Archives for May 2005

and I think I am going to announce the 27th of May my favorite day. Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to see Joe McIntyre live in Los Angeles and it was a fantastic night!
And this year, the 27th of May is a great day as well… I actually have two good news for today!

First of all… here it is… my “baby”

it arrived today! :) Jon called me at work right after it was delivered and I [who actually went to work an hour early today, so I could leave earlier in the afternoon :)] left pretty much right then. I was so excited and couldn’t wait to get home!
Setting up the wireless internet connection and that stuff was pretty easy and now I am sitting here on the couch (!) with the notebook on my lap and can’t get myself to go to bed *lol* Nobody is online … too bad… so I guess I do have to go to bed eventually.

It’s still so unreal… it reminds me of Christmas, when I was younger. When I woke up on Christmas Day, I always wasn’t sure if my presents from last night would still be there and I would run downstairs to see if I hadn’t? had a dream. I guess, that’s what’s going to happen tomorrow morning… I will wake up, totally in panic, jump out of bed to see if the notebook is still there :)

The other good news is: Gerald told me today that they might have found a sponsor for me. As I probably explained earlier – the USGS is not allowed to hire me directly (as I am not a US-citizen), so they have to hire me through a contractor. He’s waiting to hear back from them, but it turns out that these people seem to have experience with hiring foreigners (which would be a great relief as they probably know a lot about the visa stuff, too!) I’ll keep you posted!

So, May 27th is a great day, don’t you think? And with a three day weekend ahead of us, I am totally happy :)
I hope you guys get some sunshine this weekend… if not, I am sending you some from over here, just in case ;)

OMG. Have you guys seen “Pooh’s Heffalump Movie”? (Sanni, I know you HAVE)… it’s so adorable! Netflix finally sent it and we watched it last night… and I loved it :) I just couldn’t stop commenting on how cute the Heffalump was… especially when it (?) laughed. And Jon really liked it, too, and said it had a really nice message… like that you shouldn’t have prejudices against people that are different and that fears can be overcome!And then… at the end… here it comes Sanni… Pooh was riding on the Heffalump! I think I need to explain that, because Sanni and I have been arguing for quite a while if there is a scene in the movie, where Pooh rides on the Heffalump. Jon and I had seen it in the trailer on TV, but Sanni said that there is no such scene in the movie.
As it turned out, it’s only at the end when they show the credits where you see Pooh standing up on the Heffalump to reach a bee-yard for the honey and then Pooh is riding backwards on the Heffalump and hide behind a little bush when the bees come after them :) It’s so adorable.

I have some other great news: They shipped our “baby”, the notebook, today *yay* which means that it could arrive any day now. I am so excited :)

Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed for me ;)

@Cathy: Thank you so much, hun, for your call last night. It was awesome to talk to you again :) and we can go on and on… *lol* Only 106 days to go… I can’t wait.

UPDATE 7:20pm: The delivery for the notebook is scheduled for tomorrow *wohoo*

I was channel-hopping on Monday night and came across “Fear Factor”… has anyone of you watched that before? (I don’t even know if they broadcast this show in Germany, but it’s basically the same as these shows that we have where you get a lot of money for doing really repugnant things.)
I am not a big fan of these shows anyways, but if people want to test their courage to make money… fine! They can sit in a basin of snakes or try to do something in a certain amount of time, but what I saw on “Fear Factor” literally almost made me puke.
There were teams of two people and the “game” was as follows:
On a table there was a big basin of bugs, worms, and other insects (which in itself is not so bad), but then one person had to take a mouthful (and I mean a mouthful!), spit the insects into a meat grinder, grind the insects and the other person was lying underneath this meat grinder, had to catch the grinded insects with the mouth and spit it into a bowl… and the team who had the most grinded insects collected in the bowl won!

Hello? Is this just me or isn’t that just disgusting?? I literally wanted to throw up…I mean, just imagine watching that! I am honestly shocked how far people go and that they show that on TV! When is enough enough??

