Five Things.

Hello and Happy Friday!

I asked my son if he wants to see the world and he smiled and said, “Yes, Mami” which made my heart melt. He loves to travel. He adapts to everything. He does not need a routine yet, even though everybody tells me he does. My son will be in pre-school in September and I know he will be fine. But on the other hand, le husband and I are fortunate to give him this opportunity to travel and discover more than let’s say the next city. I am not judging here, whatever makes you happy. Traveling makes us happy, so we do it. I never want to look back at my life one day and think that I did have had the chance to do something and I did not do it because I was scared, did not want to break my routine or whatever reason. I did not regret leaving the German Police Force to join the United Nations in New York. Not one single second. It was the right thing to do and I would have regretted it all my life if I would have chosen to stay in my comfortable little life I had in Munich – and believe me, I had it all. Motorcycle, car, beautiful city, work, nice little salary but something was missing. It all did not make me happy. I went to work miserable most days because I thought that this cannot be it; this cannot be all. So I figured out ways to change it. Simple as that. And then I did it. Jumped in the cold water which sucked in the beginning but figured out a way to swim on a comfortable, steady pace. And this is what life for me is all about. What else I have been up to recently? Read on. 

Reading: A lot these days because we spent so much time in the car, too. I read and finished Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner which I loved a lot. My goal is to discover Chapter Bookstore and of course many independent bookstores in Canada these days and read books by Canadian authors. Next on my to-read list is Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last and I am excited to start it. I will finish it for sure and write a book review on one of the books I have read recently before my classes at University start because then I will read the assigned books first, hahaha! 

Watching/Listening: This badass Metal-Beethoven music clip. The girl is just seventeen years old. I also re-watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind with my daughter in law. Le husband and I saw this movie once and she just sat there with us in awe and loved it ever since. My very good friend Lisa told me about Neil Gaiman and his amazing books and audiobooks and believe it or not, I have never heard of him before; just because I am not into his kind of writing. “Why not try something new,” I thought and downloaded the Audiobook Neverwhere and listened to it on our move/road trip/storage madness to Canada. It was truly wonderful. Highly recommended and thanks again, Lisa. <3

Learning/Discovering: How challenging and awesome my Master studies will be. I was on Campus today to get some things sorted out and ended up in the department where most of my classes will take place and I am blown away by the Master theses I read from previous students. This does not discourage me, it makes me want to do better. 

Thinking About: Petit Joel’s first day at Pre-school. It will come up soon and I am so excited. He will be fine. I will be fine, but it is just such a big step having had him home or with me every day for almost three years. I know that this was a very fortunate, awesome time and I want to thank my parents again for all their help and love. I miss them. 

Looking forward to: the new semester and chapter in my life. Campus, University, classroom, studying, writing, reading, bookstores and libraries, new friendships and tons of coffee. All that good stuff and I must say, I did miss it since I last graduated. I also cannot wait for this movie – Morris from America to come out. And trying recipes from Andrea Duclos’s Cookbook The Plantiful Table. What an amazing cookbook. One of the best ones I own so far. And I have a lot of cookbooks! I also follow Andrea’s blog for a long time so maybe you will check it out too. She is awesome. 

And the best for last: My “little” brother and his girlfriend are coming to visit us tomorrow. Something different was planned initially, but did not work out. So we will have the best time here in Canada. Cannot wait to see both tomorrow. “One more sleep” 😀 Have a safe flight! 

Have a good weekend!