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Yes, we are very excited and happily looking forward to our emigration. No, not every prearrangenement is fun. In preparation for our big adventure – which actually starts in three weeks – we have to go to a lot of doctors to get everything checked up. Two weeks ago I went to the dentist and got the evil tidings that I have to get three of my wisdom teeth pulled out as soon as possible.

This Friday I pulled myself together and went to the doctor to get the first one of them removed. I was soooo afraid, but were actually relieved about how it went. It didn’t hurt at all, but since than I can’t laugh and feel like someone punched me right in the face. The next two teeth will get pulled out in two weeks and now I have to plan all our next organizational steps around those date.

Right now I every day feel like time is ticking so loudly and running by so much faster than normal. When we got home from London this Monday Flo and I both were sick so we lost another week, in which we weren’t able to prepare anything.

I don’t actually panicked, but I kind of feel like there is too little time left to get everything done neatly. On the one hand that is kind of good, because while keeping myself busy I don’t have too much time to think everything through and through again. But on the other hand I only have three weeks left to pack up a whole household, get all the paper work done and say Goodbye to everyone.

I have always been one to work fabulous under stress. And even though this is personal stress, there still are some positive sides to it: Through all the stress and all that being sick, I actually lose some of my winter weight and get ready for LA.

So, Flo and me will board a plane to our last vacation before the US tomorrow. We will fly to London for a long New Year’s weekend and visit my best friend Petra and her boyfriend Robert. I am so looking forward to this. Not only because I will see my best friend one last time before our big adventure. But also because this will be our last weekend without organising stuff for our emigration.

Right now – only four weeks before we leave Germany for good – everything centers around the emigration. There is no single day on which the topic won’t come up or on which we don’t have to deal with something regarding the US. So it is nice to have a little and last break in the next days.

Especially because what lies ahead of us. I never had such an exiting year lying ahead of me. So much will happen next year. I really can’t wait for it, but at the same time this huge perspective is kind of scary. Being around Petra right now may be the best thing for both Flo and me, because she already emigrated to two different countries, has no plans on moving back to her home country in the next years and kind of knows how we feel right now and how she can help or just courage us. Also being around her english boyfriend is a good exercise for our english skills.

I will not take my laptop with me to London and will not post a new blog till next week. Therefor I want to wish everyone a very happy New Year’s Eve and a wonderful, exciting and successful 2011! See you on the other side

So, Flo and I gave ourselves the biggest christmas present this year with finally booking our flights yesterday. I told you that we wanted to leave Germany for good on January 29. We had to change that plan due to multiple reasons and will now board a plane to Los Angeles on January 31.

Just when I began writing this post, I realized that 31 seems to be our lucky number for next year. Flo will turn 31 in March, we will leave Germany on January 31 and set foot in our new home country on January 31. Maybe some other things will happen regarding that number, but that still lies in the future and in fate’s hands.

Not only did we book our flight this week, we also decided on a place to live in for the first two months. We found a really charming guest house online and after sleeping on it for one night decided to book it. The guest house is in the middle of West Hollywood, which is pretty cool for a start I think. As you may know Flo and I always wanted to move to Orange County real quick after our arrival in Los Angeles. But we kind of get used to the idea of maybe living in Los Angeles right now.

Thinking about next year still feels crazy. So much lies ahead of us! So many exiting things will happen! But for now I try to deal with everything day by day. And this means working till Thursday for both Flo and me next week and fly to London for a extended New Year’s weekend with my BFF Petra and her boyfriend than.

I hope all of you had a wonderful christmas and will have a wonderful last week of 2010!