Lazy Days

Not much been happening the past couple days. A late morning storm kept me away from the Philosophen Weg on Wednesday. Today I spent mostly at home, reading. Made a brief trip down to Bismark Platz, secured a copy of "Die Siedler von Cataan" (a most excellent German boardgame). Nothing spectacular, but satisfying none the less.

Speaking of the storm earlier, what's been going on with all the thunderstorms recently? Heidelberg almost never has storms this much. I'm not complaining, I love thunderstorms (more on that later), but it's just surprising. Plus, since I now live on the top floor with big skylights, I wake up to every 3-6 AM storm that comes around.

But as I said above, I love storms. In fact, last night I sat out on our balcony with my mother and father, watching the thunderstorms roll in over the valley. The experience took me back ten years and more, back to when we still lived in Virginia. Then, we would go out at nights and sit on our deck at our house in Warrenton, and watch lightning flash out in the west. Those were special times, though it felt like we had thunderstorms every afternoon.

Alright, I'm gonna put the laptop away and just stretch out on the hammock on our balcony. It's awesome to have a balcony that's big enough to use (and with a view, too!). Tschus.