No notebook news… :( the notebook is in “boxing status” since Monday morning, which just drives me insane. How long does it take to put it in a box? I hoped they would send it off earlier than expected, but I don’t think so… I guess I have to wait for at least another week *sigh* Am I impatient, or what?? ;)

Jon and I made great BLT’s and watched the Western Conference Playoffs Final last night and after that more Sex and the City *yay* that was fun! We also got -guess what?- the “Heffalump-movie” in the mail yesterday! It was too late to watch it, but we might watch it tonight :) (@ Sanni: I’ll let you know if Pooh rides on the Heffalump in our movie version :))

I hope some of you have a great holiday tomorrow, the rest of us… have a great day at work! ;)

this is a beautiful day. I actually might go for a swim tonight if the weather report is right and we’ll get over 90°F (=32°C). I don’t say that to make you guys jealous (although I hope you’re week started off with a little bit nicer weather as well), but just to make myself feel better about it being Monday again ;) Jon got home very early this morning. He called me at 6:55 a.m. that he’s on the way back to Sacramento and that he hadn’t slept at all! He went pretty much straight to bed, so I’ll hear all about Matt’s concert and his night tonight, I guess.

Then, some good news – I checked the online status of our notebook order this morning and it’s already in “boxing status” which means – if I assume correctly- that they might ship it before the estimated shipping date of May, 31^st :) I am actually hoping that they might send it out by tomorrow and it will get here by the weekend, but who knows if this is just wishful thinking. I am just really excited that the built-time ended up being a lot quicker than I thought ;) because on the website they said it’ll be 5 days, but it was only 2 :)

@ Cathy: I hope your foot is feeling better. You must have been in a lot of pain!

@ Ilka: I hope you feel better, honey. I know you had a rough weekend. I am here for you anytime!

@ Sanni: I hope you enjoy your evening with your new book ;)

ok girls, we had a slight change of plans on Friday and ended up NOT going to Ventura. Since Jon had plans for Sunday night in SF, we would have had to drive back Saturday night or Sunday morning (very early) and we figured that it would just not be worth it to drive 12 hours, if we only have 24 hours there. So we cancelled our plans and will go to Ventura to see Jon’s parents some time in June.
Friday night we picked up some pasta from an authentic Italian Delicatessen shop and went home to watch the NBA Playoffs Seattle Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks. Seattle was up 3:2, so it was crucial for Dallas to win the game… they were up almost the whole game and I was so excited, but then Seattle turned the game around in the last 3 minutes :( I was so disappointed.

Saturday was beautiful – the first really hot day – and Jon and I decided to take a long walk along the American river which is about 10 minutes from our apartment complex. It’s really nice to walk there, but we were in the sun for almost the whole time… thanks God I didn’t forget to put on sunscreen. I usually can’t stand being in the sun for longer than 30 minutes before I turn red as a lobster.
I went shopping later and then we barbequed some T-Bone Steak and I made a big salad for dinner. Netflix delivered “Meet the Fockers” in the mail yesterday, so we watched that last night. It was hilarious :) I really do like Ben Stiller as an actor (he’s so funny) and I also think Dustin Hoffmann and Barbara Streisand were great as his parents! I enjoyed it very much.

Today Jon and I went to the Outlet Stores in Folsom to get some new jeans and jeans shorts for Jon. It’s so cool how fast you’re in and out of the stores when you go shopping with guys :) They know exactly what they want and just go for it. No looking around and trying this and trying that… they pick out, try on and buy it *lol* it’s so funny how different guys and girls are in every respect.

Now Jon is in SF to see one of Matt’s concert and hopefully hang out with him afterwards. I am curious what they will talk about. As for me, that means I have an evening to myself and I love it… I took a nap, watched some TV and did some stationery stuff :) one perfect night!

Talk to you later. Love ya all!