Yes, yes, It's been awhile...

Holy Cow!
     I know you're expecting the whole spiel on how wonderful it is to be in Germany, how much I'm learning, how well I can speak German. I'll tell ya what you'll get: a partial spiel on how wonderful Germany is, a full spiel abut how cute these kids are, and a humble confession of how little I've learned compared to what I expected.
     When I came to Germany, I came with the expectation of jumping in and learning everything. Speaking in German, studying it, seeing the sights. Playing the piano, doing all my sight reading and getting so good Mads would be a breeze.
      Huh.
      One thing I have learned, though, is that it takes much more effort to do all that than we give it credit for. You see all these big successful people and you think, 'Wow, I'm going to be like them someday. It must have taken a lot of work!' What we don't seem to get is that if you want to get there in the small amount of time allotted to you, you can't say, 'I'm too scared today. I'll do it tomorrow.'  
     Tomorrows go fast.
     Of course, there's a list. You can't leave the continent and not learn things. I have learned! The only thing I haven't done is... well... learned. Let's just say I need to get a grip and get going. I'm afraid to be wrong. Make your mistakes now before you have to speak German in the real world! I'm afraid of learning too much and not being helpful enough around the house. Well set up a schedule, lazy one! It's been over three weeks already and you still spend your day sitting on the couch trying to think of something to do and not doing anything! (And chasing kids and cleaning, of course.)
     I guess my point is this: Get out and do it before there's no time left to do anything. You say, 'Well duh, Jenica. You can't accomplish anything without doing anything.' It's obvious. It's a given. Right?
     A lesson is not learned until applied. Used. Built upon. Enlarged. So speak it! Learn the language, make the schedule! Follow the schedule and work hard!
      Uhhhg... I'm tired.
      I'll do it tomorrow.
     And as for my spiels... Nah. I'll do those tomorrow too.