See You in June

June was the month of people coming to visit. =) After Jeff's adventure in Germany, I got to finally see the closet "family" I have in Folsom. After almost 10 months of little communication, the Lichtman's came to visit. Missing a flight to Barcelona (my fault), we finally welcomed them to Tubingen for a short few days before they flew back to America. We spent our time walking around the Altstadt, riding on a stockerkahn (and subsequently getting raining on by a freak thunder storm on a stockerkahn) and relaxing at various bakeries, biergartens and restaurants we love around town. They left only a short two days after arriving, leaving me little time to prepare for our theater show, which was performing the very next week.

Monday arrived and my stomach couldn't help but to somersaults as I prayed I wouldn't forget any of my lines. Even though I knew it forwards and backwards, I couldn't help worry that if I forgot a line, I couldn't even improvise for my other actors onstage. But Monday came and went, and with each day we received more audience members, more compliments and more praise for the show. =) Each night, we'd enjoy a beer and dinner with our theater friends, and I would quietly count down until my last visitor would come.

That Friday, the last day of my show, Damon was scheduled to arrive just in time to see me perform. He finally arrived, welcomed by Alexis, who would escort him to the theater. I remember waiting under the bleachers when I enter from and being even more nervous than I had been on Monday. Even though Damon wouldn't be able to tell if I messed up, it was still nerve-wracking to know he was not only in the same room with me, but the same continent.

The next week, Damon's visit was better than I had expected. ^__^ We made dinners together, met with friends at various bars and apartments, visited the capital of the state, attended a flea market and festival on the river, had a picnic in the park, paddled on a boat on the river, shared ice cream, stayed awake at night, went shopping for family and enjoyed some much-deserved quality time. It was so nice to finally be with him. Skype may have been the best option up until this point, but it's nothing like seeing him in 3D =) It was all such a pleasant surprise, and I can't wait for all the fun memories to come when I get back to the States.

Life has a funny way of working out for the best. And the wait was worth it. ^__^