The Happiest Hour

This morning I woke up to a loud rappin', loud tappin' on my apartment door. Tis the wind I said, and nothing more...

Haha, kidding. It was the mailman with a package from the German Embassy! I had read a few days back in the CBYX Facebook group that other participants were already starting to receive theirs and gotten pretty jealous that I hadn't received mine yet since I live fairly close to D.C.(closer when compared to the other participants from states like Wisconsin, Montana, Alaska, Michigan, etc). Nonetheless it came today and I saw it as an early Christmas present!

Inside were:

• A lanyard with the German flag & United States flag imprinted in a really cool pattern.
• A wristband of the German flag's colors, (red, black, & yellow).
• Magazin Deutschland - a German magazine that discusses politics, current events, etc. The issue I currently have pertains to Human Rights!
• An all in one soup-mug (even comes with a spoon) that's good for
• oatmeal
• soup
• pasta
• cereal
• ice cream
• tea
• A pen
• 187 pg. book entitled Facts About Germany

I think I'm definitely going to enjoy reading up on this Facts About Germany the more I know, the better!

On Monday, I met and spoke with the Congressional Representative of Alabama's 5th District on Monday, gave him a little insight of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Program that I am fortunate to be a participant of & thanked him as well as Congress for helping fund such an extraordinary opportunity for others as well as myself.

I was extremely nervous talking to someone of such caliber, if you couldn't tell. He's a really nice guy and very for the people. The Dean of Engineering is totally in the back photo-bombing right now. haha