Global Warming?

Anyone who knows me knows exactly how I feel about global warming, but with the weather we've been having here lately it doesn't seem like it could be possible. We've already had more snow than is typical for the Rheinland, and tomorrow there's going to be a huge storm coming through Germany. Up here in the northwest it won't be too bad, but Bavaria and Berlin are in for some serious weather in the next couple of days. Esther was telling me yesterday that, here in the Rheinland, they only get this much snow about once every 10 to 20 years, and otherwise there's very little snow here at all. Apparently all of the cities in this region are already extremely short on their salt supply and aren't able to salt the roads or the Autobahn anymore. I know that it really doesn't make people very happy, and it definitely makes travelling difficult, but I'm really excited that we're getting so much snow.

Tomorrow we were all supposed to drive to Muenster, where Olaf is from, because it's Silke's birthday and we were going to celebrate. Because of the snow and the road situation, though, it's really not a good idea for us to drive there. Esther doesn't want to take the train, either, because if there's a problem on the train then we (along with everyone else) are going to be stuck there for who knows how long with 2 tired, bored, angry, screaming children. Not fun. So basically the plan for tomorrow is to stay at home, maybe go sledding with the kids if it's not snowing too hard, and I think I'll probably head into Cologne again. Like I said, it's not really travelling weather but I think it'll be nice to go out and do something. Plus, I start my language course on Monday at a new school, and I need to figure out how to get there on my own so I don't have a repeat of last time.

The guy in the chicken suit from last weekend is getting married tomorrow. He's been emailing me every once in a while to let me know what's going on with all of them. We all had a lot of fun and they plan to come visit here again in the next few weeks, so they've been keeping in touch about it. I told him that I hope he and his fiancee like the snow, because there's definitely going to be a lot of it. He doesn't seem to mind, which is good.

Other than that there really hasn't been a whole lot going on here lately. Olaf went back to work in Basel yesterday morning and he came back this afternoon, and with everyone back to their old schedule and me starting back up with my language course, everything will be back to normal again on Monday. Next Sunday Olaf and I go to the game in Cologne (hopefully the storm will have passed by then) and I plan, weather permitting, to resume my travel and exploration adventures after that. I've kind of been slacking on the travel bit lately, but I'm still having a great time so I'm ok with it. I realized the other day that I probably haven't stopped smiling since I got off the plane in October, and that's what really matters. As much as I'd like to see everyone back home, I'm definitely not ready for this trip to end. Thank god I've still got 9 months left! :)