Alien in America

This is part two of my wish list for things I wanna get done when I live in the US. You can catch up with part one in the previous entry below or continue right here. I also wanna say thanks to everyone who posted their suggestions for things I should do when I live in the US! The one I liked most naturally was the cake shop Tanja suggested. Those cakes look delicious! But for now I have to keep my figure to fit my wedding dress in a few weeks, so let’s continue with the list…

6. I wanna go to a mani-pedi
Yes, for sure we do have cosmetics shops in Germany, where you can get manicures and pedicures. But I love the shops I always see in the gossip mags I read. I so wanna sit in a comfy chair, treat my feet to a bath and get some super glossy red nails. And do not pay a fortune for it!

7. I wanna drink as much Arizona Ice Tea as I like
Do you know the drink Arizona Ice Tea? I do not only adore the cute bottles, but love the taste! In Germany you have to pay over three Euros for a small bottle of it. On our first day in San Francisco in May I nearly were in shock, when I saw that they sell that stuff for a dollar in the US! So, on my first day with my own fridge I will buy a gallon of Arizona Ice Tea!

8. I wanna drive a Chevrolet Silverado
I love big cars! My biggest problem over here is that I can’t park a car into regular parking spots! And: You can’t easily buy cars like the Chevy Silverado here – neither can you afford the gas. Our friend Scott has a Chevy Silverado. Last time we met him, he offered me to drive his car, but I was too scared. Next time I will do it!

9. I wanna sit on the Friends couch
Last time we were in Los Angeles, Flo and me thought about doing a VIP tour at the Warner Brothers Studios. I especially wanted to do this tour, because I am a huge Friends fan and always wanted to sit on the Friends couch to have a picture of myself sitting on it. Last time we didn’t have had time for the tour, I am not sure if we’ll have time in October, but I will show you that picture eventually!

10. I wanna marry in Vegas
When I first met Flo he told me that he’ll never marry a girl. And if he would out of any reason it would be in Vegas. Flo is going to marry me for the second time in August – the first one was a civil ceremony, this year’s one will be a more private one. So even if it took him three yes do fullfill his dream, our next wedding will be in Vegas!

Even if I not actually moved to the US yet, I already do have a list of things I wanna do in my first year abroad. I decided to share them with you, so perhaps you can point out things that are useless doing and tell me things I rather should put on my list. So let’s start with the first five things:

1. I wanna go to a baby shower
I am kind of obsessed with weddings, baby showers and everything else that involves decorations, cupcakes and pink. We do have such partys here too, but I so adore how detail-loving and serious Americans take their whole celebration tradition. Why I wanna go to a baby shower, instead of a wedding? I have my own big wedding in August and three others to attend this year – so I don’t feel like seeing another wedding right away. Also I have never been to a baby shower in my life, because that tradition doesn’t exist over here. So I guess I’ll need to find myself a pregnant friend or colleague very fast!

2. I wanna go to a Roller Derby
Our friend Jeana joined a Roller Derby Team this May and even if I have never seen that sport live before, I am in love with it! All the girls on Jeana’s team are so adorable and I love the cute dresses they wear for their sports. I would actually love to join the team myself, but I am way to girly and scared of scars and other fight wounds!

3. I wanna go to the X-Games
This actually is something I have been dreaming of a long long time. I love actionsports – especially FMX – and can’t wait to have the biggest Actionsports event right in front of my own doorstep very soon!

4. I wanna buy a cake in a supermarket
Yeah I know that may sound awkward and a little lame, but the first thing I will do when I actually live in the US is having a fridge and some friends to share it with, I will buy the cutest cake my local supermarket offers. Every time we visit the US I so adore the cute cakes, their lovely details and all of the sugar on calories in it! And: Who cares about a little extra pounds on the hips? In my first year abroad definitely not me!

5. I wanna wear a cheerleader uniform
When I was about 16 my parents asked me, if I wanted to move to the US for one year to go to school there. I was way to scared back than to leave my family and friends, so I denied that offer. Yes, I do bitterly regret that. Especially because I never got to wear a cheerleader uniform ever that way! And I never got taken out to prom! I never kissed a football Quarterback! You know what? I just decided which costums to buy for Flo’s and my first Halloween!

To be continued…

…even, if people tell you better not to! And that happens an awful lot, when you are a Greencard owner with plans of moving abroad!

Being only a few months away from moving to another country, you naturally doubt your decision a lot! I honestly know that we need to do this. That we don’t risk losing much! We are young, our english is pretty good, we are experienced workers and work in jobs we can do in the US, too! And we don’t have kids that we need to bring abroad with us, yet. But even, if I know that I won’t lose much more than a dream when we might come back after a year, I sometimes am seriously scared!

In this situation you somehow hope that your family and loved ones will try to take that fears away from you. But they won’t! Because they are scared of you getting hurt! Their fears added to yours, sometimes is way too much to handle! After every serious talk we have with our parents, I need to calm myself down and tell myself that this is a chance I waited for a long long time and that Flo is with me and that everything will work out fine – no matter if we will make it in the US or not!

We always laugh about the people they show in these emigration documentaries on TV, because they don’t care about anything and don’t prepare theirselves enough. But sometimes I actually wish that I might have a bit of their naivity and careless nature. Because being as serious and realistic about the whole emigration thing (as we are) might be healthy, but is nowhere near easy!