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Peter besucht seine Freundin Christine in München. Peter visits his friend Christine in Munich.
PETER: Was machst du nach der Vorlesung? Musst du in die Bibliothek? What are you doing after the lecture? Do you have [to go] to the library?

CHRISTINE: Nein, ich habe Zeit. Sollen wir nicht mal in einen typisch bayerischen Biergarten gehen? Bei dem Wetter können wir doch schön draußen sitzen. No, I have free time. Should we [??brickbat ratcatcher??] in a typical Bavarian Biergarten. [I'm leaving that as is because there isn't really an English equiv that's clearer to me.]

PETER: Au ja, gern. Im Englischen Garten? Oh, yes, gladly. In the English Garden ~~waiting for the sun~~?

CHRISTINE: Hmmm. Dort gibt es natürlich einige Biergärten, aber dort sind immer so viele Touristen. Außerdem ist es dort ziemlich teuer. Ich bin im Moment etwas pleite. Hmm. There are naturally several Biergartens, but there are always so many tourists. in addition it there is fairly expensive. I am somewhat broke at the moment.

PETER: Macht nichts. Ich lade dich ein. Wenn ich schon in München bin, möchte ich doch in den Englischen Garten gehen! Doesn't matter. I will lend you some. When I am in Munich already, I like to go to the English Garden, after all.

MONIKA: Sag, willst du nicht endlich mal das Wohnzimmer aufräumen? Da liegen überall deine Bücher herum. Hey [closest semantic I can figure], will you finally [not finally time] clean up the living room? Your books are lying all over everything.

STEFAN: Muss das sein? Must I?

MONIKA: Klar, wir müssen das Essen vorbereiten und den Tisch decken. In einer Stunde kommen die Leute. Claro, we have to prepare food and set the table. [The] people come in an hour.

STEFAN: Was? Schon in einer Stunde? Du meine Güte! Und wir müssen noch Staub saugen, Staub wischen, abwaschen, abtrocknen, die Küche sieht aus wie... What? In an hour already? Good Heavens! [Seriously, this is how the book translates it.] And we have to vacuum, dust, do dishes, dry the dishes, the kitchen

MONIKA: Jetzt red nicht lange, sondern mach schnell. Ich helf' dir ja. Now it's not long, but we'll hurry up. I'll help you.

It is freezing in the damn store and I forgot my sweater argh. That is, I forgot to take my sweater off when I went home yesterday, and then forgot to bring it back today. Argh argh. You wouldn't think, being in the United States and with the heat wave going on in most of the United States, that I would have cause to complain about the cold. But you'd be wrong.

At some point I really need to get off my lazy ass and do all the mending/sewing that I keep meaning to do and haven't yet. First off, I think, my skirts. Which I'm not sure what even that'll involve, except possibly patches and stitch-witchery. And then more patches. I might see if there's any seams I can hand-sew, and do that tonight while I watch White Collar. Maybe pick a garment every few nights and patch it or cut it up for rags. Because some things are really threadbare enough that they'd either need huge patches or to be discarded entirely. On the plus side, I'm loving my new jeans? I just hate having to throw out clothes every few years because I've worn them through. Especially freaking jeans. These should work harder than that!

Right. God, I have so many projects going I need to figure out which ones to tackle first. Filing, I guess, first of all. Then cutting out a bottom for my whistle quiver, later today, and that might be the only project I have time for today. I also have yarn to separate onto two bobbins, and then ply it. A fingerless glove I started knitting, and, no, I think that's it for in-progress projects. Apart from the painting and spinning that's always kind of ongoing, and the repairs. Okay, not so many projects. Nngh. Friendship bracelets. None of which I have with me at the moment, though, so that's a moot point. When, I ask you, will I learn.

(The answer, of course, is never. Crafters never learn these things, that's why our homes end up in periodically tidied piles of crafty crap. Ah well.)

The closer I get to Dragon*Con, the more jittery I get about it. Sunday I definitely need to start assembling my Tron costume. It shouldn't be that hard, but I need to get my ass moving on it before I'm down to the wire and freaking out. Sunday. Yes.