Why are you happy today?

Nice one!
I think that I am happy because I just had the first massage of six to loosen up my blocked neck muscles but I am too sore and dizzy to know what I really feel like.

I am slowly but surely checking off places on my list of cities and countries to visit while living in Europe! A very special thanks to those who have accompanied me on my journeys thus far.

Because I'm back in Munich after my 6 month suspension of reality and I have reunited with my much loved friends. And I'm going to Miami for 2 weeks. Woo hoo!!!

I am happy because I spent 2 hours in the kitchen preparing a curry for tomorrow evening and making some Baklava. I had forgotten how cooking could be such a nice stress reliever.

after a really shitty day at work, I came home to find my plane ticket in the mail for my midsummer trip! I am so excited to go somewhere new.

Welcome back Bern!!

I got a job!!!

Congratulations girl, that's awesome! Good thing we already celebrated.

Wa-hooooooooooooooooooooo! Now I feel much better about what we discussed recently.

yay congrats wahoo!

i was simply going to say "i had a lovely chat with my boyfriend ont eh phone", but your news is so much "happier" than mine!

Because I just got the maddest message from someone who I knew 8 years ago back in Erlangen and now I'm really happy as (she's from Iceland and now living back there - and tons happier than she ever was in Germany) she has told me how to say "four beers on a turntable" in Icelandic again.
Might seem a bit random but back then I was a Navision Financials DBA and all our consultants were from Iceland, so it would be non-stop yo yo (Icelandic for "yeah right") in the office.
Fjórir stórir bjórar á snúninsbordi was the source of no end of fun because the consultants would get us all to pronounce it, it sounds well funny to an Icelander to hear non-Icelanders try and say it.
Them all laughing would make me laugh, like the memories today.
The interweb? It's a fine thing.

Because I had so much fun last night!!!

awesome fish and chips for lunch at the <surprise> cafeteria today...Friday noon...excellent start to the weekend...

Cos i've just spent the weekend with my son in The People's Republic of Mancunia.

Because I spent the afternoon basking in the sun and wasting away in a biergarten with good company.

Canada just did a perfect 'Take and Hit' in the Women's World Curling tourney to pull ahead of China in the Gold Medal Game. Was an awesome shot! Lets hope they keep it up for the next two ends.

edit- all good is restored in the world, again Canada reigns at Ice Sports and won the Gold, looking forward to next weeks Men's tourney from Grand Forks ND, will be only Canadians in the stands again!

the puppies were born! Now my boyfriend and i just have to decide...

Are you going to have an inter-continental people/puppy family, mere? Oh, and please post pics of pups... ;-)

Ruthie, i will definately post pics later!
heheeh yes... unfortunately, we are going to have an inter-continental family (at least for some time more).

Decide what?

well, they literally were just born. When i posted the first message half the litter had not yet been born. So we need to wait a bit and also figure out which dog would be the best fit for us (temperment, etc.).

I'm all about shelter/rescue dogs, but this dog is coming from a breeder for a reason (this is a line i want and will hopefully fit for what i hope to do with the dog) so we'd like to get a pup that matches most what we're looking for. I already have some guilt for not getting a shelter/rescue dog so we'd like to make sure the pup we choose has the highest chance of fitting with what we'd like since we're going against the shelter/rescue dogs.

Cos i've just come out of a Project Management meeting where the person in charge of the prototype before mine was given a thorough kicking with lots of red faces and yelling involved.

That in itself doesn't thrill me as i know mine is to come but because i've had a month or so off my stress levels have dropped dramatically and i know i'll handle it.

Because one of my best friends who I haven't seen in 8 months is coming to visit tomorrow!

its 0020 hrs and I finally have Internet at home after a month long wait...TT here I come...

Because my wonderful co-worker is doing overtime so I can stay at home and sack my cleaner.

Because this stuff works and I'm actually getting into a better sleeping pattern. Can't tell if placebo effect or not, but care little.

because I have put the lawyers on my ex wife and I get it for free because I have paid UK tax while i was working for sky tv!!!
revenge is a dish best served cold

Because I saw a rainbow on my way home from work and Tobi stood quietly in the tub while I washed the mud off him, not clinging to my neck like he used to.

