Five Things.

Hello and Happy Friday! 

So this week was crazy and stuffed with so many little things that I lost track there for a bit and realized I have to slow down, stop and breathe to smell the roses again. Realizing that everything could be taken away from me at any time hit me hard. My problem I have to work on is patience. I want everything and I want it now. Whenever it comes to something new I would also like to try it all, know it all, experience it all and learn learn learn. And if I cannot achieve this in the shortest time possible it makes me uncomfortable and annoyed all the way to angry and aggressive. If I see books piling up in my office and I have no time to read because of X, Y and Z I hate it and I wish the day could have more than 24 hours to get everything accomplished that is on my to-do list. I realize I do have a son and I do have responsibilities other than just writing and reading all day. I wish I could do that more though. This is life. Everything I do I want to do with love and stop stressing out about unimportant things. And guess what? If I don’t feel like doing something, I just don’t. Easy to write, more difficult to set into action. So I slowed down a lot this week but of course Five Things continues. 

Reading: I like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writings. My favorites so far is The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. At the Leipzig Book Fair I picked up TWO books only – and one is Die Strasse der Pfirsiche. [English: The Cruise of the Rolling Junk] . It is a light read about Zelda and Scott road tripping. Yay! It seems good so far. I also enjoyed this article from the New York Times after I started and finished Fabio Volo’s Lust auf Dich last night. Absolutely beautiful and worth reading. 

Watching: My husband told me about the movie Finding Noah a while ago and I did not have “time” to watch it. Well, I just took the time, did nothing else and watched this awesome movie. I definitely recommend it. I also enjoyed a great documentary on Nora Ephron: Everything is Copy. It is available on HBO. At the Book Fair I discovered that Tschick – the movie will be released this summer. I finished the book on the train to Leipzig and really loved it. I am not too much into Young Adult Literature but this book is also for almost any age I would reckon. It is a page-turner for sure with an interesting story but also depth,  funny language and a special little twist. And lastly, Anomalisa is finally available on iTunes. This movie sounds so amazing, no? Have you seen it? 

Listening to: I mentioned Modern Love – the Podcast several times already just because it is so good. I do look forward to every new episode. Listen to this one if you would like. Does anyone still remember 2Raumwohnung? I remember listening to their songs throughout a great time in my life – Police Academy in Würzburg. Sometimes a single song can bring up so many memories. Especially this one.  I discovered, that they came out with an album in 2013 that I never listened to. Yay! 

Discovering: So many new conferences and book festivals everywhere. The Eifel Literature Festival sounds great. I love TOMS Shoes. The classic Alpargatas are my favorite! I wear them throughout spring, summer and even in fall. [I would love another pair in black, size 9 hint, hint! You know who I am talking to ;)] While I browsed thought Youtube somehow I discovered the band United Crushers and this song. Repeat-one, until everyone around me is annoyed by it, hah! 

Enjoying: To watch my son discovering things. I thankfully received a lot of comments regarding yesterdays post on Tantrums and it made me feel better to realize that I am not alone out there. Other mom’s experience the same almost daily and sometimes even worse. Yep, it can always be worse. Keep that in mind. And even though this little guy is driving me insane a lot lately, I do love him so much and today was a perfect day. With this thought I am signing off. 

Have a great weekend and Happy Easter Egg Hunt if you are into it.