The New Year in Deutschland!

So, the New Year has arrived, with a bang I might add, here in Deutschland. They sure do love their fireworks!!! I spent my NYE writing my dissertation until 0200 as my cat, Little Boy, slept next to me. At least he could sleep through the hullabaloo, but I couldn't so I figured I'd at least be productive, lol. It was a nice, quiet (theoretically), productive evening! But what, you might ask, have I been up to lately? So many things...

My German Adventure Begins!

As of today, I've offically been in Germany for one week! Who would've thought? It's definitely been interesting, too, so I thought I'd share. ;-) The plane trip over was just that a total trip, especially since I brought my eldest cat, Little Boy, with me in the cabin. Note to self: NEVER, under any circumstances, do that again!!!! It was actually a living nightmare, lol. The drive to the Columbia, SC, airport, yes, Columbia, SC, ...thanks Army for not allowing me to fly out of the Atlanta airport which is only 30 minutes from where I live...was an ever so enjoyable 3-hour experience thanks to my cat because he gets violently carsick. Dramamine only helps a little. =( Anyhoo, we get to the airport in one piece, technically, and get on the plane to Dulles. Luckily, the flight attendant allowed me to unzip Little Boy's carrier, which was a really cool backpack made for cats, so he was happy and slept the whole way. We got to Dulles and hung out in the latrine b/c he gets really upset when he has to be zipped in. So to keep him quiet, we stayed in the latrine til our flight.