I’ll be on the plane in exactly 14 days [unless the German Postal Service effs it up again and doesn’t deliver my documents and passport – but let’s just not think about that slight possibility]. Wow, it feels so surreal. I will be running around like a headless chicken trying...
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I had my Green Card Interview at the American Consulate in Frankfurt this morning. Wow, I was so nervous. I got up at 3 a.m. after about 4 hours of not-so-sound sleep. My Dad and I left around 4 a.m. – it’s a 2,5 hour-drive to the Embassy in Frankfurt...
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Today I met with Ilka in Köln. We had a fun day, started off with some coffee at the nearest Starbucks. [There are 5 Starbucks coffee shops in Downtown Köln now – so we could easily have done some “coffee shop hopping”… well, we kind of did :)]. We went...
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Seriously. Why are some people so damn insensitive and impudent sometimes? I don’t get it. Didn’t their parents teach them manners? Are they freakin’ insensitive on purpose and think that nobody notices? The Mom of one of the students that I tutor [yes, indeed the same Mom I blogged about...
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I am busy today, so I just want to share this. More tomorrow. Yesterday, I received the mini tripod for my digitial camera in the mail. I am so excited about it. There were a few occasions during my participation in the “365 days project” on flickr when it would...
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Kristine over at randomandodd.com thought she was making it easy for us this week, but honestly I had a hard time coming up with something for this week’s assignment. I wonder if it was just lack of creativity or simple time pressure ;) Of course, I had to play… no...
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It’s November and it is getting cold. I usually like the cold time of the year, but yesterday I was freezing and didn’t particularly like that. I am not ready for the cold temperatures yet. Halloween was great. In the afternoon, we went to see some relatives for coffee and...
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NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month and I joined the bandwagon… despite the fact that I am not in a blogging rut and don’t feel like I need to push myself to write more often or about more interesting stuff. In the end, this is my blog and I...
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