Today, Sven showed me the surroundings of Kluetz, including the beautiful Schloss Bothmer where, in summer, often classical concerts take place and the Maeuseturm (=tower of mice)
Kategorie: Preparations
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6 weeks before take-off: current status: panic
Hi everybody
yeah, I know, it’s already two weeks again since I last wrote, despite my resolution to write every week. This time my excuse is that I was sick…like really sick, fever included, just lying in bed shivering of cold and pain. So the last week for me just didn’t happen. Which doesn’t really help with preparations and the „Don’t panic, everything’s going to be alright“-attitude.
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8 weeks before take off
It’s been a week since my plan for this year „occured“ to me and it seems to actually last this time, I’m in full preparation mode:
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Pre-Holiday jitters, part 2
I’m sure you’re curious how my day yesterday ended …well, in short: I didn’t do anything from my list 😉
I went up to the village center in order to go to the new arrivals meeting. I was a bit early and strolled through the big antiques market which was here for the weekend. I heard some French, a lot of Swiss German and saw soooooooooooooooooooo many things (about 80% of the stuff they were selling) which only serve to fill up a house or a flat. And I decided, I’m not going to buy anything at all to just clutter up my flat, more likely the opposite and that it’s very likely that I’m gone before I’m concerned by any of the things they are going to tell at the meeting. So, I just skipped it….BUT… at least I did my grocery shopping while I was already at the mall…yay :-))Back at home I started to read two books… I started with „If nobody talks about remarkable things“ by John McGregor…wooooooooooow…you really have to get used to his style but the book is super exciting and has a suprising end… after 2-3 hours I had to change to something lighter and found „Wishcraft“ by Barbara Sher which I had downloaded from her website in the morning. Yeeah…I know, it’s one of these „selfhelp“ books…but they usually work fine until I’m back on my normal enthusiastic level ;-))
And it had its motivating effect on me as well (that’s probably why she already sold a few thousand …or million??…copies) and so while most of my neighbours spend their evening beside the BBQ, I did a 7.5km (roughly 4.6 miles) run and finished the evening off with „The mechanic“… So after all not a too bad day…. :-))
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Pre-holiday jitters
When I woke up, I was already in a bad mood (a good sign that I’m nervous)… the plan for today was:
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– 8:30 AM: cycle to the animal shelter and take a look around, take a dog for a walk or just see where it is
– 2:00 PM: go to the meeting for new arrivals in our village
– 6:00 PM: go to the Grizzli’s match vs. Biel (American Football) -
24 hours to go….
Alright, one last post before I leave my home country for the longest time I’ve ever been away…. ah, that sounds dramatic 😉
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Less than a month……huaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh……….
No idea what kind of sound that last bit was… maybe something like when you’re trying to lift a piano… well, maybe more horror-like … Like when you realize that the piano you just had in your hands is now moving towards your big toe at a high speed… probably something in that direction…
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What’s new….
….so, one month from today I’m already in Canada – hopefully the weather then is better than the weather here is now: grey, rainy and temps around 10°C…. after one single day of remindeding us how spring’s supposed to be: warm, sunny with blue skies…
