paper bag

so happy and excited about all the changes, I could use the one or other proverbial paper bag into. just on a separate note. check out Banksy, a UK street artist. fantastic.

London and Cambridge

The last few days were amazing but tiring. Switching countries is a challenge. Administration issues until you drop. After some activity in the respect, London to visit a dear friend, veg, slow down the pace and give myself a break. It works. I am moving to the UK, Cambridge to be more precise. Ok, I should maybe start this story a little earlier. -Cologne feels kind of deserted since a lot of people left -I don´t thing I spent this much time in the same town ever -I miss being abroad that simple. but what´s a girl to do? -get my sweet behind off the couch. -let go of everything, literally everything. before I did, life was difficult. i do have a plan and I am not becoming a hippie. it´s rather to know where you are going, have faith, stop doubting and start walking. and within a couple of weeks, everything fell into place. ever since then, life is easier. there will be moments when I will hit the roof when I get mad. I will doubt myself, everybody does. but it´s easier to unwind now. things just are. so, once the german bureaucracy is done and the british one continues, I will be starting my new job in October. in cambridge, this is a done deal since my last post. I am happy, excited and I do sometimes need the proverbial paper bag. but it will be fine. Bear with me!

one of those incredible days

Yesterday, 3 in one. Accept a new contract with a company, give notice, start a major teeth treatment. I am so excited I could squeak like clapping seal. I will be leaving Germany to live the truly european life I am supposed to live. no further comment.

Cambridge

foto session in Wrozlaw, Poland

All, so much catching up to do. Big soonissimo worthy changes. standing still to prepare for something big. My life never saw me coming :) Hugs, B

this is Sam

To my dear friends,

Today I finally got my paws on the keyboard.

FIrst of all; I am appalled! B! What were you thinking, the last entry is OLD :D

So, I am proudly stepping in for you, no shushing allowed :)! I will talk to you about new friends, the places B saw, small disasters, happiness and grumpiness:

First of all, B met old friends in London and we made new ones! The munchkin family introduced B to Buzz and comisario Woodie, I saw them on DVD later on and they are awesome, if only they could come by to our home!!!

places:
- B has been travelling and working a lot, I barely saw her here at home
- what I DO know: she saw a lot of musicians in Rotterdam, there is house that has no rect angels and a museum almost completely made of wood. there is a beach club in Cologne called km 689 (yes, people count the rhine kilometers from the source and my home town is on kilometer 689, there is a stone saying that!!!!!!!!!)

Disasters & grumpiness:
- she can´t seem to find my white scarf!
- I can´t seem to find the red one
- Snookles looks funny, what happened to my ever-snoring friend the sheep?

Happiness:
- B got finally rid of the sofa she hated so much!
- B looks happy because she is getting to know so many nice and open-minded people out there
- I finally got a bath
- Emilia is happy

Hugs and kisses,
Sam

FOTOS!!!!

our new friends!!!!


Rotterdam


B, I don´t get it, where are the angels?
I have copied this from Marta´s official homepage!

km 689, I have copied this from koeln-deutz.de :)

NPR car talk

I know that Keren is familiar with the above, is anybody else?
It´s HI-LA-RIOUS!

I remember listening to my first NPR car talk show when driving to Frankfurt. I had no idea what was ahead of me, cracking up over the stering wheel and I still cannot believe those guys. They were making fun of themselves with the dumbest things they ever did to cars, losing their eyebrows to combustible substances, a motor falling out of it´s frame because they removed something substantial, etc.

The presenters are brothers and manage to explain any car problem to non car connoisseurs. Never imagined that bolts, dashboards, a greater variety of noise any car can make could be so much fun, Whilst writing this, they are discussing with a priest the worst car on the planet EVER and its resistance to any deer confronted with it. I am really bad at reporting situational comics. Oh God, right now they are talking to a reformed hippy discussing how to manage a shift gear. Is it better to release the clutch quickly or slowly? You won´t believe the fun they are making around all of this turning it into an analogy of the relationship the girl was originally discussing the clutch question with.

Just love it.

Now Is All, ain´t it

It has been ages since you guys heared from me here.

So much has happened, I am impressed, amazed, tired, and happy.
First of all I realized how much I miss my friends out there, and throughout the last weeks, I understood taht I must be a little bit clearer on it.

Before I do: be happy out there, tell your loved ones you love them. All that exists IS in this very moment. The last sentence is already written in the past, and whilst I am writing these lines, I am in the present. It makes us who we are. With all of our experiences, joyous moments, awful memories, yes they are there too. In an every single second that is, we redefine what we are, how we think, if we want to take a turn or stay in the road we are right now.

People giving us grief without ceasing don´t have the right to do so. we can chose if that is something we want and most of the time, our inner balance decides if we want to bear that or if we shut it down. And again, we decide this every second, the second, the now, is all there is.

And there are the joyous moments. Like today hanging out with a friend, enjoying each other´s company. The car that smells like coffee because I left the warm coffee in there for a couple of hours whilst I was enjoying life. Finally finishing a killer T&L (three months in my job is a loooong period to collect receipts, trust me). Followed by tax declarations, I am happy to finally being almost done with either of these! I am having two days off to do things. Tomorrow, I will most probably be going to the beach in Domburg. A couple of hours in the car, but I want to see the sun, the water, plunge into the sand and get freckles.

And all of this and so much more I want for you guys. Read the grass harp by Capote if you want to be delighted, listen to music. Knock yourselves out with whatever makes you happy. Try to understand that NOW is all there is. Past is memory and the next minute fiction. It all boils down to this.

And a big hug from my side. Colourful thoughts. Forget being sensible and live. I promise I will try to do that with small things here.