Sunday
Sunday was basically a lazy day. I know I slept late, then woke up and had breakfast. After that, I remember trying to read LOTR, which I think I succeeded in at that point. Then before too long we had lunch. Which, was hot turkey with a curry sauce (it was good), rice and carrots and peas. Then I helped clean up and tried to get back to my reading. Then soon after that, their daughter, grandson and great-grand daughter came over. This was only minorly chaotic. At the time, Herr Brause was napping, so we were all trying to be quiet, but I’m not so sure we were.
The great-grand daughter, Jamie, is two years and five months old. She immediately began asking for her doll (Meine Puppe!) over and over. Which, this doll was in the loft above where Herr Brause was sleeping and she couldn’t go up to play. Jan, her dad (who is my age, I believe), went up and brought the doll down complete with a carriage. The family hadn’t eaten lunch yet, so they ate our leftovers. They’re currently trying to train Jamie to not use a hand in addition to her fork, so there was a lot of “Hand raus!” or “Hand out!” of her bowl. After lunch, they let her down from the table and she spent a lot of time taking off the doll’s clothes and trying to put them back on.
When Herr Brause woke up, she dragged him off to play, much against his will. But there’s something hilarious about a very small child dragging an adult over six feet tall by the finger out of the room who’s saying, “I don’t want to!” They disappeared for almost over an hour. In the meantime, Frau Brause, her daughter and Jan and I played a board game. It’s called “genial” and I’m not sure if this exists in the States. Basically, you put these colored tiles on the board to get points. I’m still not sure how you really count the points, but I won.
That morning Frau Brause had made a cheesecake out of quark. I’m not sure how to explain what that is, aside from the fact that it’s a dairy product. But the cheesecake was good. Not really very sweet, and the texture was a little more spongy than ours, but it was good. Around five pm we had “coffee and cake” and tea. We set the table very nicely with a new table cloth and the Sunday china (yes, we actually use it on Sundays and holidays). Frau Reinl, my second host mom also came.
However, one quick funny story. When Frau Brause called Frau Reinl to come over, Frau Reinl had to call us back. But when the phone rang, Jamie beat Frau Brause to it and immediately started calling for “Ronnie!” She didn’t give up that phone too easily, and when she did, she then disconnected the cord. So, Frau Reinl had to call back. Again, Jaime beat Frau Reinl to the phone and asked for Ronnie. This time Frau Brause got the phone away and explained it was her great granddaughter who kept beating her to the phone. Jaime then discovered that the easy chair in the dining room had a remote that would adjust it. This occupied her time for the next half hour.
Once everyone left, I think I tried to read more, and check my emails. We also watched some tv, but I don’t remember what. But I went to bed early and slept well.
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