Missing the strangest things

Oh Germany, sometimes you make me want to scream and maybe throw rocks.  Which would probably make me look like an mad chimpanzee but whatever.

Yesterday a young man almost hit me with his shiny black Mini Cooper.  For the record, traffic merging onto the Autobahn has to yield.  Rather than yield, he floored it and would have sideswiped me or run out of lane and crashed.  I am not willing to risk an accident so I did the responsible thing any defensive driver would do and slammed on my brakes.  I'm grateful that Sophie wasn't in the car with me or I would have lost my mind.

I was on my way to Lübeck to return some jeans to Zara.  My latest method of buying jeans is to order several pairs in different sizes online, try them on at home and then return the ones I don't like.  It might sound tedious but it's easier than taking Sophie to the store.  She has something against jeans shopping.  I ended up choosing low rise ankle jeans by default.  They weren't what I was looking for but I always end up getting suckered into buying something more on trend than what I would normally buy.  They are kind of cute, right? 

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I was also in Lübeck to hunt down my Redken deep conditioner.  It used to be that I could buy Redken almost anywhere but lately several of the places I used to buy it closed down.  This sent me on a two week, three city hunt for conditioner.  Seriously.  I've been to Hamburg, Kiel, and lastly Lübeck but no Redken.   I should have given up sooner and ordered it online.  That would have been the easy thing but I didn't think of it.  When I finally did my online search I found out that Redken has discontinued their Smooth Down Butter Treat.  Nooooooo!

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This stuff is the best for curly hair and I've been using it for years!  I found some on Amazon.de and ended up ordering a two year supply.  Is that crazy?  I feel like it might be a little overboard but H was ok with it.  I've also bought a year's worth of day and night cream.  Maybe I should stop doing that

It was a beautiful day in Lübeck but I was feeling grumpy.  I still have the remnants of the horrible awful nasty ear infection.  Maybe that's why everyone I interacted with seemed terribly rude.  It could have been me though, I wasn't feeling very friendly.

Driving through the old city wall.

Lately I have been missing the strangest things from the US.  Like warm weather and watermelon and Dairy Queen and chocolate syrup on ice cream.  The last two things have manifested themselves in an overwhelming craving for McFlurries.  I'm ashamed to admit it, but I think I would eat a McFlurry every day if I could.  I hear that Spring has arrived in New York, can you believe that?  You wouldn't believe me if  I said I wasn't jealous.