Diane’s World

Hello there world!

Well what a few weeks it’s been! It’s finally time for an update, and a good chance to get Ms. Clarkson off my main page.

If you haven’t turned the sound on your computer off yet, what you are listening to on dianefeucht.com is my song of the week “Steh Auf wenn du am Boden bist” by Die Toten Hosen.  That means “Stand up when you are on the ground”…

Yup, my new german pop song. Here: have a music video with some cute German guys in it.

Anyways there is a lot of things to talk about!

First of all, I’ve made a big decision to run the Des Moines Marathon on October 18th.

I am now in a heavy training schedule, that I hope will prevent me from dying while attempting to run 26.2 miles in one jaunt. I posted a huge running schedule in a prominent place of my house, so hopefully I’ll be able to keep true to my training.

Anyways, I am in desperate need of new shoes. My feet are becoming all bubbly and blistery. The shoes I am currently using are ones that I bought in Germany five years ago… and the insoles are torn out. Not exactly fun to run with.

So, I hope that within the next two weeks I’ll be able to get a pair of Nike+ Shoes like these:

Aren’t they beautiful? Yes, I’m lusting after them. I can even choose what color I want everything on it to be, and get them to stitch my name in the heel.

The best part is that you can stick a chip in the soles of the shoe, and hook something up to your iPod, and you’ll be able to tell how fast and how far you are running:

But this is currently all dreams.

I also got a membership to my college’s recreation center… so I guess I’ll be hanging out back on campus a lot more in the future.

Two weeks ago I went to Des Moines to explore the city of Des Moines with David.

The first day I was in Des Moines, he drove me out to “show me a surprise”… he didn’t even have to tell me what the surprise was, because the moment I saw this huge pair of cows I got excited and had to meet them:

So yes. It was great and exciting.

He also took me to a great art museum that was rather impressive for being in middle of Iowa.

The next weekend, we decided to meet halfway in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. I really like Omaha… it was a artistic city… something I wasn’t expecting.

I got to go see the Omaha zoo, and was eaten by a hippo!

I also got to see the Joslyn Art Center… and would you believe it or not, but for the first time in my life (after being in love with him for four years now) I FINALLY got to see a work by Hans Hofmann in real life!!! (This is an epic moment for me, peoples!)

and my other favorite artist, Helen Frankenthaler was there as well:

And of course my hometown favorite artist: dale chihuly had a nice installation piece there:

So yes, I am a very happy girl.

Anyways, this last weekend wasn’t exactly as exciting as the other past days have been. Having to work at 6am is definitely not a favorite thing of mine to do. I do not properly function before 11am.

Also, I guess it’s gonna come out sooner or later – but David and I broke up this weekend. It was a “quickly come, quickly go” relationship I guess. But I thank God that he gave me world’s most supportive friend and family base (wow, I’ve been really REALLY overcome with love in the past few days. It’s honestly incredible.)

Also, my favorite way of coping with anything has always been through artistic expression. I painted Sunday and Saturday and made a painting that released any frustration or disappointment I am feeling..

And apparently it is pre-sold to my friend Michaele, for whenever she becomes a rich politician.

So, yup. I’m going to be ok. As my Uncle in Germany calls me a “Stehaufmensch” one of those toys (Like a weeble wobble) that can fall down over and over again but will keep springing up back to life.

Anyways, I need to get running and start moving on with my life a bit. It’s sunny outside and I have lots to be glad about! I have good friends, I am healthy, I LOVE my job, I love my living situation and my future is bright and full of opportunities.

I hope all of you are feeling just as encouraged and loved as I do this week!

The Deeds

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Why hello world! Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve updated. I can’t believe I kept a Carole King song that long on my main page. Must…change..it.

What you now hear playing on www.dianefeucht.com is Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” because it sucessfully has been stuck in my head for the past month. Ha.

Well anyways, since I last updated… I got Strep throat.

It sucked.

On the first day of it, I was totally out of it. I tried to get out of bed, but immediately collapsed on the ground. I slept the entire day, not entirely sure what hit me. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to work for a while, and ended up missing three days of work… meaning my paycheck kind of lacked but I finally got some much-needed rest.

In this picture, my tongue is red because all I ate for three days was Popsicles and tomato soup. However, the fleshy colored red in my throat is definitely a big wallowing area of pain.

As I was trying to get over having Strep, Rachel and I moved. We now live in a small house that is in the backyard of our old apartment. It is affectionately called “The Chicken Coop”.

We are very happy with our new living situation… where we actually have DOORS between our bedrooms and the living space, a washer and dryer, a huge living room and open kitchen, and even every gal’s dream: Walk-in closets! Oh woo hoo!

The weekend after moving, I had quite the time – every night I was somewhere new, hanging out with different people and enjoying life.

Rachel and I decided to go on a sister date together to the Tulip festival… basically a big Dutch festival in Orange City.

Before going, we brought Bentley to my nursing home, and were so surprised about how well he behaved! And the elderly loved having the little guy around.

Then we watched a parade at the Tulip Festival:

And… we ate some Dutch food.

(those are poffertjes… basically mini pancakes).

Later that night, I was invited to hang out at a coworker’s apartment, where I met David.

I never met someone who thinks like me as much as he does… so needless to say, we have a really great time getting to know each other. He’s spunky, romantic, adventurous and an overall joyful and pleasant person. He lives in Des Moines (an unfortunate 4.5 hours away from Sioux Center) but we talk a lot on the phone. A lot. Thank goodness we both have Verizon and talking to each other is free!… :-X!!!

In the past week, my mom and dad (fresh home from Bangladesh) came to visit me and Rachel!

I had to work the first few days they were here, unfortunately, but I had Saturday and Sunday off.

Before I had to work on Friday, we went for a long walk with Bentley.

I then gave dad a tour of my old work place, Culver’s.

Later that night David arrived in Sioux Center. He came over real quick to see me, and my mom’s natural reaction to seeing David was breaking out in hysterical laughter. Apparently we look and act very similar.

Bah humbug! I guess I’m just attracted to myself.

Anyways.

On Saturday, Alex, Rachel, Mom, Dad, David and I took Alex’s boat to Lake Okaboji. It was an incredibly relaxing day… where I didn’t do a whole lot more than just lie in the sun and enjoy the beautiful weather.

It was an absolutely perfect day.

I ended the day by hanging out with David and a few of my friends. I decided to break out my brand new Hookah… yes, I bought a hookah. And I’m pretty much in love with it.

It looks just like this one…

except it has a pink base. Yes, a nice girly hookah. Doesn’t get much better than that, folks!

Anyways, I think that is about all I want to update y’all on for now. I imagine life for me is going to be exciting and adventure filled this summer…. so hopefully updating won’t be too scarce.

Have a great week, y’all!

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