I miss the sun

I would like to put out a missing sun report. It's big, yellow, full of gas, and warm. My guess is that it is behind these layers of rain laden clouds, but I wouldn't know. Every once in a while the sky illuminates, but not with a yellow glow of comfort, more of a blanket of lustery white.

Germany is growing on me more and more as spring sneaks in and out. It is funny how I have had a love/hate relationship with it this entire time. I can't wait to go back to the states, this week my 5 close girlfriends are leaving, watching them go makes me want to leave more. I hate goodbyes, but I feel that they are easier when I am also on my way out. Watching everyone graduate from NAU and talk about leaving Flagstaff for good this time, breaks my heart, the other part of me rejoices that I do not have to be there for the extra tearful goodbyes.

I feel like I should give some sort of farewell tribute to Flagstaff and NAU, but I don't feel that I have the strength for that now, maybe in a few weeks.

For my last 3 weeks in Garmisch I hope the sun comes out, I hope to take a few more bike rides, I hope to go on a few more dates, I hope to go to the castle, but mostly I hope to truly enjoy it, not just partially, but fully.

My goal for this week is to book my cruise for June and have a good week with my fifth graders. This will be a week where I win them out with love. I am determined for us all to have a good week. It is going to happen. So long for now.