This is it.

Today I had my last day at work here in Germany. Strange feeling. After I graduated from high school, I did a trainee program at this company. After I finished the program last summer, I worked as an administrative assistant in our Frankfurt branch. And now, I am leaving. Way too soon, but there is a good reason: The loves of my life, my dear husband and our two boys, are waiting on me - in America.

This is where I will be going soon. Starting tomorrow, I will pack my things and get everything out of my apartment. I hope I can do all this within one week. Lots of work ahead, but manageable.

My colleagues invited me to dinner tonight and we went to a typical place for Frankfurt: a restaurant with regional food and "Ebbelwei" (apple wine). As the weather was nice today, we even got to sit outside and enjoy the warm spring air. We had a great time, including lots of laughs and interesting conversations. By the way, how would you define a chick flick? And since we had so much fun, time just flew by. Eventually, we had to say good-bye, which was not easy for me. Even though I have not been at that job for a very long time, I will definitely miss my colleagues. As a little gift for me to take along, they created a CD for me with their favorite songs that reminded them of me. I love the idea of it and I am enjoying the CD right now! Thank you guys (and girls)!

It is now time for a new chapter in my life... I am excited to start my life in America and I cannot wait to be back with my family!

Impatiently Waiting

Technically, I would be with my husband in Kentucky in one week from now. Actually, that will not happen. Not within the next week, probably not even within the next four weeks. I am still in Germany, hoping that I will soon be able to take the next step towards my Visa. I just can not wait. This is killing me. It has been so long since we had a real family life. I want to at least make it over there before the 2-year mark. I hate that we already missed our 1st Anniversary last year due to hubby's deployment. This year we will not make it either, I will be in Frankfurt, he will be at Fort Campbell. Well, there is always next year, right? Ha ha. This sucks. Yeah, I know, complaining will not solve anything, but it makes me feel at least a little better for now... So yeah, here I am venting. I guess what makes it so hard for me, is that I do not have a date I can count down to. I can not say "only x days left." There simply is no definite date yet. So I just wait and prove my impatience.