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It'll be another late night - making another rhubarb cake, I need to use up that rhubarb before it goes bad.

But who needs sleep when they have rhubarb?

Having a day off to attend a wedding. I hope it stops raining.

*approves of the balcony*

I has a new lens which is new and awesome and good.

That is all.

-X

Dum-dee-dum. Tedious day.

It rained last night, so that's good.

I've got a bucket full of cherries - life is good.

Now, someone needs to invite me to a barbecue. And give me a kitten. The latter shouldn't be too hard to find.

I hope I did this right!

It's funny, I'm usually pretty scared of climbing ladders - not of the height as such, as of the possibility of falling. But... put that ladder against a cherry tree, and I'll climb and climb and climb right to the top (I guess that ladder was about 4-5m high, I didn't look down to check!) because there are more cherries up there - and yet more - and if I go up another rung, I can maybe reach that branch - and if I lean out as far as I can, I can reach another one!
Didn't fall off, didn't even get scared, and I didn't even drop a single cherry I didn't mean to drop (accidentally picked a couple of bird-pecked or mouldy ones).

*utter jitters*

Just got an email today from the new job, that they need to test my German..... I already signed the contract!!! What will they do if the Austrian office doesn't approve of my German??? Fire me right on the spot before I even have the chance to work there??? I'm freaking out just a bit here.... It would be the saddest thing ever... after all my hard work in finding housing, arranging the move, and oh, not to forget, QUITTING MY JOB.... oh dog, I'm sweating right now.... I'm sure the stress will just vanish my entire German vocabulary into nothingness..... aaahhhh.... or I'll start using French words.... ohhhh man.....

*shudders*

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way wrote:

*utter jitters*

Just got an email today from the new job, that they need to test my German..... I already signed the contract!!! What will they do if the Austrian office doesn't approve of my German??? Fire me right on the spot before I even have the chance to work there??? I'm freaking out just a bit here.... It would be the saddest thing ever... after all my hard work in finding housing, arranging the move, and oh, not to forget, QUITTING MY JOB.... oh dog, I'm sweating right now.... I'm sure the stress will just vanish my entire German vocabulary into nothingness..... aaahhhh.... or I'll start using French words.... ohhhh man.....

*shudders*

*hands Libra a brown bag* Breathe, just breathe!

All my three computers are acting up at home at the moment. Probably due to the heat. Sometimes when I come home, there are 32 degrees in my room and the air con needs time to cool down the room. My notebook even starts by itself when just pluck in the power cord, with the lid closed, and the BIOS resets itself. Probably the internal battery is dead, or I have gremlins...don't know. Thankfully, only four days left and I fly home to cold cold Germany.

Hurrah. My travel funding for the Oxford conference this summer was approved. 2000 Euro. Helps to cover the large costs for plane ticket (1200 Euro), conference fee (277 Euro) and my excessive shopping I am going to do this summer. I even might buy a William-Kate-memorabilia now (for my mom, ok).

P.S. Science Council does not need to know that I fly home anyway, with or without funding, but it is always nice to have their pocket money. The name "Oxford" works like a charm every time...hehehe.

Last edited by Jadelin (2011-06-16 19:25:06)

Come on your German skills are gonna be just fine! Just pretend it's mapgie or sisterdew! *grins* Although I must admit I don't know the words for pink lace in German.

I'm bored. Here's what I am currently reading about: "Correlation between inclination of the acetabular component and metal ion levels in metal-on-metal hip resurfacing replacement." A total snooze fest, especially on a Friday afternoon.