March 2019
March was a mixed bag. I was doing lots of trips back and forth between Ratingen and Düsseldorf, preparing the move into our new apartment. Plus, I started a new/old job again, being busy working full time again.
In between, we or I visited family and friends for birthdays, I “celebrated” my own, the camper required maintenance – and of course spending time with Zoe is always on the list.
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Love
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New neighbourhood selfie
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New bus stop
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Had to eventually buy a new Mac. The old one continued to fail on me. It was getting very impractical and annoying, so I needed something reliable again.
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It’s a refurbished 2018 MacBook Pro 13 inch with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM. Sweet machine (apart from the keyboard maybe). And much smaller and lighter than my previous 15-inch MBP. Setting it up right there in the Apple Store.
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Birthday boy.
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Early morning commute.
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Evening commute.
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At the Schauspielhaus.
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Cheers, Mum!
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Birthday present. One can never have enough Vivian Maier monographs.
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ÖPNVing again.
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Birthday date-night at our favourite cocktail bar.
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Zoe getting into computers.
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The main task for the new flat was to add a completely new kitchen. And we were pretty fast on the planning and buying. But putting it all together streched out across the whole month and seemed almost never-ending. Fortunately I had the occasional helping hand – thanks Bernd and Sina! – without which we wouldn’t have had a functional kitchen by the move-in date at the end of the month.
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What lies ahead…
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Kitchen: done!
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…just kidding. An endless array of cupboards had to be put together.
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Cutting the workbench into fitting pieces.
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Staying overnight for the first time.
Cut. Back to something else…
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Some family gathering scenes:
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Packing.
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Packing some more.
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Filling rooms at the other end.
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The call of the Akkuschrauber.
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Helping hand.
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Fuckin’ Alf
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Done for the day.
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And a moody sunsetty picture at the end…