2/28/2009

Springtime for ... (ähm) ... me and Germany

I admit, some (or most) might think I am delusionally optimistic, but life is all about being prepared! (...ok, yes that is a weird statement coming from the queen of 'das geht sich alles aus' 'das haben wir noch immer so gemacht' and 'a bissi spontane flexibilität, mehr brauchts ned') But I have always been the glass-is-almost-full-person (more about that in a second) and so I went to IKEA and Baumarkt (yes again) and bought myself a nice, cheap chair for many coming hours of reading and cocktail slurping on my balcony! Because yesterday it was nice and sunny, the weather report mentioned up to 8-10 degrees plus, and at 9 this morning (when i finally exited my beloved bed) I was practically blinded by the sun streaming into my 5 bedroom windows... And thus I am happily prepared for a spring which can only be just around the corner, if even that far, I am sure! Even if my glass - on the short bike tour from Ikea to my home, was once more filled almost to the brink with icy rain and I did at one point almost consider buttoning my spring jacket ...
Furthermore there was a IKEA family invitation for some marketing activity these weeks and as this is about the only family I am a real member of around here, of course I went and collected my free 'Jausenbrett' and participated in the 1000 euro raffle... because I am sure that the guy at the self-service-cashier who collected my ticket and put it into his pant pocket after folding it to matchbox size will not just throw it away...

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