J and I at the Schützenfest [local festival] in my town on Saturday. We ended up staying till 4:30 a.m. celebrating and drinking with Nina and Dirk and some friends.… Read more
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I am playing this week, although J is here [which means I will be pretty busy this week] :) but Kristine was so nice as to post the SPF assignment early enough for me to prepare in advance :) There is no way I could NOT play SPF for one...
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… it can make you get frustrated and cranky on the phone. … it can make you cry. … it can make you tell people to “go to hell”. … it can make you get fed up with bureaucracy. … it can make you angry about being in this state...
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I arrived in Bremen at Kim‘s on Friday night at 9 p.m. – being late. The stupid train had stopped right before Bremen for an unknown reason [well, according to the announcement there had been people on the tracks, but who knows if you can believe that] and this delayed...
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1. Stuff that annoys the living shit out of you. THIS up there is just plain annoying. I mean, come on… give me a break. I am not a teenager anymore and I really don’t understand why I was untroubled by acne as a teenager and get zits NOW. This...
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It’s been exactly 7 months since I left Sacramento. I had a hard time leaving and I knew I would miss it. In the last few months, I’ve thought of Sacramento often. This is where I had my first “real” home with J. Although I loved living in Davis and...
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I visited my former piano teacher on Friday. It was her birthday and she turned 93! You wouldn’t believe how well she is doing for her age. I am always pleasantly surprised when I see her. I stopped taking piano lessons in 2001 when I left for my exchange program...
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TGIF… time to play :) Kristine had another “challenge” for us this week, namely to take pictures around the house. 1. Your Supplies These are my supplies on my desk.… Read more
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