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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Exhausted…
Today is day three in the “Papa is out of town” fiesta, in which very tired Mama and kind-of out-of-sorts Torsten try to get through the hot hot days of summer living in this brick oven we sometimes affectionately refer … Continue reading
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Aaaaaaargh…
So in order not to scare the parents of newborns off so badly that they all decide to give up before their babies hit three months, I’m pretty sure that society is holding back information, only to be doled out … Continue reading
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6 months – Losing that little baby look…
(N.B. As always, the pictures are scaled in the HTML to fit this page – to see them clearly, please click on photos to enlarge) Dearest Torsten, The title of this month’s post came from something Mama’s cousin (your first … Continue reading
Friday Fun (with the plague!)
Today, thank God, is Friday – a short class day after a long week. We’re all pretty sick. I’m the most obviously ill, but Christian’s been coughing horribly for weeks, and the baby got to visit the urgent care last … Continue reading
So tired…
Ok, I admit it – I’m wiped out. I went to put the baby to bed tonight and woke up three hours later in bed with him (I don’t usually sleep with the baby in bed unless it’s part of … Continue reading
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Quick update from the depths of the CELTA…
So this CELTA course rocks. Seriously. It’s really stressful, it’s a lot of work, and it rocks. I’m not sure how other CELTA courses are, but I do like the approach to teaching, and our trainers here are pretty amazing. … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, CELTA, evil husband, family, good things, Life, love, stress, teaching, TEFL, Torsten
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Happy Mother’s Day
(to me…) It’s my first Mother’s Day as a mama, and what am I doing? Yup, writing lesson plans in a café, several blocks away from my baby. We don’t celebrate many holidays/occasions as a family, but I have to … Continue reading
For Papa, who missed out…
Papa missed out on this yesterday: That’s right… It’s Torsten’s first cereal moustache!!! (Ok, so more made it onto the bib than into his mouth, but he did a pretty impressive job for a first time spoon-user…)
What is this “real life” of which you speak?
One of the things about having a baby is that all of this literature for new parents begins to arrive at your house, and you have no idea which of it you solicited and which of it you didn’t. Furthermore, … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, being a grownup, education, education junkie, good things, language, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, parenthood, research, sleep-impaired drivel, teaching, Torsten, travel
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4 Months – Growing like a weed
N.B. Never again will I put so many Torsten pictures in a post, but since we had some professional pics available this time, plus all of the pictures from Oma and Opa’s visit, I couldn’t resist… Dearest Torsten, I’ve tried … Continue reading
