Old year new year.
Another one bites the dust. It’s been the most eventful year of my life I think. Recap…
January….uhhh I can’t remember. I was in Germany part of last December, so I was probably spending January thinking about Germany.
February….almost complete month spent in Germany. Saw some castles and started trying to move here.
March…..no clue, it probably rained in Oregon.
April….no Clue. It probably rained in Oregon.
May…probably wanted to take the top off the jeep. Sun might have come out in Oregon.
June….Came back to Germany for the month. World cup. Drunk Brits singing God save the queen…drunk Germans…Drunks Mexicans…watching some old Cuban guy make cigars on the street…bloody hot and the only place with A/C is starbucks.
July…home for a few weeks. Getting ready to go. Had to say bye to people…sell the jeep and pack stuff.
August… First month in DE. Lonely and bloody hot again. Made some German friends but they only get together once or twice a week. The rest of the time was spent alone.
September…Got a real Frankfurt apartment. Commute went up but well worth it. Have to sleep with the backdoor open cuz it gets so hot. As a result the biggest mosquitoes ever tried to eat me.
October…can’t remember, but I think it finally started raining. I also think I went to Ikea.
November…Went to Denver. Decide I don’t like the States at all anymore.
December…christmas market below my flat. Gluhvein and amaretto…tasty…Made lots of friends. Got angry at slow moving americans (and other tourists) on my street. You’re not in American anymore…WALK FASTER!!!!
I also have to remember everyone who made this a great year for me. Adrienne for being supportive, Parents, Grandparents, the old timers at nobeltec, the new timers at Jeppesen, everyone who came to my going away party at work, Jay, Kati, Rags, Ken, Lisa, Monica, Kevin (jerk) + wife (I can’t believe you married that jerk), and a bunch of other people I might be forgetting.
also Dave, Rhonda + kids, Bob, Cindy + Kids, Katie, Roger, Chelsea,
new people in Germany. Colleagues, Philipp, Sabine, Tina, Veronique, Karsten, Steffi, Stephi, Mario, Dorothee, Simone, Florian, Florian, Petra, and since I’m bad with names I’m missing a lot of people that I used to hang out with when I lived in N.I. and came here on business trips.
New people in Frankfurt a.M.: Vikki, Clinton, Matt, Kat, Jeff (pops), Phong, Vladdi, Lucky, Uncle Tony, Phil, Dennis, Anne, Ben, Jen, Ewa, Monty (not!), Cora da explora, Jess, Nadja, Rhona, and all the people whose names I can’t recall.
funny, I think there are only 2 Germans in that last sentence. The rest are Euro trash or wannabe paddies (I use euro trash with all the affection in the world. I consider americans to be euro trash too – only without the roots and Indian Breeding).
oh wait I guess there’s a couple ozzies in there too.
I’ll probably have to edit that list later when I think about it.