The Fifth Season Of The Year
Today is November 11 and unfortunately I missed to post this at exactly 11:11 am which marks the beginning of the “fifth season” in Germany – Carnival. The Rhineland area, where I come from, is...
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Lazy Saturday
I love lazy Saturdays. I slept in today. Like in “real late”. I think I got up at noon for the first time when I heard J make some coffee downstairs. Nice thing to wake...
Cat-sitting
A big plus when moving in with my fabulous roomate was the fact that she had cats :) I love cats. My sister and I were never allowed to have pets when were little. Except...
Getting in shape
I joined the gym. Remember how I was talking about that it would probably not make sense to join a gym and that I could go running at the nearby park? Yeah, actually… it does make...
Today, one year ago…
Exactly one year ago, I went to the US Embassy in Germany for my Green Card interview. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. I recall that I was nervous as hell and was...
48 days until Christmas
As one of my dear friends pointed out to me today in an email, it’s only 48 more days until Christmas. Holy moly. That is like what? Not even 7 weeks. I should definitely start...
The Causeway Classic
We went to a College Football Game on Saturday. The Causeway Classic is the annual Football Game between UC Davis and Sacramento State University. Big rivalry! We’ve watched the game a couple of times before...
Big, bigger… Costco!
I wanted to give you the weekend recap today, but I have to save that for tomorrow. Instead, I am giving you what I call a little “culture shock” feeling that will never go away...