Sunday, 31 October 2010

Spinalonga Island, Crete, Greece

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This breathtaking photograph was taken by a dear friend of mine. You can see more of his amazing photography on Flickr

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Well, excuse me…

I am usually not too public about my personal issues…but this one I felt the need to share…

Today my ex got dumped by his girlfriend….via text message. My thought: ‘How classy’.

How did I find out you might ask? Well I got an e-mail from him on how shitty he felt and…oh yeah…let’s get together for the weekend…

Excuse me? I haven’t heard from you in months (and I was really happy about that) and now…after you got dumped…you decided to use me as the rebound gal?

So I sent him a very polite *fuck off* e-mail…got a quite *barf induced* e-mail back…ignored it…got another one back *let’s go to the movies on Friday*

Dear Gmail…could you please give me the possibility of having SPAM messages deleted right away…instead of after 30 days..and when I check back AFTER 40…they are still there !! !!

Excuse me while I poor myself another glass of wine…

Saturday, 23 October 2010

When Will This Journey End?

Oh hello there…it’s been a while…too much time has passed since my last ‘real’ blog post. A friend of mine encouraged me just the other day to keep this blog going…thank you for that!

Almost five months have passed since my *step to freedom*…what has changed? What have I learned?

I still have a long ways to go, but it’s been a great experience so far. Being able to do what I want, when I want without having to explain myself is so worth it!

I am still struggling with *trying to fit into this mold* and it’s very hard to break that habit. What mold? For who? Why do I keep thinking like that?

I am a people pleaser…always worry about others first. I need to work on that!!

One problem I have come to realize…I have no real-life friends here in Canada. Plenty in the USA and many still in Germany. But that doesn’t help me to get through the days. The evenings and weekends are extremely hard.

As many of you know, I have joined a hiking group and I am a member of a German Meet-Up group. But still amazingly enough it is very hard to find someone to just bond and be able to do things with….what happened to that one best friend you had in high school or college?

But moving around for the past 15 years does not help either…this brings me to my next question: will I ever settle down? When will this journey end?

I think until I have figured out what I am searching for, it will never end.

To be continued…

Saturday, 9 October 2010

On A Fall Day

I’m sitting here with my eyes closed listening to the gentle wind going through the cornfield. I’m breathing in the crisp fall air. The smell of the leaves, fresh soil, pine and some smoke from a camp fire in the distant. Pure bliss!