Unleash Your Adventure

[hells_half_acre]

My good friends have come for a visit and now have left again. They are currently on a world trip - traveling east from Germany to Newfoundland. I was but a brief resting point while they switched modes of transport to suit the new (more expensive) continent. (Up until now, they have done the trip by motorcycle, but they've switched to a van for North America, due to how expensive both motorcycles and accommodation are.)

If any of you are curious, my friends have a website: http://unleashyouradventure.com/

Here are some things I have learned from their visit:

1. It's nice to have optimists around - unabashed optimists who believe that anything is achievable as long as you think outside the box. "I'm sorry, Alix, but we have fixed your life" the German said to me on their 4th day here, after ordering me to switch contracting companies and move to Berlin by the fall. (It's not going to happen due to many reasons, but the fact remains that it technically is possible.) I laughed, "Don't apologize. I obviously need the help."

2. Everything sounds better in German (or when spoken with a Newfoundland accent).

Even the German speaking to the whiny dog sounded better than when I said the exact same thing in English. "Hör mal auf, Mango, das Leben ist nicht so schlimm." (Cut it out, Mango, life is not that bad.)

3. The best house-guests are fellow computer-geek introverts...or maybe just my friends, because I didn't not have to cook a single meal while they were here, nor wash dishes, nor buy groceries. The German even taught me how to make a very delicious potato dish. That all being said, I feel like I've gained 5 pounds.

4. The easiest way to not sleep in every single morning is to have a dog that you must walk (or house-guests that must walk their dog.)

5. If you plan a day's activity around the idea that you need to wear out a dog - you will inevitably end up wearing out yourself as well.

Comments

[franztastisch]

Aww but pets are lovely! You have a cat for keeping your lap warm and a dog for making sure you get out enough. :P I miss my cat and dog. They were put down within a month of each other before we moved and then dad messed up his Achillies tendon so we can't get another dog until it's healed. Which sucks.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I'm a little psychologically broken when it comes to pets, plus I'm allergic to mostly anything with fur. But it's a moot point, because I'm not allowed pets in my apartment anyway...I do cat-sit for my friend occasionally, so that's fun! I get to pretend I have two cats for a week or two. :)

I hope your dad's tendom heals up soon so that you can get another dog!

[franztastisch]

Well thats a valid argument against having pets. I'd hate it if I was allergic. I like cats too much. :P But pretend ownership is something! All the fun with none of the hassle. Or minimum hassle at least. :P

Thanks. :)