Goodbyes=Gross

Our final day in Germany was covered with cloud of gloom which loomed us. We woke up in the morning for our final literature class with Dr. Hills and the afternoon consisted of finishing (starting for some) homework and packing up all of our belongings. For dinner we were fortunate to taste the barbeque style of Mr. Tony! Mmmmm! It was delicious! Just walking through the halls of our hostel you could smell the smoke wafting through the air from the barbeque. It gave me a glimpse of summer. All I needed to see was some watermelon, chips, and lemonade for it to be a real BBQ. After dinner we all congregated in the classroom for a slideshow of pictures throughout the semester that Kelley had put together. It was really fun to watch but mildly depressing because it solidified the fact that we were leaving the following morning. After the slideshow we were all given the chance to talk about our trip. Oh man, by the end of that speel if I wanted to cry I certainly could have. I love our group SO much! Even though we all had our partners, (Courtney!) together as a whole we meshed perfectly! This could easily be taken for granted but I am SO thankful to God for this factor. It made our time here in Germany enjoyable. During the slideshow I was fine, but once Kelley and Jeff started talking I could feel the tears flood my eyes. It was quite hilarious because once Kelley started crying, Heather said, “Guys! She does like us!” Chuckles. I wanted to say something, but if I did I knew I would start crying. And as you all know I despise crying with a passion. Plus, I couldn't find the words to describe what I felt anyways, but hopefully they all know how thankful I am and how much I love them all. And our little get together was 125% better because Kelley made her banana-chocolate-wonderfulness cake. Mmmmm. We were all told we had an evening activity, which we knew to be the scavenger hunt, and zero of us wanted to do it. The biggest reason was because we all just wanted to hang out together and be able to talk instead of running around Regensburg. We decided to change the rules and instead of having girls versus boys, we joined forces and went around Regensburg doing the challenges we wanted to do. It was a blast! Trespassing, scaring a Turk, reminiscing, and saying our final good-byes to Old School Sista! We figured that the point of this little scavenger hunt was to have fun which we most definitely accomplished.

We returned and the majority of us had planned on staying up all night. I was done with all of my homework but most of them had to finish up some assignments so I just chillaxed in the classroom. Luckily Kelley and Jeff were in there which kept me entertained. When I went outside to look for someone, everyone had vanished! I had hardly slept the 2 previous nights and was pretty tired so I just decided to go to bed. But when I went in my room there were people that were up and I knew Courtney still had to pack. Thankfully Kelley said that I could sleep in her room so I did. Pfffffttttt. So much for sleeping. We just laid there and talked for hours, which was strange because it didn’t feel that long. It was quite fun and interesting, but man! We needed to get up at 4:30 so by the time 3 o’clock came along we only had an hour and a half for sleep. We basically fail at life. The next morning I was just waiting to get a lecture from Jerry, but thankfully it never came, chuckles. I should have just stayed up because I am pretty sure I felt even worse after sleeping for 90 minutes. I woke up to talking in the halls and went into the classroom where I got the comment “Man you look tired!” THANK YOU CAPTAIN OVBIOUS. Giggles. That is what 3 nights of 3 hours of sleep or less does to me. Apparently some had went to Mc Donalds and when they came back they searched for me everywhere. Whoopsie Daisy! I then headed down to my room to pack the clothes that were still WET. Blasted German dryers at the hostel. I am not going to miss my clothes being wet. Jeff then came into my room and we talked for a bit. When 5:00 rolled around we had to say our good-byes which was hard. Ug, I am quite used to saying goodbyes but that doesn’t make it any easier. I then finished up packing and went for a final stroll around Regensburg. It brought back happy memories, which made me chuckles along the path I had trecked out.

There was one minor detail that Andrew and I had not figured out. Since we were going to Greece, we were not going to bring all of our luggage with us… and we did not know where we were going to store this. Half of this lack of decision was due to Andrew occupation with a certain girl, which was understandable and why I just went with the flow. From the fact that our group was leaving Germany and the unknown that laid before me kind of made me nauseous. I was tired, sad, and I didn’t feel good. Fan-freaking-tabulous. Jerry and Kelley returned from taking the first round to the airport and we all had our luggage waiting to be loaded. When looking at the huge pile we thought there was no chance that we were all going to fit into the 2 cars with our luggage. But wa-lah! It was like Mary Poppin’s bag! It all fit and we piled into the cars and made out final journey to Munich. While in the car I still was not able to process that this was it and we were all leaving. Even as I write this now it is hard to imagine. Then someone stated that the “grieving” process is 2 months. Holy moly 2 flipping months! I do NOT want to feel like this for 2 months and I am still in Europe! Sigh. Lame sauce. Hopefully the feeling will slowly melt away. We kind of made it late to the airport so we were all unable to say the appropriate goodbyes which were even more depressing. I attempted to put a smile on my face the entire time but I was tired which hindered me from enabling this smile to be real; I am not sure how well I sold that front off. Students: 8 down, 2 to go. To store our blasted bags at the airport would cost over 100 Euros! That is almost how much my blasted plane ticket to Athens was! Thankfully Kelley took us to the train station in Munich and even there it would be mucho bucks. Bottom line, she is a Godsend who once again saved our hinies and called her cousin. We were able to store our bags at the same place where we had stayed before we went to Scotland. The one true thing which made me laugh the entire day was that their loft is quite a few floors up, 130 steps to be exact. It was hilarious for Drew and I to lug our ginormous bags up the stairs. It didn't help that I was laughing the whole time which makes me weak, which made me laugh even harder. At least when we go back to retrieve them it will be easier to go down rather than going up!

Take 2 to the airport! While in the car I was Ms. DJ and decided to play Christmas music to lighten the exhausted spirits. Can’t say I have ever heard/sang Christmas music in April, but I guess there is a 1st for everything. We made it back to the airport for a 2nd time in which we said our final goodbyes. Gross. I was sick of goodbyes. And then Andrew and I proceeded to find the closest bench to where we had to check-in and crashed. I was then awakened by a man who was a journalist and apparently took a picture of us sleeping. He was doing some article on something (I have no idea, I will still tired) and needed our permission to use our picture. Pshh, heck yes you can put me in a German newspaper. We then waited some more, boarded our flight and ascended into the clouds away from German soil.