That frog and his fly show cm and inches... nice, huh?
With this drink I join Elizabeth. The journal...
Monday: Telekurs: "Multilingual documentation creation"
"Dear Reader,
To keep this self-study unit lively and readable, we have omitted monstrous words like "Leser/-innen" and ambiguous spellings like "LeserInnen". Instead, we have chosen the grammatically masculine form in a neutral sense. Please understand our approach, dear reader. You are just as important to us and, of course, we also mean the same"
Me 2003. At/for Volkswagen (VW) and I got a happy "OK"!
On it goes: "This teaching material is part of the self-study units for the university program "Master of Science in Technical Communication," which will provide you with knowledge and skills in the most important key competencies in technical communication."
... in theory...
And Ingo tells me how women (his Mom) go through "menopause". In my family that was "a secret".
I have to ask my Hubby about this! And he knows!...
Tuesday: "Formel: Globalisierung = Internationalisierung + n * Lokalisierung (Globalization Insider, Volume XI, Issue 1.5)." Äh-no.
fK popped by and "rescued" me from the study-nonsense. So many hugs, am I glad I can handle this now! She tries to take care of that "training", too.
Me: "maybe I was slack with that?" > "No you asked very early, all will be fine!"
Germany goes down the drain, I hope ESE will not.
The "f-word" fell often. We are some women, are we... On the street, too....
Talked to Bro.He wants me to "darn, take the Steinweg!!!" - @Ingo... and now?
Seesen is the town where Steinweg (not Steinway) was built and I learned to play on it.
Learned. Past tense. Can´t do it no more and neighbors´d KILL me if I tried!
Wednesday: The Knacker is here!!!! Don´t tell my BIL!!!!
It was a nut-cracker at The Simpsons.
Ingo told me way too much about his Brother (his Brother and I are kinda one age, were at the same kindy, but in different groups).
His Brother put his right index-finger in the cracker´s mouth and turned down the other end, the neck, with his left hand and had no clue why it hurt and got worse and everybody laughed.
And I married his older Brother. Meep. F"r"ears".... huh.... they have ears...
Like my little Brother.... some need time to speak correctly. "Knacker" was too difficult, so it became "Nacker".... My Brother yelled "Eierabend!!" instead of Feie....
Thursday: fK revealed some secrets. She´d waited so long till it was good enough to talk about.
mM - long story - new company still wants me back!!!
Back to Christmas 2024 - ESE. mM booked the cinema in Wolfenbüttel, jumped on the little stage, pointed at me (I was "out of ESE" already) and said he will not lose anybody!
He payed cinema and Döner-Man - from his private money. Just saying.
Do something wrong - he tells you. And has a solution.
I only "witnessed" this once. Was the reason in the end he had to go because a woman .....(CEO) could not take it.
I was... sad.
I want to be told when (not if) I fail and get a solution!
Friday: After calming down wrote to mM.
And, will you guess. ESE called me - they want me back. Said sorry it took so long.
What to do???? Meeting on Wednesday, said yes.
Nothing from mM.
Heart attack is near.
I want to join mM and his new team!
Am to "stay calm" and wait. Me..... wait.
I BURN. Hello menopause. Not funny.
Weekend. Saturday: Galileo (nearly docu-series): American woman laughing yells: "GET OUTTTT 🤣" to the German reporter. Gets translated to German with "Wirklich?!" (> really?!), - see why I hate that?
You hear the original and then the translator blabbers in with something totally different.
Yes, the context is maybe correct. A "normal" German would leave the room 😅...
But those who know get a headache... #Golden Girls, as an example....
Got a pressie from Ingo. A green fly-swatter, ahhhh.. romance ...
Sunday: Doorbell. ?! "Someone here owning a white VW up! ?".
THAT neighbor does. But I said, "no idea".
"That neighbor" who goes against W and "reserves" the best parking lot since two years, not driving, who refused to help Ingo... me: clever or dumb?
Munchy...
I saw a docu where they said vegan costs more money than meat.
Hm.
Henry 🦁´s wife
26 comments:
You pack so much into one week. I love the honesty in your posts. It’s funny how "menopause" was once a secret, but you can feel the warmth and trust in your conversations with Ingo. The "Knacker" story is hilarious, and it's great that you were able to reconnect with mM. It sounds like you have some big decisions to make, and I can understand why you'd be anxious. I hope your meeting on Wednesday goes well.
I've just published a new post on my blog.
