Fried Green Tomatoes

I've never seen that movie... but here's what's going on in Dortmund:

• Finals are next week (February 4th - 8th). I'm less than excited.
  
• I'm not particularly keen on the idea of doing my internship at the school I'm currently teaching for, so I may be making a switch to another school if at all possible.
  
• Avery will be here on the 8th.
• I think I want to learn to ski.
• I miss root beer.
  
• Basket's birthday is coming up, she'll be seven(teen) and apparently she looks older than I do the majority of the time. Right now I could care less, but when we're in our forties... (you can't see me right now but I'm making a thumbs up).
  
• I'm currently attempting to write a short story in German... it's about a platypus and his ugly duck friend... I'll let you know how it turns out.
  
• "My" German language skills continue to be a grammatical train wreck whenever I attempt to speak. The sound I believe is equivalent to nails on a chalk board. My vocabulary is slowly growing. Last week I learned the word for platypus (das Schnabeltier)... something I feel is essential... as well as der Kalkstein (Limestone), Wasser führende Schicht (Aquifer), and zwittrig (Androgynous).
• It's currently raining.