Life is good. A healthy mixture of over the top and dull. All I want to do is go somewhere. I have some of the most interesting places in the world around me and I have yet to explore them. This kind of itch is impossible to describe. Maybe when it's warmer outside I will indulge. Sweden, Ireland, The Netherlands, Scotland and Estonia are all on ( Read more... )

For a long time I have had mixed emotions about college studies. I'm not someone that thinks I'm smart enough to be successful without college, I just simply have anxiety at choosing a path for myself. Because of this I have shyed away from studying. Today, however, I had a revelation. I want to go back. I hate being part of a herd but I feel like ( Read more... )

I get to stay in Germany. Life goes on!

So, once again I have no solid idea of what my future will be like. I have to apply for my visa on Monday. In two weeks I will officially be here illegally. If the immigration office denies my visa, I will have to book a late and very expensive plane ride home, facing the uncertain possibility of being fined, jailed (not likely, but possible), or ( Read more... )

I had my first German Christmas season and it was strange, yet happy. I had one social gathering after another and managed to meet Chris' entire family. The customs here are going to take me three decades to get used to (pending that I make it that far). His family caught me off guard because even with language barriers it is easy to tell that they ( Read more... )

I love craigslist. It's like a virtual world of opportunity. I found an ad searching for someone to babysit a cat for two girls in Berlin. On top of the 50 euros I get paid, they gave me great advice on obtaining a visa. I can qualify for one being here with the excuse of, "learning the language." The pros of this situation are that at the end of ( Read more... )

I wish that people understood just how absurd my mother really is. I thought that leaving the country would give me some form of escape but it just is never going to happen. She types on the internet in mostly all capitals with no punctuation. She obsessively messages and comments me. When she actually pins me down to a skype call or some sort of ( Read more... )

I just read up on immigration laws and it's starting to get hot in this room. So many regulations and papers and tests and laws and forms. Can't I just live here and be a ghost with no permit? Please, Germany?

I went to the store for diet coke and ended up molested. I was getting money from the ATM outside of my corner store when a man came up to me and started speaking in German. I told him I didn't speak German and had to go inside of the store. When I came out he was lurking about and started to follow me home. During the walk he grabbed my butt a few ( Read more... )

Engaged? I have lost my mind.