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sabineThe Evil Empire has this neat perk - after you've been an employee for 5 years, you get a month-long sabbatical. If you spend a certain amount of the time visiting a country you've never seen before, the company will cover your airfare and hotel. At 5 years, you can take one person with you. At 10 years, you can take 3 people with you.
Right now the plan is for us to take my sister and brother-in-law to Germany and Belgium for 2 weeks. During Oktoberfest. We will drink ALL the beers. And probably eat all the chocolates.
I need to start socking aside moneys now for the up-front costs of getting there and for things like food, beer, and souvenirs. And something nice for whichever grandparents come to stay with the kiddos, since Emi'll be in first grade and Ox'll be in 4K.
I also decided that I should learn German, so I'm seeing if Duolingo (free app for iPhone) will work. They try to take a holistic approach to language, but I'm wondering if I wouldn't be better off just getting a textbook and going for it. My brain is very methodical and I'm not sure that this way of learning is best for me. I don't expect to get fluent, but I'd like to be a little competent.
Anyway, it's something new and something long-range. And it's something that seems to short-circuit my panic attacks, so I'm going to go with it.
Right now the plan is for us to take my sister and brother-in-law to Germany and Belgium for 2 weeks. During Oktoberfest. We will drink ALL the beers. And probably eat all the chocolates.
I need to start socking aside moneys now for the up-front costs of getting there and for things like food, beer, and souvenirs. And something nice for whichever grandparents come to stay with the kiddos, since Emi'll be in first grade and Ox'll be in 4K.
I also decided that I should learn German, so I'm seeing if Duolingo (free app for iPhone) will work. They try to take a holistic approach to language, but I'm wondering if I wouldn't be better off just getting a textbook and going for it. My brain is very methodical and I'm not sure that this way of learning is best for me. I don't expect to get fluent, but I'd like to be a little competent.
Anyway, it's something new and something long-range. And it's something that seems to short-circuit my panic attacks, so I'm going to go with it.
