needed a break!

In my last blog end of august some weird things happened to me.
This wasn´t really easy for me.
I spent all of september trying to get over it.
But my body and mind needed a break and it was really needed. I had some visitors over and enjoyed sightseeing with them throughout Barcelona. Had a lot of fun! And got tattoo no. 2! The Blackbird ;)

Next thing I did was, I ordered myself some vacation. I took the opportunity to go and see my family in the United States. A whole month! ;)

On october 12th I started my journey to Dallas, Texas and I spent the first couple of days in McKinney.I went to dancing lessons, to Dallas to JFK-Memorial and shopping of course. ;) That was fun!
On the weekend I moved on to Van Alstyne, Texas for some Family-reunion. We went to an "Occupy Wall-Street" concert in Sherman on Saturday and on Sunday everybody came over to have lunch together and to meet again.It was a lot of fun, and this time I got to see some of them that I didn´t have the chance to get to meet last time or which weren´t part of the family yet last year.
On Monday I went back to McKinney where I enjoyed some nights of Tango, good food and played music.
On Thursday I went on to Sulphur, Oklahoma. There I spent the next couple of days with Sightseeing, putting Puzzles together and playing Wahoo.
When I had been there last time, everything was flooded because of a lot of heavy rains, this year was the extreme opposite: Many days without rain and a lot of days of 100°F and more everyday so that everything was dried-out. All the lakes, Little Niagara, even Turner Falls (Oklahoma´s tallest waterfalls, seemed to be more a small brook than waterfalls) all dry.
On Sunday we went to Norman, Oklahoma to shop and to go to the cinema (the remake of Footloose, not bad at all!).
Later on our trip to Holy City (in Lawton, Oklahoma) we could also see what the fire did to the forests in that hot/dry period.
On Thursday we then went on our Roadtrip. Crossing several states.
Oklahoma - Texas - Lousiana - Mississippi - Alabama.
A 16 hour drive, splitted on 2 days (once with a stop in Mississippi on our way to Alabama and another stop in Louisiana on the way back to Oklahoma).
In Alabama we went to see my Cousin Russell. He showed us his workplace and in the evening we went bowling (yes there is a video of me of it on Facebook, dammit... hahaha how I love to make fun of myself ;) .. )
The next day we went the additional 75 miles to go into Florida. Panama City Beach Florida, nice!!! At night we went to Russell´s favourite club in Dothan, Alabama to attend a Halloween Party. They even did a show, an interpretation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A lot of fun!

Early the next morning we had to leave already back towards Oklahoma, passing Cottonfields and crossing Mississippi river at sunset. A really cool trip. Exhausting, but worth it! Without my Monster-Energy drinks and the Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies I wouldn´t have been able to make it! Haha!

Back in Oklahoma we had to rest and then relax again... On Saturday Shon picked me up to go and have breakfast with her, her two little boys and her Mom at ihop (I love their Blueberrypancakes...!). After that we went shopping (yes I am a shop-a-holic, so what...) Then her Mom and the boys left to spent some time together and Shon and I went down to McKinney. To drop my stuff off, to have a rest and get directions, because then we went off to Dallas to see Guns 'n' Roses play live! What a cool day!

(All pictures are up on my Facebook-page!)

On sunday I have been invited to a Barbecue and in the evening, I started my packing-marathon.

Monday I had to leave again. In the morning I packed all over again and then I packed a new bag and then it was already time to leave for Dallas Fort Worth Airport. After 9,5 hours of flight I arrived at Frankfurt airport and had to wait for my other flight.Coincidently I got to see and old friend from school there while I was waiting. Really cool!
3 hours later I could go on to Barcelona.

When I got home the first thing to do was, washing clothes, opening the windows, clean up a little and relax. (Unfortunately I still have problems finding back to spanish time... Jetlag sucks!)

Then I started my job-application-marathon. We´ll see what there is on the market... but I think one thing is already clear... the Barcelona adventure is coming to an end... We´ll see what the future brings and where the destiny will take me next.

I´ll keep you updated!

Talk to you later!

Adeu!

Fast forward

OK, so lately I was so busy that I didn´t make it to update my Blog. I am really sorry for that and promise that it will definetly not happen ever again!

So let´s do the fast forward of the last couple of months...

March:

Went to concerts (Roger Waters, Kylie Minouge), went to the birthday party of some friends and have been working too much.

April:
Was busy working, had some visitors who were seeing Barcelona for the first time, went to Torrevieja to see my Mom at her house and ... I turned 30 years old... Yes I still can cross the street without help, yes my teeth are still my own and not rebuilt... So it was not such a big deal. It is just the change of the number... Had a great day! And I gave myself a perfect present: The Electric Blue Baby! An Epiphone Les Paul in blue! ;) I love it!!!! My colleagues gave me a ticket for the concert of Saxon, Motörhead and Judas Priest in August and some equipment for my guitar so it was a real cool day!

May:
As usual I was busy working... had some friends around, started some construction in our flat, got my nose pierced and Julia moved out. And not doing too much except work.

June:
Guess what? Yeah, busy working! But also had friends visiting and kept going with the construction. Went to 2 concerts: Buckcherry and Alter Bridge. Really great!
And got my first tattoo. A dragon on my shoulder (see picture!).

July:
Yah I was busy working... but I had 2 weeks of holidays that I spent at home in Germany. In July my parents celebrate their birthdays and my Dad this year had his retirement party. So I had to be there of course! And also I went to see a lot of friends and family and had a blast spending time with them. Then I went back and got back to work... ;)
And I went to a concert: Bon Jovi! Three hours of concert... just great!

