Why are you happy today?

...because I had the best banana ice-cream EVER!!!!11111111111

Well im very happy today...Im In Amsterdam Holland, and i had my 1st smoke in a coffee house... coming here has always been my life long dream (in my short 18 Years)


Just thought id pass the smile around

Have a nice day and Happy Travels

Aussie Chick

Yes they are.

how come u are always signed up this late? working too much (not likely in germany) or clubbing?

Semester break? I'm a night person.
I just got home from the movies a little bit ago.

I am seriously pissed off today because I have the flu. I got the flu from a certain male person who also had the flu and who got his flu from his stupid work colleagues who had to go to work despite being ill. So thanks a bunch, now I am ill after nursing this certain male person healthy the whole of last week, nobody is here to nurse me better and on top of it all I lose out on my earnings until I am healthy again seeing that I freelance.

Mmmm, I am munching on some Hot Tamales right now, thanks to Keydeck! I found them at the Hit at Rosenheimer Platz.

I like Hot Tamales

Me too. Obviously.

a myriad of reasons. i'll list them all tomorrow right now it's 5pm so i'm out the door.

What would I give for a tasty tamal!

received a fax from schottenhammel to confirm my booking for a table at the oktoberfest!!! yipee

am on hoilday for a week or so from 5pm today! yay!!!

Just got an e-mail from my Spanish teacher that I passed the class. Finally! I took the final in mid-February!
I am finally done now with mandatory Spanish (language) courses!

Now I just have to write this one termpaper from a year ago, and I will have my Zwischenprüfung (gotta do that by this summer), and then I will have a huge weight off my shoulders!

Cos i got home from work to find the first half of my Red Cross Care package from foodfromhome at my door.

I can now enjoy Shipham's Pastes, Snake and Sidney landmines, Cadbury's Creme Eggs and Tizer and Dandelion and Burdock.

Bacon and sausage not arrived yet but hey everytrhing in the box put a smile on my face.

shoot! lunch break over, so here's a quick list- i'll update it tomorrow or next week.

my new apartment- i looove the location, people are nice in the neighborhood, at night pretty view of the Milwaukee skyline (not that there is one, but our fake little one we have is nice, but no comparison to Chicago), 2 blocks from the beach- incl. a bike/run/rollerblade trail, 1 block from South Shore Marina, 1 block North and 1 block South are parks, great locally owned stores near by. (downfall, the actual apartment is a dump).

work- my workgroup is all female. super duper nice. we went out for a nice lunch yesterday, and i have some gorgeous flowers they gave me on my firstday (mon) which is nice because i've really wanted to get flowers from someone other than my mom, myself, or the girls i was an aupair for since it's been a good 1.5 yrs!

2 weddings come up at the end of June- beginning of July.

G the goldfish (my fish is named G)

Washington DC was amazing last weekend! Saw great people, in my fav city, had some good crab cakes, and enjoyed going out in Adam's Morgan Friday night. It's also nice seeing people who care about you and are happy to see you and think you're fabulous- great hugs (and drunk catching the last metro of the night escapades) when you haven't seen him for a year!

oh yeah- had an amazing lunch!
lite key lime pie yogurt and a pita with eggplant humus, spinach, and tomato

and also loosing 10-15lbs in the past 6 weeks has been nice

Told a nasty client to go to hell and take his money with him

No more endless and pointless meetings, no more hassle and aggravation, he'll torture somebody else now and that makes me so happy, I cannot understand why I didn't tell him to take his business elsewhere months ago

Whohoooo! Ten days off using only four days vacation time!

Cos i've nearly finished at work and then i can go and have funn in the Arc tonight.

cool bluedave, this means i will get to see you

Ordered the stroller and baby furniture today!

Och-- conrats, inka and mr. inka!!

cos after a 5 month break (and lots of work) I got into the air today!!!

Little Willi is 4 weeks old ...

I just learned that my company is paying my 721 euros of car repair bill

ER that cat is still so cute.

I am happy because my bicycle which I parked at Münchner Freiheit last October is still there, has all its attachments, and even the helmet is still hanging where I left it. Gotta love Germany!

