Wonderful Christmas time
It snowed today! I can’t believe that I could possibly get a “white Christmas” this year. It’s not to common to get snow for Christmas in Germany anymore, but this year it looks like it could...
Category: my so-called life
I made it.
I am home with my family. It feels so surreal… but good! Very good :) I just wanted to let you know. I’ve been up for 34 hours. I seriousy need to get some sleep....
I am leaving…
… in less than 24 hours. This is so surreal. I think I have pretty much everything packed and hope that I didn’t forget anything. J and I had a pretty nice weekend… we went...
It’s always like that before the holidays
The last few days have been c-r-a-z-y at work. I am trying to get some stuff done before I leave and I’ve put in quite a bit of OT. But, who cares when you will...
Shopping Madness
I seriously enjoy Christmas shopping. I don’t know how many people can say that, but I do. I like picking out gifts for people, wrapping them, writing Christmas Cards… the whole shebang. Since I am...
How sick does one have to be?
This is actually going to refer to the actual meaning of the word “sick”, not as in “you’re a sick person for behaving like that” or something ;) We watched “SiCKO”, the latest Michael Moore-documentary,...
The geologist in me
… always wanted to live in CA, I believe. Earthquakes have strangely fascinated me since my first geography class in 5th grade, so I chose Geography as my Leistungskurs in 12th grade and later went...
I am a Resident Alien
This is the official term of my legal status in the US. Sounds lovely, huh? It always makes me think of little green men [or women] and X-Files :) Due to the Thanksgiving-weekend-with-Kim-excitement, I totally...