So now we already got to August, actual month! Woohoo! That was fast! ;)

This has been definetly the weirdest month of my entire life.
It started as usual... busy working.
Then I went to the concert of Saxon, Motörhead and Judas Priest. It was really great. Had a lot of fun with Tina and Anabel that night.
They kept me busy at work so I did not do much. Got sick for some days..
Then we come to August 19th... the weirdest day... I still don´t get what happened that day. Work started as usual, and just 5 min before luchbreak the boss comes up to me and asks me for a talk in private. As I come into this room, it´s not just her and me but also the head of human resources. I was wondering what was going on and then they told me that for my bad behaviour towards the team, my form of working and my amount of unfinished work had forced them to anul my contract and to send me home right now. They had already prepared all the documents and even a cheque with the indemnization they had to pay me for this action.
The reasons they said in this talk were so not true. I tried to defend myself, but of course it didn´t help. Well I was so shocked. I didn´t know what to do.
The worst thing was they didn´t even let me say goodbye to my colleagues. After leaving the conference room they asked me for my keycard and had already blocked my computer. They were standing by my side as I was cleaning my desk, taking my personal stuff with me, so that I won´t take things with me, that belong to the company (as if I would...), and they accompanied me to the door so that I will definetly leave the building... So weird... (Incredibly I heard that they had already been hiring a substitute for me, from the new bosses old workplace, someone who worked with her in her old team... I sooooooo hate people who use their power to do such things....)
But anyway, my friends and colleagues saw me while I was leaving and told me that I shouldn´t worry, everythings gonna be fine.
Many people who saw me that day told me that it was weird seeing me like this. The girl who´s always happy and who always has a smile on her face, now pale as hell, crying and in a state of shock, realizing that her life is going to change unexpectedly...
I had plans on leaving the company that´s true. But not before next year as I wanted to save money for some events I wanted to go to... Well, maybe someones got other plans for me that I still don´t know of...
So now I am unemployed. The government pays me every month now for the next 10 months in case I don´t find work. Of course I hope to find something earlier!
I will take some days off now, just to find some rest and to start think about what I want to do next, where I want to do it, and so on.

So now, I´ll have some unexpected vacation and can enjoy the spanish summer!!!!

Have some visitors here and will spend some time with them. And try to think a lot about my future.

So, tomorrow I will have an "after work" drink with my friends from my former workplace to see them again. So I am really looking forward to that!!!!

And now off to enjoy my new freedom... for a while!

Talk to you later!

now it really took a while ...

since my last post has passed sooooo much time... So then fast forward ....

In September my Dad was visiting me here and we did a lot of Sightseeing around Barcelona (i.e. Torre Baró and Sitges). In the Beginning of September Micha found a flat for him and Rebekka, so in the middle of September he left the flat to live in his new home.
A few days later Claudia as well told me that she would be leaving by the end of the month. So I decided to take a break and live on my own for a while. So in October and half of November I was living alone. It gave me some time to think and to have some rest. It was really needed!
Mid/End of october Julia moved in and brought Gus, her dog. So now we are having fun and having a dog around again is just cool. ;)

Of course I went to see concerts... :
Manowar in September
Train, a-ha, Michael Bublé & Guns´n´Roses (with Sebastian Bach of Skid Row) in October
Alice Cooper in November
30 seconds to Mars in December

In october I also went to see a basketball match: Regal FC Barcelona - L.A. Lakers.
Of course with Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant. It was a lot of fun!

Also in October I brought my car to Torrevieja so that my Mom would have it easier when she will be living there during winter. I took my colleague from work, Tibahire with me on the 4-5 hour ride, enjoying the landscape of Spain and talking or listening the other one sleeping. What a fun trip! Back we went by plane, it was a lot faster (45min)...

In December I wanted to go back to see my Mom abd help her a little bit with some stuff for her house. But the strike of the air-controllers wouldn´t let me. So the next day I had to take the train (4 hour ride). I lost a whole day of "vacation". That was not to my liking, but they gave me some money back, so that´s something.

On December 24th I wanted to go home for the holidays. But as there was a huge chaos in Germany with all the snow, I thought that I wouldn´t be able to go. But luckily I was and we left Barcelona with a little delay. But we couldn´t land in Frankfurt becasue of the snow. We had to fly around Frankfurt for some hours until they cleaned the runway and we were able to land. So I had to hurry to catch the fast train to Limburg where my Dad was picking me up. What an adventure... ;) But I was finally home and enjoyed the holiday at home with my family, friends and good german food and of course sweets... ;)
Thanks to everyone who could make it to meet me, go out, hot chocolates in Thommy´s and the usual suspects from Paul´s Kanapee. I really appreciate it and had a lot of fun! You made my holiday!
In January I had to go back... And as usual a lot of work was expecting me to be done...
In the end of January I have been to another concert: Stratovarius & Helloween. Cool!

For a long time I had been a little fed up with my Job and didn´t know what to do... In the end of January there had been some changes in our company, as the company was sold to an english investor and they wanted to do some restructuring in the Administration-Department. So there had to be a new team and as they needed employees, I applied for it and since Tuesday (16.02.) I work there now. So I am now in Treasury.
So that will be a new challenge and of course new tasks. But I see this as something good and my mood changed a lot to positivity.... ;)
I think this will be good for me!

Thursday was Julia´s birthday and so we went out yesterday. First to a little bar in Gracia to have some drinks and then to BeCool partying. That´s a fun place, as they have a spinning dancefloor. Cool!

My colleague from work, Mariano, is trying to teach me how to play guitar, but I kind of suck at it, hahahaha. But I try, and the more I try, the better it gets...
Mariano, Julia and my ex-faltmates are pushing me to get back to singing or singing and play guitar. Well it works if Mariano plays guitar and I sing, but if I sing and play guitar at the same time, it´s a complete fail! muahahahahaha...
Let´s see when we will play our frst concert... probably never ... hahahahaha

Talk to you later!

Adeu