I Think We Need More Magnets

I live with my grandparents. And might I say, we are quite the trio. Life is never dull in my house.

About a year ago I purchased a mini whiteboard for our fridge. This was to be a quick and easy way for us to leave notes for each other. It has been quite the success! Recently I've been writing things in German so they can try and guess what I wrote. It's a fun way to share my learning with them. This whiteboard is actually one of the highlights of my two and half years of living with them. We have really bonded over this!

My darling grandma made a couple requests last week in the form of a wishlist on the whiteboard. I laughed and told her I would get to it. Finally, this week I was able to put the time an effort into fulfilling her wishes. Here's the note she left and my response:

As you can see my gram wants to know the ins and outs of what my life will be like in Germany, and I am delighted to provide information! It is going to be fun writing her letters while I am gone.

Now granny only expected me to print out things and plop them on the fridge. I, being me, had to go over and above expectations and create a fabulous display of art on the fridge. I dearly love displaying my art in the ultimate art gallery! I mean what person doesn't?! Oh that's right, the boring people...

I got nifty with construction paper, tape, and magnets; and here is my lovely creation:

Delightful interpretation of my brain? Yes. Although my brain is like fifty million times more organized and chaotic than this (yes, that sentence should make no sense to you haha).

Grandma was stunned to say the least. She loves it of course. She doesn't like my ironic placement of certain magnets though (I love that she noticed my detail work hehe). I told her we needed more magnets, I was working with such a small amount to keep up so much! Gran wants me to pick out some when I go to Disneyland next, which I most definitely will do.

It's starting to really dawn on me how soon I will be leaving, and how much I will miss the everyday life that I so take for granted. I love bantering with my gma over ridiculous things like magnet placement.

I won't be taking these last fourteen days for granted. Many more magnet conversations are to come, I'm sure of it.