Really exciting day today. I can now get snack-size Ziploc bags here in Germany. Since Maddie will only eat in the cafeteria about twice a month, this is a big deal.
Took friend Mary (who's only been here about 3 months) to the REAL for shopping. Showed her the good chicken nuggets and gave her the scoop on the super-concentrated vinegar here.
My friend who has been here for four years had the moving folks come to pack up her air shipment to send back to the US today. She says she feels like she graduated from ex-pat school. Her transition should be interesting since only one of her four kids has even a vague recollection of what life in the US is like. She never learned German because she arrived here with three kids--ages 5, 2 and 3 months. By the time she got the oldest one in school, the middle one in pre-school and found a babysitter for the youngest so she could go to German class, she found out she was pregnant. She decided that perhaps this was not the time in her life to learn a new language.
Skip's parents arrive here early tomorrow morning from Connecticut. They will be here a week before heading off to Spain and then they'll be back here for a couple of nights before heading off on the tour of the German relatives and then end up back here a few days before heading home.
And by the way, just in case anyone was counting, only 50 days until we're back in the states for summer vacation. Woo hoo!
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