Is that you hanging off that glider HEM?

Yep - well I'm in it so to speak... It was probably also my son driving the winch under supervision...
What you see under the glider is the cable parachute to prevent 400m or so of steel cable falling
on the head of the winch driver after release.

Wow! I am impressed. I have never had my bike stolen either but then I don't use it much and only around Neubiberg. Makes me think I should invest in one in Heidelberg as well some time.

The fridge and pantry are loaded with goodies bought yesterday in France and Belgium.

because in spite of it all i have a hot date with a hot man in Paris this weekend and I'm moving to London at the end of the month! gotta look on the brightside

That's tremendous news , congrats!

He is beautiful.

I'm happy because I will get a second son in september.

I'M happy because tomorrow I fly DIRECT to Edinburgh for the first time. Hooray for Easyjet! lets hope they keep this service running!!

there's going to be a new adition to my family.

I got my first royalty statement. I get no money, but the statement is cool!

I picked it up today and realized that the detachable front light with five fresh batteries is missing. I am full of Schadenfreude (which is a kind of happines) as the frigging batteries are kaputt and whoever stole the light had to buy new ones.

Don't do it - I've left bikes all over Munich and never had a problem, but Heidelberg is a different kettle of fish. I even had a bike with a broken pedal exle thingy stolen from a cellar. Thieving students there

I just rediscovered a CD I own. I was looking for another one I didn't find but this one's good too.

Coz we're going away for the long weekend! (haven't had a holiday for the past 6 months!)

Because a manager I work with just caught me about to kick-off about something and said "Come on, Full Metal Jacket gal!" which made me laugh a lot.
Me at work:

hahahhahah that is funny - it also got me to laugh and calm down a bit, because it isn't that important really.
So some techy fuckwit doesn't know the difference between technical design and functional design? Pffffft.

My brother just had baby girl which is lovely as I can at last buy pink, fluffy, girly stuff!! (I have 3 boys!)

I managed to knock a snooty chick down a peg. The only other woman at dinner last night without a head of grey hair (my mom's friends, ok) and she starts going on about the dustbowl of the western USA, the mormons, languages and linguistics, and then asks me where I live. I said Munich. Her:Oh, but you have obviously never lost the accent. Me: No, I would sound stupid with a German accent. Her:What do you do Me:I'm a translator. What do you do? Her:I'm a housewife, I used to work in the city but I have a 6 year old and a 9 year old. Me: How interesting, I have a 6 year old and a 9 year old as well, but I just quit my corporate job to go freelance. Her:I have a friend in the US who actually interned in Washington under Bush Senior. Me: Must have been about the same time I was there doing my Internship. Her:Where did you study? Me:Political Science in Salt Lake City and Heidelberg. Her:Oh, so you know about Utah. Me: Yes.
She actually seemed like a nice person under the know-it-all exterior. Oh well, made me feel better. (Yes, it's really boring here, I can't wait to get back)

because it's my last day (actually only 4 hours left...woohoo) at my crappy job, and tonight i'm moving in with my boyfriend in munich!

and tomorrow, my little sister is coming to visit from the u.s...she's never been before!

and in 2 weeks, i start a new job in munich (that promises to be much less crappy).

oh yeah, and this weekend is easter...and i love gnawing the legs off chocolate bunnies.

it's a good day to be me!!! (yes, i'm mildly hysterical...haha)

Got a lendies of the dvd set of Planet Earth and it's AMAZING. One overhead shot of Iguazu Falls was just stunning and it brought me right back to standing there, awestruck by Garganta del Diablo for hours, humbled by the raw power of nature, millions of litres of angry river cascading into a misty abyss. Gave me itchy feet again and made me feel alive - que bueno y no abandones los senderos. Thanks Marshbot

Yada yada killed the empty classes! Huh, and they thought they were smarter!

I plan to have my own business by May 2008 so I can be free to work as an artist independently while having something to subsidize it. The first step in my business plan was implemented this week and I received a “thumbs up� from an investor who liked my idea. Although I probably will not take on this investment it makes me excited knowing a successful entrepreneur likes my plan and is encouraging me in my endeavor.