Sometimes when I'm at work, I sit there staring at my keyboard for what feels like minutes on end. It's not because I'm not working, but because I can't ever find any of the symbols. German keyboards are setup juuuuust differently enough from American keyboards that I am now constantly unsure where Z and Y are located, as their locations are swapped. I also now hit Shift everytime I go to use an apostrophe, so now on my American keyboard I type things like I"m and you"re. And I do things like spend minutes looking for the # symbol or pausing my normally fluent typing in order to correctly use the Ä, Ö, and Ü keys. It's messing me up, man!
I also attempted to give a little mini presentation in German the other day. Time constraints and my lack of vocabulary or forethought meant the presentation ended up being given in English. I felt so defeated. I think I've hit some kind of learning wall, and I would really like to pause everything and go back to language school for just one more month. Puh-leeeease? errr, I mean, Bitteeeeee? (That's not "bite", that's "Bitte" pronounced Bih-teh and is German for please.)
And also, Gretchen comes today to visit me. Huzzah! I'm so excited!
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