This week was short but exhausting. I rarely ever feel stressed by my work, but it’s been an intense week. Conflicting data and trying to make sense of it all = head explosion. I...
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Three years ago today, I became a U.S. citizen. Time sure went by fast. Considering the fact that I am still not officially hired as a federal employee (which was one of the main...
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I was very shocked and saddened to hear about the horrible plane crash in the French Alps earlier this week. Emotionally, this one hit close to home, because I consider ‘Düsseldorf’ (and Köln) my...
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Can you believe it’s February already? I have no idea where January went, but since it was a little bit rough, I am looking forward to a much calmer, better month. I am planning to...
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I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday! J and I hung out at home for the most part, watched movies (+ Friends reruns!), went for an early afternoon walk and then started cooking...
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This week was short, but felt long. I had Monday (switched my regular day off from today to Monday) and Tuesday (Veteran’s Day) off , but am working today. My sense of time is all...
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I completely failed to acknowledge that my niece (and god-daughter) Greta turned 6 last week. I wanted a picture to go along with the occasion and then forgot, because I didn’t get any pictures from...
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There is a huge wildfire burning in the foothills right now and even though we haven’t been impacted much by the smoke (yet) down here in the capital, I am really hoping that they’ll get...
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This week has really been flying by. I’ve been transitioning to some new responsibilities/tasks at work and it has kept me really busy (so much that I’ve been dreaming of Excel spreadsheets and long...
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We spent the weekend in SoCal – again! – for Mother’s Day, because why the hell not. It’s nice to get out of town. I found this cute idea for a Mother’s Day gift online and...
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