New beginning

Today is the first day of the new semester and it feels weird to be back in my university.
I have been lethargic all day yesterday, crying all night and was in a really bad mood this morning. I am a routine kind of girl. I like routine, I thrive on routine and it is always hard for me to adapt to change; however little it is.
I stayed in my pyjamas all day yesterday thinking about everything that happened in the last 2 months. It feels like an eternity. All the changes inside and outside, the travelling, celebrating Christmas, New Year`s, fighting with my body and mind, the creative wave I have been riding on, spending all this wonderful time with my husband, having soooo many ups and downs in my personal development; how can all of that fit into such a short amount of time?
And yet at the same time, I wanted to do so much more. I had planned on working and experimenting with Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign etc., wanted to create a new wordpress website or even design my own website, clean my computer and organize my pictures. Oh well, I am human and can`t do it all.

Even though this semester just began, it migh be a short one for me. More about that in a later post.  

Our Semi-African Christmas

mom with her African dress and authentic Cameroonian mask

I have written before about the fact that my little sister has fallen in love with Africa. She is spending 6 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon and came home for 2 weeks because she wanted to spend Christmas at home. I have wanted to create a blog for her to
share all her exciting experiences and adventures and eventually I will come around to it. Anyways, she brought all kinds of interesting, fascinating, awesome presents.

As you can see, the whole family had fun dressing up as African women. The dresses were so comfortable that my mom really didn't want to take hers off anymore. I am pretty that she is going to start a new trend wearing only those specific dresses.

my cousin, Valerie, my dad and mom with their Cameroonian cloths

Mama(s) Africa

The dresses were so comfortable that my mom really didn't want to take hers off anymore.



Also, in honor of Valerie's adorable boyfriend, who couldn't join her and who was terribly missed, we decorated our tree in the colors of the Cameroon flag (its colors are red, green and yellow; so, it wasn't too hard to decorate the tree in those colors..).

My favorite Christmas Present

I know I am repeating myself, but I just have to say it again:

My very favorite Christmas Present this year came all the way from the United States:
JOpinionated (http://jopinionated.blogspot.com/) was so kind to send me one of her awesome LOST pins!

I loved receiving this envelope because it just represents the awesomeness of the LOST community.

I mean, who would go through the trouble of mailing such a tiny pin all the way from the US to Europe?

It makes me so happy and grateful to be part of this community that will hopefully last forever.

Thanks again, Jo!

You can follow Jo on twitter @jopinionated.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN

TO ALL MY CONSTANTS

OUT THERE!

There is one person who I am especially grateful for:
JOpinionated;
who is one of the most amazing, kindest ladies EVER!
She sent me one of her famous Lost pins

all the way from the States!
I couldn't have been more excited about
that Christmast present, Jo!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!