SUPER MEGA ENORMABLOG

So I'm here sitting on my porch right now soaking in my last little bit of Switzerland. The weather is perfect and I can tell that it's going to be another beautiful Spring sunset. I'm so incredibly excited to come home and see all the lovely people I have missed so much, but I can't help but wish I was staying here for the summer to experience more evenings like this. I can't believe that 8 months are up and I'm homeward bound tomorrow.

Now I know I haven't blogged in awhile (trust me, I hear about it all of the time) but you will just have to forgive me. So to make up for my absence...this blog will be quick recap back into the the past month and a peek into what's coming up for me this summer.

Highlights since we last talked:

George and Lane came to visit and we went to see the MATTERHORN! It's my new favorite mountain. Zermatt is also my new favorite Swiss town and I've decided that is where I shall retire one day. Seriously though, it's easy to forget all of the world's problems there.

Thennn the fam came to visit and I finally got to spend time with my precious nephew who is such a good little world traveler. I've never seen a happier baby when he wakes up. It's like he's so excited just to see everyone again after napping. It was also so nice to have my parents and sister here to see my life and to explore Switzerland with. There is nothing better than spending time with your family on your birthday...especially when they help you introduce the game of Bunco to foreign Switzie lands.

Somewhere in there my season ended with us finishing in 5th place which was not our expected outcome, but still fun none-the-less. As of now I don't know if I will have a contract to come back yet, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that I get to return here to Schaffhausen where it feels like another home to me.

As for the upcoming summer....I will be bouncing back and forth a lot between Texas and California with a quick pitstop in Seattle at the beginning in May to get shoulder surgery. I'm hoping that I can recover quickly enough to work some volleyball camps and to start preparing for next season. Let me tell you though, I am sooooo looking forward to some legit Mexican food, being able to wear sweats to McDonald's where I don't have to pay extra for ketchup or refills, driving at speeds calculated at miles not kilometers, and being able to comminucate with people when I go to the store. I seriously can not get to Berkeley fast enough.

So now I'm closing this chapter not knowing what the next one holds, but that is the best part about this time of my life! I guess I will have to change the name of my blog though....

Goodbye Switzerland...you were incredible.