Last night Brielle and I went over to Carolin's apartment and spent a couple hours with her. She has one of the sweetest hearts of anyone I've ever met. She is very genuine. This is the girl that is married to Sasha from Moldova. He's in Chemnitz with her family right now trying to sort out a few things with his sister who is staying with Carolin's mom...yes, it's a little complicated but that is pretty normal here. I hope that Brielle and I helped her be a little less lonely while he's gone. She made us a salad and we had German and Russian chocolate for desert...the german was better of course but it was fun reading the Russian on the wrappers =) I wish that I had more time to get to know Carolin because she is so wonderful but she will be living in Chemnitz the month of March to teach English for a little bit. That is a great opportunity for her though.
This morning I helped Dwane, Annalisa and Johnmark move to their apartment in town at Nordplatz 2. It was really funny because although they don't have a lot of stuff because they can only bring to the apartment what they can take on the plane or what they will leave here, their place is on the 5th floor. Really Germans would say it's the 4th floor because here you don't count the ground floor. If you live on the 2nd story of a house you live on the 1st floor...just a bit of trivia =) ok, back to my story. So I get there and we are getting stuff out of their van to take it into the place and thank goodness, there happens to be an elevator in this building! you would think that this would be a great blessing and that because of this there would be no problems getting their stuff up to the apartment. You haven't seen this elevator. While it wasn't as scary as the one in Prague (for those of you who don't know about that, email me) it was approximately 2x3ft in dimension. This is pretty normal for an elevator in Europe. So we put about 5 suitcases into the elevator and I opted to go up the stairs with the couple of pillows I was carrying...i've got a little phobia of getting stuck in an elevator =) Plus, Dwane being the adventursome soul that he is, encouraged Annalisa and Johnmark to jump in the elevator with him. All total in the elevator were 3 people, albeit not 3 adults, and 5 large suitcases. Even with this load the elevator beat me to the top but I could hear it clanking all the way. Those Perry's are brave. When they were exiting the elevator with all their stuff though, it had one last laugh...about halfway through the unloading process it jerked down about 3-4 inches and scared us all a bit. But we got everything off and into the apartment and i really should have taken pictures of them stuffed into that space now that i think of it but...well, i didn't.
The final stages of packing are going on at the Perry's house right now and the container comes tomorrow at 10. I'm the "Packmeister" and therefore in charge of organizing everything into the container. For those of you who have accused me of being bossy in the past...you haven't seen anything yet ;)
I will tell you how it goes...have a great day!!
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If I'm right, that's the same apartment building that we all lived in last summer, so I definitely know all about that elevator (as well as the one in Prague). Funny story about that elevator (at least if you know the people involved).
So... one day we were all leaving our apartment, and David and I decided to take the elevator downstairs. Yes, downstairs. I don't really remember why, except that maybe we had our hands full with laundry or a suitcase or something. So, the two of us are crammed into the elevator, seeing as it's pretty small, and we push the button for the bottom floor, and go on about our business innocently and normally, until...
We get to the bottom floor, and the elevator door opens, slowwwwly, as always, and right in front of us we see the back of the head of some strange man sitting there in a chair. Facing the other direction. And yet only about 8 inches from the elevator. Needless to say, not an everyday sight. So David and I are kind of freaking out and cracking up, all at the same time, over this odd sight. And then... the man turns around. And who is it but "Uncle Chuck" as we semi-lovingly call Charles Stelding, our 70-year old team member and mentor from ACU. Yes, Uncle Chuck, just sitting there in a chair in the tiny little two-foot-wide hallway, with his back toward the elevator and only inches away from it, working away on his computer (because apparently the internet connection was better down there), and completely oblivious to everything that's going on behind him (and in front of him, as Corey and the others poke their heads in to see what we're laughing about). Ah.. Uncle Chuck.
"Now, girls, you'd better get in here and clean this kitchen... You've got to clean the stove while it's hot... What are you thinking? You can't clean the stove while it's hot!... Now, girls...!" - Charles Stelding
good ole 2 nordplatz! (and, i too know about the tiny elevator!) megan, i am very jealous that you get to be with those lovely perry's! please tell them that i love them and miss them and to come see us in arkansas soon! oh and tell dwane that i am frequently drinking vanilla cokes from sonic and thinking of him! one more thing, will you please get carolin's email address for me. i don't think i ever made it back from germany with it. well, that is all, sounds like you are having a blast! i'm very glad you are there! take care, love staci
Well it sounds like you're being quite helpful around there. When you get a chance next semester, I might need a couch with two built-in recliners taken up a few stairs. No elevators here. You should ride that thing and jump when it gets to the right floor...well actually don't do that. Well I hate to one-up you on your travels, but I'm currently planning a trip to Mars. I'll send you a postcard ;)
Ya'll are awesome =)...yes, it is the same building and that is hilarious about "uncle chuck"...Staci I will get Carolin's email for you as soon as I can...and Blair, a couch with two built-in recliners huh? i think you'll have to find some other people to help with that...not my forte you know ;) Love ya'll!
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