Today is January 3, 2008 and hope that you all have survived and hopefully also enjoyed the holidays! Last time I wrote I was feeling a cold sneaking up on me and unfortunately I ended up being sick with the flu (the cold flu and stomach flu) for 2 weeks. After about a week of being sick I went to the doctor and received antibiotics and started to feel better just before Christmas. And of course because I had already used all of my days off at work for the year... I had to stick with it and attend 2 different preliminary audits and work like never before... that's the USA for you.
Except for the fact that Charles flew to Paris to visit his family and friends for the holidays, which also lead to me missing home a little extra... I actually spent a nice Christmas Eve together with several of my German friends/colleagues. We cooked a big turkey and ate it with German side dishes... Amalia, the hostess, had also prepared 3 different desserts... so no wonder we ended up sitting at the table over 8 hours. :)
I also spent New Year's Eve together with German friends and colleagues at one colleague's loft condo. When the clock turned 12:00 we were all up on their deck on the roof of the building while admiring Atlanta's skyline and the fireworks.
At work everybody is getting ready for the busy season, conducting preliminary audits and inventory count observations. Next week I'll be out on my first audit, which I am pretty excited about. After that week I'll be back in the office for one week, then after that week I'll be on four different two week audits, one after the other. So I won't be back at the office until the middle of March (except for if I need to work Saturdays). I consider myself lucky to have all my clients in the Atlanta area... so I actually get to go home every evening, while some colleagues will be out of town the whole busy season.
Yesterday was the first time I experienced freezing temperatures in Atlanta and it was coooold! One would think that I would be more used to the cold, being Swedish and all, but noooope. Even the little lake in our apartment complex was frozen this morning! I here that it's quite unusual that it gets so cold... but no worries, it's supposed to be in the 60's (ca 15 grader) already by this weekend.
Anybody have any special plans for the weekend? I'm definitely looking forward to going to the hairdresser on Sunday morning anyway. I still have to wait one more week until Charles comes back home. He'll finally be back next Friday, after being away for almost a whole month!
I hope the New Year has started out well for you all and I hope to hear from you soon!
Lots of love,
Gloria
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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