winding down

I've mentioned before that since I've been here I've worked with the teenage girls in northern Bavaria at church. (Stake young women's counselor, if that means anything to you.) Today the presidency was reorganized, the other counselor made president, and me and the president released, ie, given a rest. We've both loved working with the girls, but for health reasons for both of us, plus moving for me, it is also a relief to turn over all the materials and take a break. I have a feeling it's only a temporary rest for me, since even though I've never requested it, I've always somehow ended up doing this wherever I live. My mind is here every day, anyway, since I'm always reading and writing YA. I'll miss the kids, though--there are simply a lot of very cool and interesting people between 12-18 in this part of the world, even if they don't realize it themselves. Right now, though, there are only so many things I can accomplish at one moment, so I'm glad to be able to set that aside and work on getting through the other things I need to over the next few weeks.

Anyway, moving is going to be hard on everyone. We really feel that this is one definition of "home" to us, and it will be hard to leave. Luckily I don't particularly feel like this is the last time we'll ever be over here. I'm looking forward to new adventures (perhaps in part because the "home" aspects of where I live now most closely mirror the "home" aspects of all I like about Arkansas), but it's always hard to leave a place you like.

Completely unrelated, but they're installing a new playground on the way to the bus stop, and this morning we found they'd put in an outside, in-ground trampoline! I tried it out this morning, but on the way home there were a bunch of boys playing there, so it wasn't really the moment...but I think I'll sneak out when everyone is at school and work and no one will be there to look at me funny, and jump... Gotta get the kid out somehow!