Yah! A year in Germany

One week from now will mark one year that we have been here (longer for Miles since he came early to set up shop). When we first arrived, I was charmed. This wore off quickly when a bit of the culture shock and my distaste for extremely rude people set in. I've since gone through stages of adjustment and reached the conclusion that while Germany is a good place to visit, it's not home. The government is way too big here-- it's not the land of the free by any stretch. Sure you get free health care, child care and education, but you also get taxed up to 70 percent and you can't even carry a slingshot for home defense. So the Germans can have fun with that. I miss America. Go guns and student loans! Yeehaw

In other news, the family is doing well. We're very busy. Lea is a wonderful big sister and Noah is a cutie who is growing like a weed. He still cries a LOT, but it tones down when I hold back on dairy. I am soaking it up regardless because I know that he is our last and I'll never get this back. I am loving life and every pooey diaper that comes my way.

School is going well, but I have decided that yet another semester will be spent part time. That makes two part time semesters in a row and is under a personal goal that I set for myself, but I think that I need to prioritize. Heavy work loads make for stress which makes for irritability which makes everyone around me suffer. On the bright side, I checked out my degree audit this morning and I can see that I have only a few more semesters to go before I get my degree!