Flying time.

On Monday, everything went back to normal. Mom and Aunt Debbie flew back to America, and I was sad to see them go! We had a great visit overall. Benji was in a good mood, but he kept asking me for DebbieDonna (one word), so I had to try and explain to him that they went back. I said, "Sorry, they went home." He replied, "...sorry..." So sad!

Normal...or so I thought! This week was Faschings week, which is like a big carnival in every town where people dress up in costumes like Halloween. They sing and dance in the streets as a parade goes through. The big show happens on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. I dressed Benji up as a small devil, just like we did for the gymnastics the week before when they had a Faschings-themed class. I'm pretty sure everyone in the entire city was there, by the way. Benji didn't seem too into it, though. He kept telling me to turn the music down, but I couldn't! After, we went to W.TH and had lunch with Sib, Lutz, and some of their friends who also came over after the big event. I was last told that we had class on this day, but I missed Thursday and Friday because we went to Paris, so little did I know it was canceled on one of those days! I went to the building only to find no cars, no peoples, and everything locked. Oh, well! I spent the afternoon researching the trip Julie and I are making in May and June. Did I mention that I'm super excited about that?!

Yesterday was a beautiful day outside...finally! The sun was out, and it wasn't too cold. It's supposedly warming up here and going to be 10-15C on Saturday--such good news! So Benji and I played with his BobbyCar, some balls, and Mogli.

I gave up chocolate/sweets and bread for Lent. I'm sure you all know how hard this is going to be! I've done good thus far...ending day 2! This gives me some hope...but I still have 44 more days to go.

Today, I actually had class...finally! It was kind of boring, though. We took half the time taking and going over a practice test. It's hard to believe that there's only 2-3 more weeks of that class left, and that I'm almost halfway through my time here.