so the flight was actually not too bad. i was lucky enough to have a free seat next to me which meant leg-room, baby. and then there was this really sweet eleven year old girl from norway sitting next to me. she was travelling alone and felt kinda sick to her stomach for a while and cried a little bit. so in order to distract her i just started talking to her. and it ended up being very nice. she went to see her dad in the states for the holidays and spoke perfect english. i didn't read one word in my book because most the time we were kinda chatting and when she took a nap with her head leaned against my shoulder i watched a movie. i don't even remember which one so it probably sucked. anyway. we both got superexcited towards the end of the flight. she because she was gonna see her dad and me because - well, ya know :o) and before we left the plane the crew gave me two small bottles of champagne as a thank you for taking care of her throughout the flight. but seriously - it was so much more entertaining for me to have her there as well and made the flight a lot better (and the leg-room of course :o))

then - we were totally on time, customs were no problem at all and i got both my suitcases right away. jeah, i know, i couldn't believe it myself.. and then - the glass doors, me pulling the two big ass heavy bags and there he was!!! - exclamation marks needed for this one!!! before i stepped through the doors and actually saw him i had butterflies breakdancing in my stomach, a hard time to keep the tears from coming and i felt like going to the bathroom every ten seconds. and then, first kiss, loooong hug, second, third, fourth .... (you get the idea) kiss and it was as if we'd never been apart. it just felt right. like coming home from a weekend trip or something. just right.

so we checked in the hotel about 15 minutes from the airport and snuggled in the room for a bit before going out for dinner. we were gonna go downtown on sunday but after spending a few hours in the mall (not a big mall fan = me. shopping = great, mall = not great) and relaxing in the room it had gotten too late since the christkindlesmarked shut down early on sunday and that really was the only reason for us to go there anyway. so we ordered pizza and had some wine in the room watching the football-game. well, C watching the game, me sleeping through the game and waking up about 3 minutes before the end.. we went to IKEA on monday and got rolling around 1 p.m. because we'd have to get the rental pimp-ride (big huge ford pick-up) back by 6 p.m. and we'd loose an hour going to indiana.

jeah, the sleeping. big thing for me these days. i don't know why but this jetlag is getting to be this time. also, i have a cough which is bugging during the night. i don't know where that comes from. could that be symptoms of a "cold turkey"? jep, that's right folks - no cigarette since december 10th. no fun, i'm telling you. especially in combination with wine. the weather and the fact that i can't smoke in the house help though and i want to go through with this. now, we've been kinda lazy the last few days here in indiana. slept in, visited with some of the family and actually got most of our christmas-shopping done. and we got our christmas tree. it's all decorated in the (tiny) living-/bedroom. pretty colourful but i can live with it. at least i managed to convince him to NOT let the COLORFUL lights FLASH 'cause it MAKES ME SICK. and by "convince" i mean i told him i'd go stay with his grandma for the rest of the time if he didn't turn the FLASHING OF THE COLORFUL LIGHTS off. as you can see, we're already back to the everyday-couple-thing with the benefit of me being a "guest" when it comes to letting him get me something and it being "our" apartment when it comes to making decisions about where to put things, how to decorate and stuff. talking of decorating: that is, and most likely will be in the future, an issue that needs serious compromising from both sides. and right now mainly from my side 'cause after all we're here and not in germany.. now, C is not just american but he's also all into the christmas-spirit and decorating and music and stuff. and by christmas-spirit i mean as colorful as can be and as cheesy as possible. since i totally am the "less-is-more" type-a-girl i have to ADJUST. meaning, i try not to take it too seriously and just go blind when it comes to decorating.. and yoou know, the tree is really nice, the tree is nice, the tree is nice and pretty..............

tomorrow we'll go to windsor, canada, to meet miriam and rob. we have a big family van this weekend and the ride should be pretty comfortable. i'm really looking forward to seeing the two. hopefully there won't be a lot of snow. i'm just not a big fan especially when we have to drive in it. other than that, we just got back from C's physical therapy that he started again. he's not doing great back-wise and the doctor said two days ago that the next step after the about ten visits with the physical therapist don't help would be to get a surgeons opinion. so we'll see where that goes. it's worrying me especially since it totally looks like there won't be any coming to germany for C very soon if he really has to have surgery, but i try not to think about it too much. as well as about the fact that one week's almost over. C has to work next week so i'll hopefully have some time for those phone-calls, girls :o). i'll probably spend one evening with his dad and wife and one night at his grandma's but should be home the other two nights. so just give it a try.. no plans for new year's yet and nothing else concerning us or the future really. i miss checking on you guys and i hope the christmas-season is nice for you all. i'll try and get back online asap, but i can't promise anything. you all have a great december and thank's again for the sweet comments. merry christmas XOXOXO

ps: for some reason t-online won't let me send multimedia-messages to an email-adress (textamerica). if you have an idea what the problem could be or if there's anything i have to set up in the phone - tell me. it's driving me nuts and i'd like to post pics for you..