My Epic, Husband-less September

I knew in advance that the day would not be a happy one, when Fabi flew off and I'd be stuck at home alone for a full month. Before his departuer, tensions had risen, emotions were high, and then when he finally left to join his best friend since childhood for a hiking trip in Canada, I was somehow relieved that he was finally gone! No more trips to the outdoor gear store, no more picking up his Amazon orders at the post office once/twice a week, and no more pre-trip stress!

I've had both sides of the cookie since he left: really great, independent, happy days and aweful, lonely ones that unpleasantly reminded me of the two years of long distance at the beginning of our relationship.

Luckily, I'd hatched a plan long before his departure to keep me busy and distracted! Here was the lineup of my truly epic month of September:

08/30 - Dinner with Jessi in Kleinbottwar
08/31 - Marathon of old Star Trek movies
09/01 - Stop by Berlitz for breakfast
09/02 to 09/04 - Girls weekend in Göttingen with Katja
09/07 - Liam and Abi arrive from the U.S.! 
09/08 - Trip to Heidelberg
09/09 - Heilbronner Weindorf with the Berlitz peeps
09/10 - a wedding and a family birthday
09/11 - swimming at the lake and Asian food with Margit & Peter
09/12 - Ulm overnigt at Annika's place
09/13 to 09/15 - exploring Munich with Steffi
09/17 - Hiking with Margit in Besigheim
09/18 - epic movie day, then Weindorf again!
09/19 - Liam and Abi fly back to the U.S., I go back to work.
09/20 - Info Night @ work
09/22 - Ladies night with Berlitz girls
09/23 to 09/25 - Girls weekend in Ulm with Annika
09/26 - Start of Semester at the university where I work
09/27 - Ice cream with former student
09/29 - Thai food for dinner with Jessi and Katja
TOMORROW: Fabi flies home!

My heroes of the month were all my girlfriends, my mother-in-law, and my incredible brother Liam and his wonderful girlfriend Abi. Thanks to all of you, my sad days were few and far between.

All my love,

Laura Beth