November will be one hell of a month
⊆ November 4th, 2008 by Administrator | ˜ No Comments »Here is a snapshot of what this month looks like for me:
Nov. 2 - decision made that my boyfriend Guido and his cat move in with me and Roxy. Why so early? Well, let’s just say the same luck that struck me with my apartment issues in Massachusetts, also struck him. We both talked about living together before this anyway, so let’s see how this works out. We are both pretty happy and excited! All of November will be spent bringing his things to my place, “nach und nach”.
Today - America votes. Enough said.
Nov 6 - Slayer in Köln (Cologne) = 1 hour from us
Nov 8-12 - Hamburg/Wendland vacation. Guido and I are going to go on a couple ship tours of Hamburg Hafen, attend Hamburger DOM <-- I went there as a little kid, and the famous Fischmarkt <-- I know, not very vegan, but there will be other things I can buy, it's also like a flea market. There is an option on that website to read everything in English, btw. We also plan on visiting Hin & Veg to eat and will do all of our drinking in St. Pauli (Reeperbahn). After all of that excitement, we will drive to see the rest of my family in Wendland along the Elbe River, which also means visiting my brother/grandmother/grandfather’s grave.
Nov 19-21 - I will be in Brussels, Belgium (work-related)
Nov 24 - Slipknot/Machine Head in Düsseldorf (30 minutes from us). Guido’s favorite bands and he hasn’t seen Slipknot yet. I told him it was the loudest concert ever to have ever lived.
and here is the succulent main course:
Nov 28 - Dec 8 - in Massachusetts!!! My boss wants me to attend this session in our US office on Dec 1-2, to test out an upgraded system because I have extensive experience with this thing, so I am taking the rest of my vacation days around this time to visit friends and family. Marie is planning a vegan post-Thanksgiving dinner (Thanksliving) for the 29th and I am ready to chow!! My mom and Carol will visit MA while I am there, and I am über happy about that, but at the same time am über hurtin’ that Guido can’t make it over with me during this time. He has to work, and will be taking care of our children. But next time, April/May/June/July (sometime during the next baseball season), he will come back with me and will get to see where I spent the last 28 years of my life.
December brings Christmas (which Guido and I do not celebrate, or we do not want to celebrate but are always sucked in by friends and family), the end of 2008, and soon after, my 28th birthday. There will definitely be a 2008 highlights/re-cap post, so stay tuned.







