I'm too busy DOING things to stop and WRITE about doing things...

I really loved the idea of using a list of bullet points, so here I go again:

• My body hates Europe. So much. I love it, but my body is enraged. The bottoms of my 2nd and 3rd toes on my right foot are the latest to join the rebellion, which is being led by my stomach, ribcage and hair.  I've been sick for two weeks now, and I finally went to the doctor this past Thursday.  He said that I most likely have inflammation of the stomach. Whatever that means.  He gave me medicine, so we'll see if that works.  If not, he said I need to swallow a camera.  Yay!  In relation to that, as many of you may well know, when I don't feel well I lose all ability to control my emotions.  Thus, I've been incredibly grumpy, snappish and teary for the past two weeks.  Some people thought I was actually nicer because I was also mellower and less sarcastic, but I think I've been a wench.  One day, when I was hurting quite a bit, I went to get groceries.  A man on the street tried to hand me a flyer and a small bottle of free lotion for a promotion.  He spoke very quickly and used words that are not in my working German vocabulary.  The result? I teared up.  The flyer and lotion were in my hand, but I wasn't gripping them tightly, so he kept a hold of them on the other end.  When I asked, "Was?" He tried to explain why he was giving me these things.  More tears pooled for no reason.  It was then that he realized that his free gifts had pushed a mentally unstable girl right over the edge.  He uneasily withdrew his offerings and backed away warily.  Thinking about it later when I had a better handle on myself, I cackled for a very long time in great merriment.  His expression was priceless.
• This is where I put in a guilt plug: Some of you (and by that, I mean all but about two of you) are not staying in contact. At all. Not even a cursory attempt. Please at least drop small messages every now and again so I know a little about your lives.  I may not be the best at replying, but you can just stalk my blog.  I don't have that luxury in the vice of the versa.
• My English is completely shot.  I speak fluent Denglish, but neither English nor Deutsch.  I'm going to have to read all the classics when I get home to regain my power of coherent speech.
• We went to Dresden last weekend.  It was pretty, but I missed the hustle and bustle of Berlin.  On the Saturday we were there I may or may not have consumed 5 ice cream cones in one day.  May not have.  Don't judge me for something that may not have happened.  But just so you know, hazelnut flavor rocks and yogurt with fruit is also the bomb.
• I went jogging one morning, decided to take a different path home because I thought these two specific streets ran parallel.  Turns out, they don't.  I got lost.  Really really lost.  For upwards of two hours.  With no cell phone or public transit pass. It was awesome, though, I saw some interesting things as I wandered about.  There was a daycare named Kartoffelkinder!!! Everyone in my old high school German class will understand why that is super exciting.  At last I found a body of water and decided that I could survive there because there was water to drink and wild game to kill and eat.  I was about to try to build shelter under a bench or climb a tree to protect myself from rabid joggers when it dawned on me that this was probably the lake in Charlottenburg (the area where I live) and that since all lakes have boundaries, if I just kept walking around the edge I might eventually find something I recognize from the one time I'd been there before.  It worked.  I got home.  Late, but safe.
• The towel I bought over here must be made from recycled materials, and I think it was saran wrap in its former life.  Imagine trying to dry yourself with saran wrap.  Yep, that's what I do every morning.  It's kind of interesting.
• I have been talking about the Word of Wisdom and eternal marriage so often over here lately that I'm beginning to think that the church should be funding my trip here.  (Oh, wait, they are...)  It was really awesome to get to share some of my standards with my classmates.  When they found out that I'd never drank any alcohol, tea or coffee or smoked it nearly blew some of their minds.  Made me smile.  A peculiar people are we, indeed.
• Today I joined a Syrian demonstration for a little while just so I could chant "One Solution-Revolution!" and "We seek freedom!" for a little while.  Amelia and I were the only white girls.  It was unnerving, so once we got a picture of our Berlin protest, we quickly left again.  We are POSERS.
• Someday (if it is at all possible) I am going to bring someone (or multiple someones) back here to Berlin to show them how awesome it is.  I want someone else from home to understand why I love it some much.  I also wouldn't mind if they were exceedingly impressed with my knowledge of the city layout and public transit system.  Genuflecting is a bit much, but maybe a bow or curtsy to acknowledge my genius wouldn't be uncalled for in that moment.
• We leave in less than a week.  I'm already depressed.  But I'm so freakin' excited for Tuebingen!
• Only about 33 more days until I'm home.  The time is flying!