Class was normal today, nothing special. I didn’t eat lunch with Michael because he had a meeting to go to. So I just went home early and made ramen noodles and took care of some bills before the babysitter had to go. It was kind of nice to sit at home and take care of things that have been sitting around for awhile.

I went to the TÜV (DMV) today to pick up my driver’s license. It took me almost a month to get it. That’s because the only day that they are open after 12pm is on Tuesdays. The boys didn’t nap all day, so they were good and sleepy for the whole trip. Riki told me that if I have kids, I’m allowed to cut in line and get served right away. I felt kind of bad doing that, but I knew at any moment the boys could wake up and not be happy. So I waited for someone to be done before I went in and asked if I had to wait. The lady responded to me in German, which I only caught about 10% of it. But all I knew is that she would help me next. So, everything went well, I got my licence, did the whole transaction in German and didn’t understand anything hardly at all. Oh well, I don’t think I needed to. I did get my US license back, which I thought I would have to give up. Michael didn’t get his back. Very weird. She probably explained it to me in German. I was so happy that I finally got it with no problems! Yay!

After that, I had to go to the doctor’s for a check up so Michael came home early. After the appointment, I walked around Fünf Höfe (shopping area) a little while. I finally went to this store called Muji, which everyone was hyping up. It is almost just like IKEA, but super expensive. I didn’t think it was worth paying 7 euros for a stinking pen. I also went into other stores and it was so much fun to just walk around and window shop. I came home empty handed, but it was very satisfying to have been able to take my time going around. When I’m with Michael or the babies, I always feel rushed and can’t take my time looking around. I found these really cool blocks that you stack them onto each other and it becomes a maze for marbles and you can build all kinds of neat MC Escher like paths.

For dinner I had ramen noodles AGAIN, because I had to study for my test tomorrow. Couldn’t waste time fixing and eating dinner. I did watch the news in German and could amazingly understand quite a bit. Ugh, I am so sick of hearing about Tom Cruise and how he changes diapers. Yeah, he must change a lot when he is in Rome and his 1 week old baby is in LA.

I didn’t stay up too late because I figure, if I know it, I know it, if I don’t, I don’t. It’s much better to get a good night’s rest!

My sister sent me a package full of goodies - I forgot about “Smart Puffs” that we totally used to pig out on when we lived in WA. She also sent me some mini-milano and peanut butter snacks and some other japanese snacks. I’m sure it will be gone in no time!!!