It seems with the 'pro's of learning a new language full time (culturing, brain exercise, expanding the mind and of course being able to function in Germany society!) comes also with less enjoyable cons. There is the permanent tiredness, constant dread of homework, repetition of work that seems like child's work but some reason you can't even understand what a 2yr old can… Then there is the worst, memory loss.
I have never been known to be to irresponsible (teenage years excluded) and have never been described as aloof or forgetful - yet I seem to have delved into the dimension of accidental Alzheimer's whilst learning a language (might I add first named by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer).
Never in my life have I lost a wallet or keys… yet in the past two months of German learning I have forgotten/lost:
My German bank account pin number
Both my Canadian pin numbers
My handbag
My mobile phone
Left my handbag at a restaurant
Anything my boy asks me to bring when I meet him after work (receipts to return items, shopping lists, measurements for furniture items, gift vouchers).
Useful information like: what time your friend arrives into the airport to pick them up
And sometimes (yes, more than before!) how to speak english properly.
It seems the capacity to take in a certain amount of new information daily has reached its max when learning a language and carrying out homework tasks is the extent of what output my brain can do.
I have officially found a new patience for old people who forget things and genuinely don't know how and are confused as to why. So until I get a little more relaxed with this whole brain exercise with language thing, feel free to call me Nanna, or at least forgive me if I've temporarily forgotten who you are!
Here is what I haven't forgotten - more pictures!
cute snowy streets
looking over the castle to the city
us chubby and slightly cold snowmen
totally normal - and I HATE those darn pins.
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