much. I'm missing Jay so much more than everyone else. I've been wondering if I should have even come here in the last couple of days. It's so hard to be away from Jay and everyone else. I found a white cat hair on my shirt yesterday, and it made me cry because I miss Jay and his kitties so much. Then I found out that Jay wants to give his cats away to someone else. That was just the cherry on top of my sundae of crap for the week. I hope things start to get better. I'm having a hard time functioning with all the hurt of being away from Jay and his kitties. And then to think that I may never get to see his kitties again, it makes everything seem even worse. I've started listening to Christmas music in hopes that Christmas will get here quicker so that Jay and I can be together again.

 My room is very empty here. I feel like I've been uprooted. I don't like that at all. I have made a couple friends though. Anna is from Australia and we've been doing lots of things together since we met. Mariana is from Mexico, and she lives close to Anna. I've met lots of people from lots of places, but I don't have a phone yet so it's hard to keep in touch with any of them. Anna and I had lunch with Mariana today.  Anna and I went walking in the forest preserve today. It was really nice. I had to take a picture of the corn field we walked past because it made me feel a little more at home.

I start my language class tomorrow. I need it more than I thought I would. I went to the store earlier this week and was stumbling all over myself. If Anna had not been there, I wouldn't have been able to find what I wanted. I'm glad most of the offices that I need to go to in my first few days speak English.

My flat mates are nice. I don't know all their names yet though. I can talk to Alex, but the girl from Ukraine doesn't speak English, and my German is terrible so I can't talk to her very well. I haven't met the third girl yet.

Well, I've had enough for one day. I think I'm going to try to get some sleep on that hard thing that is supposed to be my bed.