Fun times

Stefan is having his deviated septum fixed today. He’s had so many problems with his nose that he’s finally giving in to the perpetual suggestion by the Ear, Nose and Throat doctors: have it fixed for heaven’s sake! Last weekend was a Wine and Art fest in the city. We went on Saturday and tried [...]

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Dentists and dumplings

Yet another journal entry swallowed by the black hole that is my computer. I was at the dentist yesterday, finally got up the courage to make an appointment. Ever since I had my first cavity and the Austrian dentist filling it without anesthetic (costs extra and you have to know to ask for it pretty [...]

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Everyone’s sick but me

Another boring day. Neither of my colleagues are here today, one is sick and one is taking care of his sick kid (which is a paid day off). I haven’t managed to be sick since I started working here, other than over Christmas break. That was clearly a reaction to coming down off the stress of December, though. Perfect [...]

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One more week…

One more week of work until Christmas break.  Our company is locking up for 3 weeks over the holidays, during which time we are required to use our vacation days /overtime compensation.  I know what you’re saying, there’s a lot worse things in the world than being forced to go on a 3-week vacation.  But [...]

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Can’t talk long

I have to save up my words for this evening, when I’m meeting the English-speaking ladies of the region for dinner.  I’ve heard that each person has a certain number of words s/he tends to use per day.  Women tend to use more than men.  When that limit has been reached, we tend to stop talking [...]

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It’s about time!

So, wedding is over.  Thank god.  Everything went well, there were only some tiny mishaps.  My brother forgot the Bible, dinner was about an hour later than planned, but I think these are minor things overall.  The point is, we are married now and we had a great time with family and friends.  It was [...]

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May is upon us.

Last weekend I finally sent out our wedding invitations.  So, for those of you in the States, be checking your mail towards the end of this week, beginning of next!  I’m so happy to have them gone, because we put a lot of work into them, and I was so paranoid that I would suddenly [...]

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I should be writing a lesson for tonight, but instead I won’t. <Phone rings> Hurray!  It was my student and he cancelled tonight’s lesson!  Too late!  That means I get paid without doing any work! Anyway, the weekend was really nice, though I am suffering from it.  So tired.  Friday night was a trip to [...]

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Lazy days

The weather today is oppressive.  It’s been hot for a few days, and now it wants to rain, but it’s having a hard time getting started.  Like peeing when you know someone is listening.  It’s hot and humid and overcast, but that’s all.  Maybe it’ll thunderstorm this afternoon. Today I stood outside the barricade at [...]

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So, I thought I would highlight another interesting aspect of living in Austria. This time though, something happier than trying to get a driver’s license. This something is a paternoster. My new job, which, btw, I absolutely love, is at the Business Language Center, which is in the 1st district.  In fact, it is one [...]

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