Survived!

School starts again tomorrow after a two-week vacation for Pentecost. Whew! This was a full two weeks, and I can't say how glad I am that it's coming to a close. I still have things going on (of course), but they are much more short-term (well, except for the whole moving thing--but I'm not in charge of any more huge events). I'm glad because I just can't hold it together much longer--brain overload! (Not to mention falling asleep a lot these days. Okay, so staying up late to watch Russia win the Eurovision song contest was probably not in my best interests, but I didn't know it would take so long to get the final scoring. I thought this year was much more enjoyable to watch than last year's--less heavy metal, more chansons. A lot of the songs had energy and a nice visual presentation and good singing, but lacked um, a memorable melody, which is always important if you want a song people will want to hear again. But whatever. Germany came in tied for dead last, but they were kind of one of the tuneless entries.)

Anyhow, I haven't gotten a lot of writing done in the past two weeks as I haven't really been home, but I've done some thinking. I've got about the first half revised, and reading over it I feel like I've got the setup and tools, and now I need to make the remaining scenes mean something. Ie, my MC's desire needs to run the story a bit more and drive the failures and ultimate win. I'm still not sure how to put it into practice, but I think I'm maybe on to something. I'll have to look closer once everyone is in school and things are quiet.

Oh yeah, and today was a little weird because there were twice as many people at church as usual. The next ward (congregation) over decided to meet with us today (or were asked to?) because their town was um, hosting a neonazi rally, with accompanying counter-rally, and since that ward has a high number of US military families, I guess they thought it would be good to get the foreigners out of town. That, or the town wanted the church parking space. They meet right down town, and would be in the middle of it all. So anyway, they came here. It was kind of weird to suddenly have translation going on, as we are usually all in German. I have to say, I know that it's not always convenient or feasible to learn another language when you get transferred in the military (three years is definitely enough time to get tarzan language levels at least, but that's provided you have contact with the community, which can be hard on base). However, it's definitely worth it if you can. It is SOOOO much easier to have the language in your head than to have to carry around a translator wherever you go. Definitely the most useful tool you could EVER bring with you when you travel!!