I QUIT!

Ha! I did it! I quit. Not my day job but i gave up on the project I've been working on for over 3 months. It's not finished but I am just totally over it. It was meant to be finished in under 2 months but it ended up taking a hell of a lot longer. As of this evening I resigned my position as programmer for the project, and to be completely honest I'm not in The least disappointed that I didn't finish it. I'm happier than a kid with ice cream and cake! It's just been eating my life up over the last 3 months so much so that I can't quite remember where all that time went. But with all that aside it's all over now and I'm happy to have time for myself again!

no news

Hope you don't mind...but at the moment we're both getting up, working and going to bed each day. Nothing special...no interesting news.

one night only

Hi to everyone,
Jack & I stayed a night in my new hotel for free to be in the guest position at this time.
Pretty good. We had a nice dinner (for free), drinks (for free) and this morning breakfast/brunch (for free!).
We really enjoyed it and with a little video we give you a view into one of the hotel rooms in the Muccy.



The picture on the right shows Christa, my former bed neighbour when I was in hospital.
We visited her today, because she still needs to stay, but hasn't got any result of the tests yet.
We hope she'll feel better soon and they allow her to leave the hospital as soon as possible.

brrrr.....

As you can see, we got our first snow flakes today!
It looks nice but it's freezing!
Jack had a long day/night. His job started yesterday morning from 7am to 6pm.
This night he got up around midnight again and had to work at 2am till 7 am.
Crazy. He saw the snow before I woke up :-)
All the best to you out there! Big hugs

breakfast drive

a good day

yesterday it was strange first. After the disappointments the day before, we started again being together. And it worked out really good.
Jack and I are looking forward to have a great weekend with a stay in my new hotel. My new boss offered us to spend a night in the hotel and invited us for having free dinner and breakfast.
Great, isn't it?
We'll have a night in a deluxe room with a kingsize bed!

Have a look!

soooo close!

Sooooo close to mess everything up.
But we gave it a try and I need him to prove that I can still trust him.
He knows that and I just want to believe that it works.


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Post us an email adress because we really would like to talk to you!

Shame, fear & debt.

The reasons why I didn't tell Karin what was going on. We have talked about it before.
I promised it wouldn't happen again, that I wouldn't get any yellow letters. But a few weeks ago,
I opened the letter box and found one. From the first big mistake I made. T-Mobile. I owe about 1000€ and I was paying it back but the first payment didn't go through. There was a time in the last 12 months where I was only just able to pay the bills I have now and my rent with the money my parents send me and my pay together. That means no food. So i stopped paying it back because by the end of the month my account was almost always over drawn. I was ashamed that I couldn't afford anything. I was using my credit card up to it's limit every month to keep a float.

When the letter came while Karin was in Hospital I was scared to tell her because I'd promised it wouldn't happen. I was ashamed that I hadn't handled the situation better in the first place and that I even owe the money and I am scared that she would leave because I stopped paying it.

When we spoke about the topic a few months ago she said, "You better not let me see it. I don't want to know about it.".

So I tried not to. But I guess that didn't work did It.

the big fat lie

Next time I need to know something, I'll ring Jack's parents.
They definately know more about his life here than I do.
I thought I am around most of the time and get what's on his mind, BUT NO:
There's stuff he can hide from me and that makes a total fool out of me right in front of his family.
I feel great!

Saturday breakfast

It's great to open up your eyes in bed, rolling over to the other person laying next to you and looking into his eyes, because he's awake, too.
That's how it worked this morning.
We got ready and drove to the city to have breakfast together.
Jack & I had an opulent breakfast at Trezejnewski's and after that a little walk around in the city.
From our drive back home Jack made a video and he'll post it later on, I think.
At the moment, I can just show you some pictures!

I was wrong!

strange day.
Jack is working. Again.
And I am a little bit disappointed that
it seems like he forgets me sitting behind him
on the couch.
Don't misunderstand.
I know that he needs to work on it,
but it takes so much of our time together.
I just want to know when his second friend,
the laptop gets dismissed.
I'll stay Jack, no worries!

