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what a week

i have been a paper pusher these past days. and let me tell you, that is quite dangerous!  have major paper cuts on both index fingers. it hurt, i looked stupid with the bandaids (that i needed because geez, i was bleeding!), and i couldn’t stop laughing about it because all i could think of is how that insurance person about 8 months ago told me that office jobs are lowest in risk and thus you pay a lower insurance fee. i totally see his point. ;-) one of my colleagues pointed out that apparently, i was better at delegating and not made for physical labor. lol 

i guess that’s the price you pay for pushing paper. 

some observant readers have noticed that i have had my two dates. yep, they were right. date number one indeed turned out to be like my little brother. we are very similar and though that made for a great conversation, it didn’t help on the chemistry front. 

date number two, on monday, was…well, let’s be diplomatic, interesting. he is very shy. the kind of shy that you don’t question why he is on an online dating site. again, we had a great conversation, but he was really reserved and actually said he was worried i was some career chick. he got that impression after googling me (still don’t know how he found out my full name) and finding me listed right under the school’s executive body.

in all, there were many smaller things he mentioned that i wondered if he could be a potential match. i’m someone who wouldn’t mind moving for the right job (and i am talking moving internationally). he said, he is happy to be back in town and aims at staying here indefinitely. mh…

he could be someone to go to the opera with and stuff because he definitely is interested in arts and culture. 

i’ve been talking on the phone with the far-away-guy. that downside is already clear – the distance. i will certainly keep you posted on any new happenings! :-)

tomorrow is yet another day off. yeah! sleeping in, sitting in the sun (without sunburn of course), and cleaning because a friend is coming to visit on the weekend. friday and the weekend will be terrible busy with work because we have a huge soccer competition at school, and alumni will be present as well as some prospective students. so when i’m not babysitting for the newbies, i’m dealing with the oldies. quite a mixture but i hope it will be as much fun as i think it will be. 

oh, i need a new haircut. any ideas? what’s in fashion right now?  have no clue.

franzi

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recharge, recharge

since thursday i really feel like i need to plug into some outlet and recharge my batteries. after all the traveling and many many hours on the road, i’m just tired and really need the weekend to unwind. 

the application deadline is drawing closer and that’s basically the first numbers that i will be measured by. if the applications increase then that’s (partially)  because of me. if they don’t increase, well, then there’s two options. either i suck at what i do or it’s the school. or the program. pick one. just not the first one. 

tomorrw i’ll meet the first of my three online guys. he’s the clingy one. that will be a very interesting date. over in an hour or so. i mean, he’s a nice guy, smart, volunteers, but he’s my age (so i consider him young, and you can tell he’s young) and he might be too similar to me to get the sparks flying. 

then on monday i’ll meet the other guy. he’s the hard-to-judge-one. if you want to know how things are going, give me a call around 6. either it will give me a chance to leave the place (what happened? oh my god! i’ll come to get you right away!) or i’ll tell you that there’s no need to worry. 

the miles-away-guy is sick and like a real man, suffers A LOT. but he admits it. and not only is he getting his doctorate, his (older) brother already has one. smart family. who doesn’t think that is attractive?! 

next week, we have a big soccer tournament at school. i have to work, surprise, but a friend is coming over to party along. free drinks for all. a colleague is also spending the night because she’d have quite a way to drive home. sounds like slumber party ;-) do grown ups have slumber parties? mh…

oh, and i hate my bank. i transfered some money but it doesn’t show up on the account. so i don’t get any money at the atm. grrrrr…..and because it’s *surprise* the weekend, i don’t have any chance to get this fixed any time soon. i don’t get it. why is a money transfer done on wednesday not on the account by friday? btw i checked all the account numbers and stuff to make sure there was no mistake by me and someone else is shopping with my money. never know…

alright, off to my new book. forget about finishing the other 4 i started… ;-)

franzi

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more online dating

this is really starting to be work! every time someone is sending me a message or when 5 people have been on my profile, i get an email. being the attractive young woman that i am (oh stop laughing), i get tonz of emails. at least i get enough to be slightly annoyed. 

i did cancel the membership in time to not pay the monthly fee. but that also means that in a few days my profile will be shut and i need to decide who i want to keep in touch with via regular email (or heaven forbid phone!). that means i have to scratch the not-so-interesting-potential-stalkers because i don’t want them to know my name or real email. at the same time i don’t want to get yet another email just for the sake of disguise. 

i’ve already kept a low profile on the guys who live in leipzig as well. i’m just freaked to think that if they know where i work or if they see my photo that they will end up stalking me or whatever. i know, i’m probably thinking too much here, but that’s just who i am. these are strangers after all. no matter how many messages you write. they could be phony and fake, i could be too. 

the one guy i am writing with is really nice. funny, smart, interesting stories to tell. and apart from the fact that he likes to discuss a problem right when it occurs (no time to reflect, no going to bed before things are solved – dunno if this is a potential problem), he seems very likable. and he looks alright to me. ;-) attractive so to speak.

yesterday, i met my neighbor for the first time. i was told she’s a little…difficult. and she is. she complained about the noise from the tram and from the renovation of the building across the street. now, the tram was there before she moved in. i don’t understand why she would now be bothered by the “noise”. we live 5 minutes from the city center and not in the boonies, city noise is just unavoidable. and the construction site across the street, well, i don’t have any windows facing to that side so i don’t know. but that’s the way it is. 

oh, and she complained about the noise that is being reflected because our balconies face a courtyard. i really think she has not lived anywhere with a courtyard, or a tram close by, or neighbors, or other buildings surrounding the one she lives in…people. gosh…

ok, i’m off to bed. important day tomorrow (open house) and i’ll be traveling to bavaria for a fair on saturday. will be back on sunday. 

franzi

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