A long weekend at home :)

What actually sounds relaxing, unwinding and restorative was just the opposite.

On Thursday, it was my brother's birthday meaning that the whole family was united and got on my nerves. Luckily, I arrived from Graz at four o'clock so I didn't have to be with them too long. On Friday, he had a birthday party with all his pubescent friends, which, for me, wasn't very enjoyable either since I had to wash the dishes, make sure that they have enough to drink and try to prevent them from doing something stupid (believe me, these boys know how to be a pain in the neck... The boy on the picture is my brother, and although he looks cute, he really IS NOT).
But I got the chance to eat lots and lots of my favourite cake which happens to be my brother's favourite cake as well, so there was a positive thing as well...

On Saturday, of course, I went to see the KAC's game. Another bad day for my nerves since we lost... There I also met my former football coach who is from Scotland and had a little chat with him. I also had the chance to talk to a friend of my fathers who is from Great Britain and now lives in Austria.
So you see, football is no waste of time: I can practice my English there :)
And considering the nationality of most of our players, I could also practice my Croatian, but somehow I prefer speaking to them in German and let them struggle with the language ;) Lazy, lazy Birgit...

On Monday I met the coaches of the team from Bolton who will arrive on Pentecost. Together we planned what to do with the boys when they won't be on the soccerpitch. Along with them, there was a guy from Liverpool, and believe me: I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. This accent is terrible! So instead of me translating, it was me who needed a translator. But after some translating I realised that it was better for me not to understand the Liverpudlian, since his ideas were really strange and his expectations couldn't have been met anyway.

So you see, speaking didn't get a raw deal.

Of course, I also continued reading Under the Tusan Sun, and I'm not sure whether I like it or not. I hate her pagelong descriptions of how she cleans walls and frees them from ivy... But still, I catch myself drifting apart into daydreams of a beautiful house in the heart of Italy... Somehow this book catches me...
And one thing is definitely true: I like it much, much, much, much, much, much better than JWI. But I guess I would like any book better...

Sports can be so cruel...

No... I didn't do any sports myself. I can't, I ate too much of Easters ham and can hardly move. But I went to see a soccer game of my fathers team, the FC KAC. I played there myself, my brother still plays there, my father is the coach of one of the many teams there, I've got a lovely ex-boyfriend there, my uncle used to play for the KAC a long time... So you can see, this is MY team ;) My entire family is somehow involved... My mother tried to distance herself from soccer, but what should I say? Soccer got her like it got the rest of the family.

Well, I went to see this game. It was the first (us), against the penultimate (a small team not worth mentioning ;) ). And guess what? WE LOST. And I mean, we really lost. 0:1. It's not the result that hurts, it's the way we played... Terrible. And what is even more terrible than todays defeat : One of our best players got the red card for a reeeeeeeeally cool foul, so we'll miss him in the next match...That's why I have to say that soccer is a really cruel sport. But still I love it ;)
And I always will ;)
I'm like the woman singing the amazing song "Er steht im Tor, im Tor, im Tor und ich dahinter"
No matter the season, the weather, come hell or high water: I'll be there ;)

My personal Easter resumee

I survived all of Easters family-gatherings, some were really nice, some were ok, and some... I'll try to forget them ;) Don't misunderstand me, I love each of my family members (or at least most of them) but it's hardly possible to bear all of them in one room and not go completely crazy among them. Especially if you're Birgit, the only girl in our family not married or in a relationship... They probably think that I'm the crazy one, but believe me, it's them who are off their rocker...

I also survived the Easter Fire, and I really would love to tell you about it, but I don't remember too much... All I know is that we had so much fun, I met so many people whom I haven't seen for a year or more, it was really great, and that's all I need to know ;) But i needed entire Sunday plus part of today to recover, but it was really worth it ;)

Today, my cousin and I decided to watch a movie, but: What movie? He's really into action movies, and since I was still really tired, I wanted to see a movie full of beautiful people, romance, fun etc.
No good basis, is it?
So we realised we need a new approach:
I love, no, I adore Brad Pitt.
My cousin loves, no, adores Angelina Jolie.
So what other movie could we choose but Mr. and Mrs. Smith???
Granted, the storyline wasn't too good, but Brad and Angelina really compensated this, and when Adam Brody turned up as well, I definitely fell for the movie. It tells the story of John and Jane who meet, fall in love and get married. In the beginning they seem to lead a rather normal life, but the truth is that they both are professional killers, but they both don't know about the second lives of their partner. At least they don't know about it until John's task is to kill Jane, and Jane's task is to kill John.
From there on, it's a lot of shooting around and lots of black humour, but still: I like the movie, although I'm really not into action movies (unless Vin Diesel is in them). But I liked the role Angelina Jolie plays, this strong, down-and-dirty woman who lives two lives at the same time and furthermore is more than attractive.
Altogether: It's good entertainment, and offers a lot to see for both sexes ;)

Too many parties...

To be honest... I was a bit lazy in the past two weeks... Well, lazy... Too many parties to celebrate, BUT: Things will change from now on. I know that there will be more work to do from now on, so I assume I should rather use my time to study and reduce the amount of parties ;))

That's it for today :))