The end of the second week at home

This week has been hard, I spent alot of time working on a website I've been programming for the last few months and a lot more time waiting for my girl to come home from work. It's been 6 months since she came into my life, six months since we really met, six months that I've been happier than I've ever been before.

Almost as soon as we mutually decided we were together, you know the awkward way relationships normally start. one asks the other what we should start telling people and the other answers, "Tell them we're together."... where was I . oh yeah. As soon as we decided we were together we basically moved in together. At first we commuted from one apartment to the other. A few days in her apartment, a few in mine. But now we basically live in my one room apartment with half a kitchen, quite happily I must add. I've never been happier to come home to someone or to know that if i wait long enough that someone will come home to me!

We spend every day together, or at least as much of every day we can, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Even though when we are at home together we don't always talk it's nice just to be here together and know that with just one look I know what she's thinking and she knows what's on my mind.

I just want everyone to know how happy I am and that even though we've been together for 6 months and spending so much time together I'm still just as crazy about her as I was the first week I met her.

Karin I love you!

half a year

it feels like we've been together for years, but Jack & I made it half a year now.
I feel so close to him and I have a connection like I've never felt before to another person.

The 13th. Normally not a really good date, but for us it was.

Thanks for everything so far baby!

An unexpected day off and stupid Germans

As usual, I went to work today. Morning shift and I got up at 5:30 am.
When I arrived there we recognized, that there was 1 person to much in the shift.
4 instead of 3. So Susann decided to send my back home right away. Great! No big deal for me. I changed my working clothes back to the casual ones and drove back home.
At 7 am I went back to my side of our bed. :-)

Now in the afternoon I got an introduction how stupid Germans can be.
Jack & I need to do laundry downstairs in the washing room. I wrote us in the list for washing machine #3 at 2:30 with a finish time at 3:30. And...oh my god, I was down 5 min too late and the assh.. from app. 216 was already waiting to tell me how rude it is to be late and he had to unload my machine because he was next.
Sorry, my stop watch wasn't with me, but behavior like this is typical for Germans. They get angry if they have to wait in line, they are pissed when their time schedule changes a little bit...stuff like that.
I didn't care about the guy..I unloaded the machine and put my stuff in the dryer.
By the way...he signed in for the dryer after me! :-)
I went down 5 min before time was finished to get the chlothes out of the dryer and saluted him when I came into the room while he was already sitting on the chair waiting and staring at his watch. What an idiot! Ahhhh!

I am ready.......

.....for my days off. Last day to work tomorrow.

The little break

We took a little break!
And Jack uploaded the video they made at my old job for me.

Watch it at: Life Media


All the best

Super-geek!

I'm playing super-geek and going to encode the video and put it online for everyone to see!
Keep an eye out for it!

Overwhelmed!

Before my late shift I went to Maritim to meet the people and for picking up my goodbye-present. They did great. I got a DVD with people of the staff on it who said goodbye and sent some good wishes! That was really really cool.
That's something you can watch anytime and remember how cool it was with the people to work there.
On the left side of the picture there's a huge goodbye-card and underneath it is a gift certificate from Amazon with an amount of 100 EUR on it. That's amazing and something I'll definatley use next time I do shopping there!
Marion: If you read that..thanks for working on the video! You did a great job!

We're sick

Because it's boring to have a cold just by yourself, we both got one!
My head is trying to explode and Jack's coughing like a dog!
Oh, and I am sweating like it's 30 degrees outside! Great!
The best condition to go to work!
AND: We look like crap!

totally damaged

Yesterday my shift at work ended at 11pm and I started today at 6:30 am and guess what! I was a total wreck! After work Jack picked me up and we went to a recheck at the doctor! And...he'll survive! :-)
I almost fell asleep in the waiting room and was soooo happy when we came home to the apartment. It didn't take me longer than 3 min to get ready to lay down in bed and no longer than 2 min to fall asleep. I slept 3 hours and missed time with Jack. That's not what I wanted, but there was no chance to avoid that.
Now I'm feelin' better and I can't wait to sleep again! I lost so many hours last night...I am getting old. I can't cope with that anymore! ;-)

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Just the right time!

