i got there around 10 p.m. friday night with a stuffed nose and an achy throat. which, by the way, i haven't had in almost 1,5 years. so of course i get it when there's something coming up that i'm looking forward to. anyways, pia and i had some red wine (and tea) and talked until 2 in the morning which was really nice. even though for some reason we didn't talk about how i really am. i mean we talked about how i am but I didn't talk about how i really am. just the surface.. i don't know why -- i suppose it had something to do with me being just too tired (not just physically) to get into ME that deep.

well, we did go on a bike-ride with a few people in duisburg where mike's brother tom lives and barbequed with some more people after the ride in tom's backyard. but with me being like i am right now and the starting cold on top i wasn't a whole lot of fun... but that was just me.

and then on sunday the weather sucked again (of course it did! i mean after all we had had two nice days in a row) and it was raining pretty much all day. i got lost on the way to steffi's and colman's as well as on the way back to bremen. i was PISSED! it was really nice to see them though. the kids are both supercute. the problem was just that a) i got there later than i wanted to because of me being too stupid to get on the highway the right direction, b) noah is just a little over three weeks old and was apparently fuzzy that day and the night before which resulted in steffi being really tired and c) an 1,5 hour visit just isn't enough after five years anyways. so i will definetely have to go again and then maybe stay the night so we have some time..

did i mention how PISSED i was when i got back to bremen at 10:30 p.m. -- michi sent me a message telling me that they'd go to bed around 10 p.m. so on top of being home late all tired and cranky with a stuffed nose and an itchy throat i had to get up an hour earlier than usually yesterday to pick up michi before work and give the car back. and now i'm really getting sick. and i have too much to do at work to actually be sick, call in sick and stay at home. i feel sorry for myself and i hate ME for doing so. still -- not crazy just a little unwell...