I’ve uploaded the first six of what’s going to be an indefinite number of pictures on flickr. I will upload more, but it’ll take some time because I cannot think of more than six witty, yet informative descriptions for my pictures in a row. The stories will follow too, but at the moment I’m busy […]

The good news is: I am the proud and – might I say – caring owner of a beautiful iPod. The bad news is: I can never again buy anything anymore. But I really thing it was worth it.

Flights booked and confirmed? Check. Yes, BA knows that we’re on the plane. Good to know. Suitcases organized? Check. Done loads and loads and loads of laundry? Check. Minor research on Chicago public transit? Check. Traveller’s cheques requested? Check. Called Caitlin? Check. Credit card? Check. International driver’s license for the husband? Check. Been prepared for […]

We so need to leave this country.

[Insert happy giggling here] I talked to Caitlin today on the phone for the first time and now I’m even more excited to come to Chicago than I was before. I was actually nervous calling, because it seems so weird to call a person you only know from the internet, but then it must be […]

Here comes today’s foreign affairs‘ lesson. The Germans, as you might or might have not known, are going to vote a new parliament tomorrow. It’s actually one year earlier than it should have been and here’s the short version of how it came to be so: Germany has two major political institutions, the Bundestag and […]

My amazon wish list has 160 items. And I still want them all. I delete stuff all the time, but for everything I delete I add an average 2,72 of new things, so I don’t think I will ever get everything I want. That, my friends, is the curse of the overly interested. I sometimes […]

I don’t know what it is so while in doubt, I’ll just blame it on my sickness, but I honestly could break out in tears every minute these days. I don’t, but I could. I think it’s not too far-fetched that it’s at least partly my sickness, combined with stress at work, the newly acquired […]

A weekend full of sneezes and coughs. Captured for eternity.

So, to be honest, sometimes I like getting ill. I like the extra time off work huddled between warm sheets in my bed all day without feeling lazy and having everything brought to me by my loving and caring husband and family. Of course that only goes for minor illnesses like a standard flu. So, […]