Last Chance Knives

It's started. With only about two months left in Germany, I've begun my tour of places I will probably not make it back to again. Today, it was the Henckel Knife Factory. Beware. Do not make me angry. I am fully armed with an array of very sharp knives.

I also gave notice on my gym membership. It will close out at the end of May. You have to give four weeks notice, so I got it in in time. There was a meeting at the school tonight about "Putting the Good in Good-bye" to give you tips on how to make the transition and help your kids with the transition both practically and emotionally, but I didn't have anyone to watch Maddie. A friend is going and said she would pass on any useful info she got.

It was another swimming lesson for Maddie today. I tried to channel the professional moms that I know and prepared a bag with swimsuit, towel, flip flops, pjs to change into right at the Dusselstrand for afterward, shampoo and detangling spray and placed the bag in the car the night before. Meanwhile, Skip was in London having a late dinner at an Indian restaurant with all of his colleagues. Somehow we've missed the boat on our roles here. I would love to be having dinner with colleagues and he would like to be going to swimming lessons. At least, he thinks he would. Skip has yet to encounter the chaos that is the Dusselstrand.

It may be awhile before I post any more pictures as my camera quit working on the last day of the Prague trip. Hope the local camera shop can figure out what the scoop is.

Am getting excited about a visit from friends Olivia and Lori and Jim and Glen. Am hoping that the weather breaks while they are here. Last April was gorgeous and this one has been rainy and unusually cold. Mother Nature likes to play around with us in this part of the world. There are beautiful things to see when you can get out and walk around, but so often the weather makes such activities unpleasant.

Tomorrow night, I am going to cook dinner and Skip and Maddie and I will sit down for a meal together for the first time in a week and a half. We thought he would be here in Germany at least some of the time between now and the end of school, but it looks like he's an Englander from here on out except for the weekends. Stuff keeps popping up that he has to be there for, and I imagine things will continue to pop.