Last weekend I finally got a chance to celebrate my birthday with a few friends here in Munich. Saturday evening we did a barbecue and then went out for drinks. It was a really fun time, and another food-filled weekend after my cousin’s wedding the weekend before. It was so nice to see my friends again too, as that was the first time I saw them since January [or in Julia's case, since February when she came to visit me in Barcelona].

And then there was that reception at the U.S. Consulate on Tuesday, which mostly meant more food. It was really interesting though, even just to get a chance to go to such an event, even though I was completely out of my league there [luckily I wasn't by myself]. How lucky am I to be given this chance just one week into my internship?!

This week I worked Monday to Wednesday, and on Wednesday, I went to look for a dress to wear at Jennifer’s wedding in Heidelberg in two weeks. I seriously tried on so many dresses, I think I must’ve tried on like 15, and I did not find one I really really liked. I went home at 8pm when stores closed [have to get used to those early closing times again], and was pretty frustrated. Also because I found lots of dresses that looked good except on me, so who do I blame? Me of course! But then, Thursday, I went downtown again and I only had to try on three dresses in one store [Zara] and ended up buying two of them within less than an hour. I was going to return one after deciding which one to keep with my mom’s and best friend’s help, but now I have decided to keep both. So now I have a pretty dress to wear for the wedding in Heidelberg, and I also got the wedding present on Thursday [and am quite happy with my choice]. I may have to get a purse to go with the shoes I am going to wear but other than that, I am all set.

I also bought the train tickets last week - I am going to be in Heidelberg from the 24th to the 27th of this month. The rehearsal dinner is on the 25th and the wedding the next evening, and I will hopefully be able to hang out with my friends there as well during those three days. I can’t wait, will be the first time to be there in almost a year and also that long to see most of my friends again. Good thing is that I am leaving on Thursday now, and won’t have to take any days off work because I wouldn’t be working Thursdays and Fridays anyway.

Speaking of, work is going really well, I enjoy working there, and my co-workers are still really nice! I actually stopped by my co-worker Sandra’s place on Friday after picking up a dress at someone’s house [for a polka dot dress night out next weekend - another dress that is beautiful but unfortunately this one's not mine, only borrowed] as it turned out they both lived in the same street. We just spent some time sitting on her balcony and chatting, it was really nice.

This weekend has been quiet though, I haven’t really been up to much, but that’s okay. I am still settling into the whole working routine. Even though I only work 20 hours a week, I am always really tired after work; I think I also still have to get used to getting up earlier than usual.

Well, I will probably actually try to go to bed now, wouldn’t it be something to actually get 8 hours of sleep before a work day for a change?

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