Because I had some company while working today. He was asleep most of the time, but he seemed very comfortable

I want an office cat, too!

I’m happy because some people have voted for Brennan in a contest. We’re trying to win money for the Border Collie rescue I’m part of. First step is to get Brennan to win this voting period, then get him to win the finals. (we have no control over the finals since Bissell decides that).
If you’d like to help please do so! Just click the link, fill in the info and you’re done! Not only does it take only 5 seconds, but you’ve also done a good deed and tried to help animals in need- you can then be happy too
(in case you want to share in the happiness here’s the link to vote for Brennan)

I'm happy 'cause I'm off to Berlin tomorrow. Even happier because I'm having a leaving do (aka leaving night out on the lash) in Newcastle tonight with all my nearest and dearest (and some less near and even less dear ones too, I suspect). Good times!

...because my lovely husband has just landed in Munich after a business trip :-)

In Maldives?

Nay, Slovakia!

Cos i've just arrived back home in Munich.

Oh yeah and just cracked open my first bottle of Augi in 2 weeks.

Cos I found the last piece of the missing puzzle and it didnt cost me anything!!!

Because there is a telenovela called Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso.

Yes, that's right, there's a show called Without tits, there is no paradise.

How any anyone truly be unhappy when there the world is full of chin-droppers like this? It's a marvel indeed.

a good day at work (good coworker's bday so it was a fun day and went out to an Irish pub for lunch), then had a nice chat with a friend/former agility instructor, and went to the dog park where Brennan had a blast running through all the mud. Now we're about to settle in with one of my favorite pizzas, an Andechs Weissbier, and movie. A lovely day is helping make up for severly missing my boyfriend.

despite some people annoying me others are great!
i'm talking to a close friend who i haven't seen for 5 years and rarely talk to!!!

Cos i'm being threatened with physical violence by zidane but the guy hasn't got the balls to reveal who he is, 2nd user or not.

This has gone on for months and i've offered to meet the snidy, cowardly shit on several occasions but he prefers PM's the wanker.

I'm happy and ignited because I saw a fascinating documentary film today ("The Moses Code"-- sequel to "The Secret", world premiere) with a group of people from xing (LoA) and got to witness some interesting live, on stage transformations using advanced NLP techniques.

And... my favorite NLP coach, John Paul Walsh, who graciously took some time off from Rugby and beer with the boys, invited (and sat next to) me. *smile*

He's found a great location for his NLP study group, btw: Im Tal, 5th floor, over Burger King. Thank you, Britta, founder and owner of the language school Modolingo. *abrazo*
We meet twice a month now. Cf. his website: FreeMind.com.

because, I had wonderful night with friends, got really drunk! like you haven't noticed, and had a great time!

Wasx drunk as a skunk in Kreuzberg... amazing night! Out with new friends, old friends visited from HH, was just perfect.

Because I was reading this article on the BBC Magazine and completely in the belief that it had been written by a pal of mine, then I realised that it was in fact written by Clive James.
Clive James writing again makes me very happy indeed.

Just return from spending three days in Berlin and had a great time. I love Berlin!!!

Btw, I'm also very happy to be off the autobahn as it was snowing very hard in some places along the autobahn and the temp dropped to 2 degrees this morning while I was driving back.

I FINALLY got my final job offer for Texas! (on Friday night) I only applied for that job in September My last day in Germany will be 22 May (flying on the 23rd). I'll be in Texas for Memorial Day weekend

Faute de mieux this will have to go here.
Scogs and I were watching a "Spooks" episode yesterday where a bomb was supposed to be triggered by an SMS. Close-up shot of the sending message screen (Nokia, best buy around), and just as the message was about 90% sent - our phone rang.
Perfect!

cos i managed to totally redeem myself with the thing i was unhappy about last night

and im actually sticking to a decision which is freeing up lots of my time and is the right thing to do. so much better than the pussyfooting around

Today I got to take my splint off my finger which is no longer broken. 3 weeks of physio to go there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Praise for the German health system!