Well I've been off work since Friday and some things are getting better, others are getting worse... My Achilles is getting better but the tightness has spread further up my leg. On Monday and Tuesday my calf muscle was so tight that just things brushing against it hard enough hurt. But it's getting better! Since Tuesday's visit to the doctor I have a bandage from my foot up to the top of my calf. But now I have a new problem, a sore throat. At least I'm already off work. Otherwise I'm feeling good, Karin is enjoying her new job and all the new challenges it's bringing.

No time to sleep

I had a bad night yesterday.
When it came to sleep so many things came up
and I just cried my heart out.
A big topic was my grandma.
I lost her 3 years ago and I always thought
having her in loving memory would be enough.
It's not.
I miss her each day and most of all
I am afraid of losing touch to her.
Not having her around to talk to her,
to touch her and hug her
really makes my heart hurt.
I am afraid of forgetting how she
laughed out loud, how her voice sounded.
It was just too early when she had to go.
and i miss her like hell.

Tired

On a day like today

This is how munich looks like when there's typical bavarian weather. Great, isn't it?
Today the marathon continued. But Jack did great.
Even though there was a really uncomfortable treatment.
But after grabbing and squeezing my hand to death he was fine!
I met Marion and Moritz today. We sat down in a cafè and
talked. It was good to see them again.
We spent almost all of the afternoon in the city an Jack joined us
during his treatments.
Now Jack & I are having a relaxed evening in front of the TV.

All the best for my blog-readers and continue commenting! See you next time.

The Marathon

Today we did a marathon to different doctors Jack needed to see.
In the morning we had an arguement and we both cried about this situation.
Jack & I can not stand situations like that because it hurts us both and so we managed the situation quite good and later on everything was allright again.

While our trip to the city we made a short stop at the Maritim and we said hi to my ex-colleagues.
It was good to see them, but it's different to stand on the other side of the desk.
But it still feels a little bit like home! Of course after almost 5 1/2 years.

But don't get me wrong. The Courtyard is a big challenge for me and so far there are no negative impressions.
Tomorrow Jack continues visiting doctors to get better and I'll meet Marion before she'll leave for her holiday and maybe Moritz and Magnus will join us, too.
I am looking forward to that!

What else do I need?

Nothing else. I got him!

How lucky I am

I had a great start. I got a warm welcome at the "Muccy" from all people working with me there. Not only from the front desk department. :-) We walked through the hotel and I shaked each hand which was offered to say "Hi".
Really nice welcome...made me feel more comfortable right away.

I got so much input today. The computer system we're working with is complicate. But I am not scared. At least I'm not stupid and I am sure I'll be fine in a few days as soon as I get the chance to work with it right in front of the guests.
Housekeeping works well too. Another unknown experience!

To celebrate my first day and because we deserved to have a great evening Jack invited me to have dinner. I chose RUBICO, a nice and well known restaurant in Klenzestrasse. Definitely worth each euro. The food was delicious and absolutely great. So was the interior, too.
We spend almost 3 hours in there with tasty food and fine wine.
I ordered a taxi to bring my injured man with the crutches home to his appartment because the aperitif and the wine had me feeling a bit too good to drive us home.
So the car is waiting for me in the garage. No worries, I'll be there tomorrow anyway.
Lateshift at muccy. And I am looking forward to it like someone who is expecting really really good christmas presents! :-)

I wanna go there again and I am allowed to!

I'll continue writing about my new job, so keep an eye on it the next few days.

First Look at the new hotel

Well I went to the new hotel today and first impressions are great. It looks much more modern and is very well kept. The new uniform looks Great and all in all I'm sure it'll be a great first day. Karin will definitely have more to say about her first day when it's all over, but untill then I've got some photos.