I walked into the Java City Coffeeshop in my work building this morning, when I smelled something that took me right back to where I was 15 years ago. I was staying in Boston, attending a 4-weeks language summer class in Medford, at Tufts University to be precise, and the smell...
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I got my first pedicure ever (!) on Saturday. How can someone go without a pedicure for 32 years of their lives, you might ask? Well, a) you must have grown up in Germany [because pedicures for teenagers and young women are definitely a pretty new invention over there –...
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I had the opportunity to go on a little field trip again yesterday :) Equipment had to be taken from our office to the field office at Lake Tahoe again and I was the lucky person to go! This time driving up there was even nicer, because it was a beautiful, sunny...
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Mmh, since when am I getting excited about the usual weekend errands? Did I develop a passion for cleaning, grocery shopping and doing laundry? No, not really. Although that had to be done, too, and I usually don’t mind. I had an appointment at the hair salon on Friday and got...
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My roommate told me this morning that her Dad is coming to visit this weekend. Her comment: I’ll have to spend time with him for THREE WHOLE DAYS! My reaction: So? [Starring in disbelief, shaking my head] Clearly, the girl doesn’t know how lucky she is that her Dad lives...
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This is what I am doing these days. I know, women are said to be very good at that and I agree. I don’t get overwhelmed when I am trying to juggle multiple tasks at the same time. In fact, it makes me feel more productive. Downside? There are not enough...
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… to hear the name of your relatively small hometown in Germany on American NPR [National Public Radio]? Close to 0%. Exactly. So call this a snowball’s chance in hell what happened to me yesterday. I was driving home from work – a little later than usual because I had...
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