In a Woman's Place

The work week has ended and I am left with nothing to do tonight. Since after supper I've been trying to figure out some way to occupy my time. It came down to writing in my blog. So here I am.
The majority of my work time this week was spent in the kitchen. Sonja is less busy with the eis since it's October and over the course of one and two half days we cleaned out every cupboard and the pantry. So I'm pretty sure we have the cleanest kitchen in Germany. She had me clean things i would never in a million years think to clean out for example the ridges in the oven buttons with a toothpick. But it really wasn't that nit picky. Then today at Ruth's I also helped her clean out her freezer and cook.
I really do love my host family. I love talking about things to Sonja while we work. And I love their sense of humor together. The other day they had me read the invitation Rolf made for inviting his extended family over for Christmas. It was pretty humorous. I can also tell that Mirjam is really glad to have me here. That reassures me that I am in a good place. She kept saying how it was boring when I was away on my vacation. But of course I can't replace my family back home, because think about it...your own real immediate family really the closest you can come to unconditional love by people. They are the only people I can go to bed super angry and then be fine the next morning. Just thought I'd share that observation.
Anyways, moving on the my second topic-language. As often as I get discouraged about the German, these days I'm more often excited about how far I've come. It makes me smile to think about how much I know-and more importantly that I've learned to know it in less than 3 months! My only fear is that my learning will slow down, but I will try my best to not allow it. I have gone back to the BBC languages German steps which I worked on some before I came to Germany and it's so easy for me to work through. And I'm beginning to get the hang of their crazy grammar.
Finally my last point, which has nothing to do with me being in Germany and is pretty random. But I love Bob Dylan music and have for a long time. I'm so into to this song right now and listening to it at the moment so I thought of it...and its nothing personal but I can't get enough of it. He's just a good story teller and I love this story.

If You See Her, Say Hello
If you see her say hello she might be in Tangier
She left here last early spring is living there I hear
Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow
She might think that I've forgotten her don't tell her it isn't so.
We had a falling-out like lovers often will
And to think of how she left that night it still brings me a chill
And though our separation it pierced me to the heart
She still lives inside of me we've never been apart.
If you get close to her kiss her once for me
I always have respected her for doing what she did and getting free
Oh whatever makes her happy I won't stay in the way
Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay
I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
And I've never gotten used to it I've just learned to turn it off
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm getting soft.
Sundown yellow moon I replay the past
I know every scene by heart they all went by so fast
If she's passing back this way I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.