A to Z about me!

I saw this on some other blogs and I had to steal it. I always love learning new facts about people.

Okay, so here we go. 

A. Age :: 24.

B. Bed size :: Queensize bed. We love to snuggle.

C. Chore you hate :: definitely cleaning the bathroom.

D. Dogs :: None. Maybe later, but my brother is allergic.

E. Essential start to your day :: The Word and time to wake up. 

F. Favorite color :: Blue in every shade.

G. Gold or silver :: Depends on what. Usually I wear silver, but I prefer certain jewellery pieces  in gold (wedding ring).

 H. Height :: 5'8''.

I. Instruments you play :: Piano. 

J. Job title :: student, but not for much longer

K. Kids :: None yet. I would like to have 3.

L. Live :: Germany near Frankfurt

M. Maiden name :: Pfeiffer (not related to Michelle)

N. Nicknames :: Annie and many more reserved for Hendrik.

O. Overnight hospital stays :: Too many. Thanks to leukemia.

P. Pet peeve :: Being able to see the contents of people's mouthes while they chew.  People who smell bad (don't we all have showers)

Q. Quote: far to many: always remember: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.(Winnie the Pooh) and for tough times: I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.I believ that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believ that tomorrow is another day. And I believe in miracles.

R. Righty or lefty :: Righty. 

S. Siblings :: Little bro - Nico

T.Time you wake up :: ok, don't judge me. I am a student. I am done studying. I can sleep in. so, 9 am sounds about right. But this is about to change.

U. University attended :: Justus- Liebig- Universität Giessen

V. Vegetables you dislike :: cauliflower.

W. What makes you run late ::  life. Somehow I believe I have time and then sudddenly I don't. ..

X. X-rays you’ve had :: Teeth, feet, knees, hands...

Y. Yummy food :: noodle casserole and pizza. Italian.

Z. Zoo animal favorite :: Lions and elephants and Giraffes. 

Long time no see

Sorry for my lack of blogging. After university life is...interesting. The first few weeks I was exhausted like never before. I had no interest in doing anything. I went running a lot, slept almost 10 hours every single day, read a few books and went shopping.
I don't know if you remember, but in November I told you that I had applied for summer camp in the USA. I finally got a camp 2 weeks ago. It's a girls scout camp in Minnesota and I am the waterfront director (zero camp experience, but make me the director. Sure!) At first I was not too excited because I wanted to teach swimming in one of those nice pools in a traditional camp. Now I teach all kinds of things like swimming, canoeing, kayaking and maybe even a little low ropes. I am not particularly fond of lake water to be honest. But you gotta take what you get. So, on June 24 I am going to fly out to the US. Slightly scared,but I am slowly getting excited. I most likely will get back to Germany around September 12, which means that Hendrik will be home alone for almost 12 weeks. This is hard, but I have wanted to go abroad for ever and Hendrik knows that and supports me 100% (like with everything I do). But I am worried because 1. appartment after him living alone for 12 weeks... 2. He will be finishing up his studies so he could use some support and if this is not enough his step who thought he had beaten colon cancer now has tumors in his brain and lung. We don't know how long he is going to live and I pray I can be there when he dies,because Hendrik needs somebody to hold on to. His step dad never lived with Hendrik's family and 2 years ago Hendrik's mom and he seperated, but Hendrik still loves him dearly. I have to be there to keep hendrik on track when it happens. If you could say a prayer for Henny's family tonight I would be very grateful. But I know that God provides. The past few weeks I was a little frustrated, because I mostly sat at home, occassionally tutoring a bit, while my friends got jobs. I could not really get one, because of camp. This morning the university called. My heart stopped, because I thought that something was wrong with my exam and I might have failed somehow. But it turns out they had called me, because a school needs an English teacher until the summer holidays which start July 6. I was offered a job without applying or even thinking in this direction. Nothing is certain yet  as I can't teach until the summer holidays because of camp, but I am speechless. God provides, I don't even need to ask.

Runnings pictures

Today Hendrik and I went on another run. I like to take pictures with my phone while running and today I could not resist taking a few of the blooming trees and fields and a few other things.

I absolutely love this photo. Sun shining through the trees. Never gets old.

                          Hendrik running away from me because I take too many photos.

                                        A bomb crater in the forest. WW 2 precision.

 There were quite a few guys who ran topless. But nothing worth the few. Pale muscleless skin.  I asked Hendrik to remove his shirt, but he wouldn't do it ;) People freak out on the first summery days here.

My life in 250 words

Everybody seems to do the "Blog Every Day in March" challenge. So I thought I might as well join in. I probably won't do every prompt, but there are quite a few good ones. The first one is to write down the story of my life in 250 words or less:

So, I was born right in the Middle of Germany on a hot August day in 1988. When I was a few months old we moved to a small town where I was raised and where my parents still live today (best parents in the entire world). When I was two and a half something amazing happened: I got a brother. We were pretty much inseparable until I moved out. When I was 13 I was diagnosed with leukemia. Somehow I survived. High School was pretty amazing, because I was living the life I had always dreamed about. I had my friends, school was going well and the afternoons I spent at the pool with my friends from the swim team. Another great thing happened: After my second stay in South Africa in 2007 I finally got a boyfriend. After a week we pretty much had decided that we would get married one day and had already decided on the name of our first son. In 2008 I started studying to become a teacher. In 2010 my boyfriend and I moved in together. Since then we have faced all the struggles and celebrations of university life together. The last being my very final exam of my studies in April. Soon we will leave this little shoe box apartment and move on. The best is yet to come.