This morning my doorbell rang and when I opened it up my youngest
daughter says to me…”Next time you’re coming DOWNSTAIRS!!” I grabbed
her and then burst into tears.  God, I’m so cool and collected I
just amaze myself.  Now she wants to go to Mannheim and surprise
her dad. Wow! So I guess I’ll throw some stuff into her suitcase and
we’ll hop a train over to there.  Monday is going rather well,
I’ll write more and put up a picture or two when we get back. I love
company, especially family. And as a bonus I now have someone to go
apartment hunting with and someone to help me purge this apt of
crapola. YAY!

Well, that takes care of that . Went thru the hell of the new roof and
all that scaffolding and men right outside my bedroom window for weeks
this summer and now that they’re finally done…….were moving!

Bear called me at lunch and he’s reporting to Mannheim Fri. which
actually means s he’ll be gone Mon thru Fri until I
find a place over there unless like this weekend they’re working Sat too. So why bother with coming back here.
He won’t be able to help with apt hunting
or packing, I feel a serious whine coming on….rofl.
Actually I think I’ll look at it as a way of keeping my life
uncluttered. I feel a serious bout of “giveaway” coming on. For
instance all my magazines can go to my hairdresser and my dentists
office, who even though they have tons of American clients still have
crap for English language reading material. All our empty dvd cases can
go to the library, they use them to replace broken cases, also some of
my paperbacks.  The clothes we never wear go to the thrift store.
See what I mean that makes it less cluttered already. Also I will be
able to get rid of 2 chairs and a loveseat that have been cuttering up
the entry hall for months now.  And maybe, just maybe I can
finally get a real computer chair. That would be terrific!!

But the details…arrrgh! I love the change and hate the drudgery. Typical huh?
One detail that will be changing for sure will be our internet service.
I plan on getting a phone line and hopefully DSL.  Oh and I would
love an apt on the ground floor…as long as it isn’t in the middle of
town. I think I’ve had my fill of people walking by the windows and
staring into the house.
Lets see what other things have I thought of in the last few months
that I would like to change or keep?  Being close to the train
station has been great, I can get to the train in a 10 min walk or if I
ride my bike less than half that. Speaking of bikes I would like to be
near the bike paths. Jeez, this may be a long list.  I like being
close to the bakery, though that could also be considered a downfall.

I’ll be going to spend the weekend in Mannheim with my man. While he’s
working I’ll see if I can’t translate some ads and do some prelim
scoping out of apts. Wish me luck.