Archive for July, 2010

Yes, when you are married you kind of begin to grow old! Lately Flo and I only seem to meet up with couples instead of just “friends”. No, I am not saying that this is a bad thing! But it is something that I always linked to being married, old and prude. Anyways I kind of love meeting up with our couple friends and lately we seem to find more and more of them! And that actually is what makes me really really sad and scared!

More than ever before, our circle of friends seems to be growing in crazy speed and I feel so comfortable around the new and the old people in that circle! But considering that we want to move out of this country at the beginning of the next year, it hurts a lot! I don’t want to lose all those people, I don’t want to miss our couple dates and what I am scared of the most: Will we find new couples to meet with in the US?

I kind of feel like I have to go back into dating mood. Only that I will not be dating boys, but couples! But where do you find yourself couples? At work? In clubs? At parties? On the beach? Someone should write a dating guide for people who need to find new couples to be friend with! I somehow hope that Flo’s communication skills might get us some new friends very fast! But in the meantime I guess we have to do our couple meetings via Skype!

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…