Over the past few months, I’ve had a lot of emotions about our upcoming move: denial, excitement, fear, hope, anxiety, lots of stress, and some peripheral sadness. But it wasn’t until today that I felt true sadness about our move…. (READ MORE)
Two weeks from today, we get on a plane to fly back to Germany. The last couple months have been insanity – work at the pharmacy, work at the jewelry store, work on the house, trying to get rid of… (READ MORE)
It’s been a little over 3 years since we left Germany. Almost 3 years since we bought a house, had a beautiful baby boy, and settled into our new life. We started a business and made some truly amazing friends…. (READ MORE)
Because I feel like I cannot adequately convey the level of suck and frustration that is our life at the moment, I would like to employ a feature that punches the reader in the face every paragraph or so. Just… (READ MORE)
Last week it was my turn to have family visit! On Friday the 5th, I spent the morning cleaning to prepare for my dad’s arrival. It was a rather relaxed evening. We walked around a little, took him out to… (READ MORE)
Once we had our visas taken care of, our next hurdle was health insurance. Our plan was public health insurance. The entire family can be on one policy- William’s student rate would be about 86€ and I would be insured… (READ MORE)
To catch you up: We moved to German on August 31, and to Kaufbeuren on September 14. We registered with the city and the following week applied for our visas. Being from the US, we enter the country with an… (READ MORE)
I last left off when William and I returned from a trip to Prague. 3 months ago. Oops. Illness, school, and bureaucracy have all kept me a bit preoccupied. So I’ll give a quick update before I dive into the… (READ MORE)
I’m not going to claim to know everything about the refugee situation here and in America. I’m not even going to claim that I am friends with any refugees. I have taken so long to write this post because I… (READ MORE)
I don’t plan on having a lot of words in this post. I could never do the beauty of fall in Germany justice. Fall anywhere with color changes is gorgeous. I loved that time of year at St. Olaf. It… (READ MORE)