Ein Gutes Tag

Today was such a good day! I finally got the first build for the Sims 3 expansion I am working on---doing the manual for---and I'm actually installing it as I type. I can't wait! I have always been a Sims fan, I never would have thought I would be writing the manual for it. Amazing.


I also started German class today with Dan. It was a shock to see my German 2 Instructor from the university is teaching it. And the more I think about it the more I remember her saying she was going to change to city college. I think it will be a fun review class, but it does feel a little slow. Then again it is only the first day, so of course it is painful. I think it will be great fun to not only tutor Dan, but to help other students with understanding in class when we do activities and such. I still remember being confused out of my mind the first couple of weeks. The only hard part is to bite my tongue and not answer everything she asks about right away. I don't want to look like the know it all and take away from other students learning. Sigh, but still! I bet I could finish all the workbook assignments tonight... in an hour. But, besides that I am excited. This will be an easy class for me and it is such a great feeling to be sitting at a desk again. I missed school so much!

Bier!

So we are now on our second brew, and of course we have to start out strong and have jumped right in on making a hefeweizen. Yum! We have heard that hefs are really hard, but we will see. Maybe people who say that just suck at making them. :P

It was fun to see the difference between making our amber and our hef. With the hef you have to add a bunch of yeast and stir it in. Of course that was my job, being the wonderful mix master of the house. Also, we didn't use our airlock we used a blow off tube since our yeast is really active. That basically means we stuck a tube in the top and put the other end into a water bottle to ease the pressure. It also has been letting out yeast. It's fun to go in the closet and watch it. It even smells like beer. I am really excited to taste it. Hefs sind die besten!

That reminds me. Next week, (that came quickly) Dan and I start German class. I know it's only German 1 but I am still really excited. I can freshen up on my German and help him with his pronunciation... sorry baby, but you need a little help with that. Knowing Dan he will learn so quickly but this time next year he will be ready to take our trip to Germany and speak not a word of English! How fun would that be?!

Well time to head off and go to the pub to hear about Jim's adventures in Eastern Europe. Jeez! I can't get away from Europe even if I wanted to!!

...which I don't.