one piece animal snuggies: costume of choice for Rosenmontag karneval partiers. I had an awesome Monday. Monday, the ugly duckling of days. It really is underestimated. It’s usually not really that difficult of a day, considering everyone’s dragging from the weekend. It’s a day of easing back into things. Tuesday is the real dark horse […]
Balance
Advice, part 2
I got some unsolicited advice today that I could handle. When talking about upcoming vacations with a colleague (a topic that is always relevant and often discussed with Germans), she offered this advice: “You’re young and single, with no responsibilities, so why not travel?” Ok, I agree with most of this statement. Come on, NO […]
Advice
Over the last few days, I’ve had some interactions with people who have given me advice or commented about what I should be doing in various situations. In some of these interactions, this advice has come from so-called experts, or people whose opinions I sought out. Some was unsolicited. Some was unimportant. Some was obvious. […]