Hey, Miss Eggers! Will you take a break from this growing, for a moment?? 'Cause you're already eleven! And I was just congratulating you on turning 10!
Happy happy birthday, to that gorgeous and elegant dancer who we call sister. We hope you enjoy your day today (did you have to go to school? Did you bring goodies?) and your party!
Big hugs from Germany from
Nikki, Shauna, Berti, and Steve
We love you!
I'm 30 today! Hooray! :)
Don't feel any different yet... although maybe it's because I've been thinking I'm 30 for a couple years now, anyway. Every time I have to give my age, it's been, "Um, th... hold on, tw... twenty-nine. What year is this? Right, twenty-nine."
Okay, so maybe I'm just senile already!
So far so good. Shauna and Steve ARRIVED ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND (!!!!) the day before Halloween, and have been running around to the sounds of Looney Tunes music ever since landing, dividing their time between Munich, Zurich, Ludwigshafen, and various workplaces in each city and between. They're looking for housing while still waiting for visas, starting new jobs, polishing up rusty German skills, and oh yes, also simultaneously attempting to finish a Master's thesis and PhD dissertation, respectively. They still look sane -- especially considering that the Looney Tunes have been going on for a solid six months or so by now -- but I'm also looking forward to when the poor things are able to sit down and take a deep breath, sometime! We're doing all we can, but there's little to be done except help figure out where one can give fingerprints for the American FBI (!) from a consulate somewhere, in order to hand over to the persnickity Swiss a certificate validating that you're not a wanted criminal.
They're in Munich today, but hopefully they'll be able to head over here to the Pfalz on the 20th for our little Official 30th Birthday Celebration. We've invited a few friends and will celebrate with wine somewhere... more to come! :)
Hugs for my family!
