Jet lag has a way of sneaking up on you. Conny and I went to bed at the reasonable hour of 2AM, but neither of us could sleep. We ended up talking the night away in bed until almost 6AM. My endless droning on and on finally got her to fall asleep. I think she was asleep, anyway, I couldn't really tell since she had piled the pillows on top of her head.

A lack of sleep didn't stop us from doing some major shopping. The goal was to find some shoes to complete an outfit involving Conny's corset. We had struck out in our quest in Manhattan, mainly due to my crappy navigation in finding places. I am happy to report we did much better with Conny blazing the trail through downtown Munich. We started off slow, but by the early evening, we scored three pairs of shoes, two of which can work with the corset outfit, and a great pair of boots. And all this was done for a reasonable amount of money too. Quite a success.

Shopping also doubled as an excuse to see more of downtown Munich. The weather today was unseasonably warm, which made our stroll that much nicer. Munich is a lot like New York City, except that it's clean, the buildings are short, charming and European looking, all the writing is in German, the streets are narrow and laid out in no particular order, it doesn't smell like dog pee, and it doesn't feel crowded and hostile. Other than that, it's just like New York City.

The big event of the day was a rehersal for Conny's dad's 50th birthday party. Not that rehersing parties is some sort of German tradition or anything. The birthday party is a show that his friends and family are putting on for him. It consists of several songs with funny lyrics about her dad sung by various people in amusing costumes. Conny is co-emcee, and does two musical numbers. My suggestion that they have English subtitles during the performance was dismissed, even though I thought it was a good one. The rehersal was a lot of work for everyone, lasting about four hours, but they had a good time doing it. Seeing Conny's family and friends of her family dancing around on a stage was a great way to meet them. I have enough blackmail footage to supplement my income quite well now.

I did learn that New York doesn't have the market cornered on rudeness. Of course, in any urban area, people become savages in matters regarding parking. Conny was looking for a spot to park the car outside the place where the rehersal was. We saw someone getting into his car to leave. Conny pulled up behind him and put her blinker on. He pulled out, we advanced past the spot, and Conny put the car in reverse to back in, proper parallel parking style from what I can remember of Driver's Ed. Another car came up and pulled right into the spot. Of course, coming from New York, I instinctively reached for the gun in the glove compartment. But, I had forgotten about those stupid European gun control laws. The best I could come up with was a rolled up map, and I'm not exactly too menacing with a rolled up map, even if it is a big map. Fortunately, while I was shoving my head into the glove box like an ostrich, Conny had stepped out of the car, and gave the other driver a thorough talking to, complete with threats of law enforcement and forcing them to watch her boyfriend pee in his pants. The driver of the other car, while he was a sneaky little weasel, was not a dumb sneaky weasel. He prudently backed down and moved his car. We claimed our spot, the proud victors. Of course, foreigners, while emulating good old American rudeness, can't even get that right. The other driver didn't even sneak back to key our car or slash our tires. Thank God America is still number one in some areas.

Tomorrow is "girls night out." Conny is bringing me along to meet her two good friends Andrea and Louise. The three of them go out together fairly regularly, and I get to be the guest of honor. With any luck, I can convince Conny that I don't need to wear a dress to the occasion. I think if I promise to not wet the bed tonight, I can get out of having to wear the dress. Maybe we'll compromise, and I'll just wear the panties.
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