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!
2 comments:
As usual, I want to somehow jump right through the fiber optics and hug you!!!! We miss you terribly and at the same time are so happy for you, doing exactly what you wanted to, for a very long time...... darned mixed feelings. Oh, and don't get me started on the envy! Mostly, from this little message, take away the happy! There's a lot of it being felt here, for both you and Shauna...and der Steve und Bert.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Here's to an amazing year ahead!!
I can't believe it's been 30 years. Seems like only yesterday I was rocking you to sleep in my arms...or hushing your sobs after a fall...or singing itsy bitsy spider for you. Time goes so quickly, yet you multiply my joy with every passing year.
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