Just letting you know…

…that I will be really busy for the next two and a half weeks. I got the call today. He is on his way and I will be on my way in a few hours to pick him up from the airport. Life couldn’t be better.

Oh no, not now.

So this morning I climbed into the car and noticed a 5-inch crack on the windshield. I have no clue how it happened. It must have happened last night when I drove home from my parents’ house but neither did I hear a rock hitting the windshield nor does it even look like it happened from a rock. It is just a crack. Thankfully we have full coverage on our car. I just hate taking care of things like that. It is supposed to be the husband’s job. But even if Collin was home, I would have to take care of it because our insurance company is German. This also means that I might have to take the Jeep to pick Collin up from the airport. Which also means that our drive home will be much longer because I can only go 60 mph compared to the 100+ mph I can go with the BMW. In such a situation the Autobahn is not so great after all.

New hair… and it is not just a trim.

So here we go. I finally got my hair done and it turned out to be a complete makeover. I am so happy with the result. First i just wanted a trim but instead I decided to go for the famous Victoria Beckham bob. It was a spontaneous idea and sometimes I love being spontaneous.

Week 28.

We are in our 29th week now. People have been wondering when exactly Collin will be home. I don’t really know myself what day exactly he will be home and once I know I won’t be able to post it because of security reasons. But all I know is that it will be very soon and I am already cleaning the house and preparing for the big day.

 Last week was Valentine’s Day and can you believe that we are in our 7th year of being together but we have never spent a Valentine’s Day together? The first year I was on a vacation with my host family. The three following years I was in Germany and Collin was in the US. The next year Collin had just joined the Army and was gone for school. The sixth year he was out in the field for combat training and this year he is deployed. But next year we will definitely be together because after he comes home, there won’t be any training for three months (supposedly).

As far as preparations for Collin’s arrival are coming along, I actually started cleaning the house. I finished the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. The biggest challenge will be the office because there is so much clutter that I need to organize. Tomorrow I am going to Nuremberg to do some shopping…. underwear shopping. I know, I know… too much information… I am also getting a manicure next week. It will be my first time ever. I am so excited. Also, I was contemplating on getting my hair done but I probably won’t because I kind of like it the way it is right now. As you can tell, I am getting really excited and also a little nervous. Time seems to stand still now that it is getting so close. But I am keeping myself busy. I need to. Otherwise I would die from waiting and waiting.

Update 2/20/08: I spontaneously decided to get my hair done anyways. My appointment is tomorrow. Yeah!

I passed them all.

What a day it has been! I was so nervous to go online to my school’s website and check out my grades that were posted this morning. Surprisingly I didn’t have to be nervous at all because I passed them all. I don’t know how I did it but I am very very happy. Honestly I thought this semester was one of the worst so far. But I guess I was wrong.

Let me explain you: In Germany the best grade you can get is a 1,0 which equals an A and the worst grade to pass is a 4,0 which equals an F. If you got a 5,0, you failed. Now you will understand the picture a little better! By the way, I took Anorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Process Control Engineering and a few labs here and there last semester. Now I can’t wait for the forth semester to start. I am such a nerd….

Home improvement.

I just wanted to share a picture of our new curtains in our living room. I finally got rid of the old string curtains from the previous renter. It is looking so much better now. I love it!

All I want is some reality TV.

Ever since I moved into our new apartment, I have been living without any cable TV – not even German cable TV – even though we actually have a German and an American satellite dish on our roof. I never bothered getting a German receiver but today I finally got an AFN [Armed Forces Network] receiver, because Collin will be home soon and I know how much he would enjoy watching American TV shows. And I will enjoy it too, of course. I can’t wait for American Idol, Lost, Prison Break and so on. Anyways, I tried to set up the receiver today but failed miserably. I was so looking forward to some reality shows. But it is midnight now and it still doesn’t work. It is receiving a signal but the signal is locked. I will call my friend Catie tomorrow because she recently set up hers and can hopefully help me or maybe the satellite dish is pointing in the wrong direction but I will need the help of our landlord for that. We’ll see. Either way, I am hoping to be able to watch some good American TV by the end of next week. And with finals being done, I totally deserve it.

Karaoke time.

Guess what Collin got me for Valentine’s Day! The new Singstar for our Playstation 3.

I had been waiting for this game to come out for so long and two days ago it finally happened. I mentioned it to Collin and he ordered it for me today. It won’t get here until the end of the month though. Now I have two things to look forward to: the game and most importantly Collin.

Week 26.

Today marks 26 weeks that Collin has been gone. It was a really tough week – one of the toughest weeks so far. It started out alright. My final last Saturday went great and I was in such a great mood. Studying felt so much easier and it seemed like I was getting through this stressful time just fine. But it all went downhill after my final on Wednesday. For some reason I didn’t read some of the problems properly and thus made quite a few mistakes. I might have passed but being as nerdy as I am, I rather want to fail and take it again next semester to get a better grade. On top of that I couldn’t take a break from studying at all. The next final was just two days away and I hadn’t even started studying for it yet.

 This is when everything around me started to collapse. I just wanted Collin to be here to give me a hug and to tell me that everything was okay. I wanted to just give him a call but I couldn’t. My day was horrible and the next one was just worse. I felt so overwhelmed with everything and I just started to cry. I can’t remember the last time I cried that hard. But it felt good letting it all out. I just needed this so much.

I guess I can’t be as strong as I thought I could be. Everything is better now but I am being too impatient about his arrival next month and it is killing me that time seems to stand still these days. Let’s hope this week will be better.

For the better.

For a while I have been thinking about changing everything about my blog. I want it to be more about our life and our little adventures. That’s why I decided to get a new name and start all over again. So here is to a fresh start!