You can keep your Vegan, I eat meat! Knacker in Australia would also be "nacker" as we don't pronounce the first "K". You drink iced coffee and I am drinking hot coffee, it's cold here and I spent all day with my brother going to check on our sister. She is well.
...Iris, enjoy the heat!
You must be thrilled that it's hot. I hope it lasts a while for you. I'm so glad for our cool down, but it won't last I'm sure. I love that frog with the fly. That's what I need. Although cm/m are pretty clear to me. The one I always have a hard time with is grams/kg....at least converting. I hope you have a super T day and week ahead. hugs-Erika
It sounds like an up week over all, Iris. Enjoy the summer.
Funny, being Irish, knackered immediately means exhausted or tired to me! As in I'm knackered! Knacker" can refer to a person who deals with old horses or buildings for scrap.
Its Definitely A Different World For Sure - That Older Generation Was Built On Secrets And Holding Onto Personal Issues - We Only Know How Unhealthy And The Long Term Effects It Has On The Body - So Dig The Waiting Photo As I Know That Feeling All Too Well
Stay Strong ,
Cheers
What you said about vegan more expensive than meat. It is true here, everything that is supposed to be healthy is more expensive! I hope your meeting goes well. Happy T Day.
I had to laugh at Ingo mansplaining menopause to you. Like a male doctor telling you. They only know what they read in a textbook or observed their mom. Men have no clue what it feels like, physically and emotionally. No close female friends of the same age you can confide in? Find a woman medical professional and ask your questions. There are medications that can help with the hot flashes, hot flushes. The downside as with everything there are side-effects. Get a small personal fan. It will be your new best friend. I love mine
The Steinweg. Doesn't Bro have two daughters? Hello? Why doesn't he take it and get them piano lessons?
Padre is right, the older generations did not want to talk about lots of issues so they kept quiet. We had to figure things out ourselves or with friends. Crazy, I know. Hope you meeting goes well.
Dear friend Iris, I went through my menopause just before my 47th birthday. I am 68 now. Thankfully it went smoothly without any hormone replacement or anything else.
Henry's wife looks so pretty and calm!
I love your drawings, dear friend. You must have a lot of coloured pencils, paints or whatever you use. I take a long time to look at your sketches and I enjoy them very much. You have an amazing talent.
I hope you are having a decent week so far.
Here in Montreal we are having a cool down, thankfully. Yesterday it was 18 to 21, today I it reached 22. Very comfortable and such a relief from that intense heat.
Take care of yourself. Warm hugs. :)
My menopause was easy. It weird what we will and won't talk about.
Thank you. I want to "help" others being honest. And funny how Ingo´s family is so different from how mine was. Oh, yes. Today is one "big day""...
I always have to try out new stuff. But per se meat it is! Long trousers today, it got cold again, 18C in August...
Glad your Sister is OK!!!!
Oh, Tom. The skin burns....
Cold again here, Erika (apart from my skin) - kg I have too much ;-) Hugs and maybe summer comes back!
Too late? RedPat, summer is on vacation. Again....
Yes, knackered I know, too, The Nacker ... huh. Come Christmas I´ll take a pic! :-) The old horses is new to me!!!
Secrets are so.... well, today at least we have internet! To staying strong, Cheers! (and thank you!)
I don´t even know if vegan ... our bodies need "it all".... thank you, I need all luck today!
:-) "mansplaining" - a GREAT word!!! I have a female doctor, but reckon she has no idea! fK was done with this in her 20s!!!! And helps me anyways. A fan is a good idea, too, thank you!
Yes, two daughters my Brother has, who are too old now!
Time so runs!
Today we have "The Simpsons"... and internet - thank you, Bill. I so hope it goes well today...
Dear friend Linda, I am 53 now and boy. Is that hot. And the tiredness.
I have a weird mix of pencils, some from River all the way from Australia!
Oh! Now that is a lot of pressure! I thought people just skip by my sketches of the day! Talent... nah..... I am no artist.
As cold here now, too. Cool hugs would be better now ;-) Wee. Skin burns.
Luckily now we talk about it! If not with joy....
In my English 'knackered' is being very tired (I am at the mo) and the other meaning is as in knacker yard, which is the scrap yard.
I love your diary drawings, green fly swatter and you being frustrated by translations (really?).
The menopause symptoms are not funny. I'm glad I've finished with all that. Just not be tempted by HRT. It gave me breast cancer. (I'm fine now, as you know).
Vegan? No, it's too processed for my liking. I prefer meat anyway and I don't eat that much meat but I prefer it to vegan.
Beautiful photo of Henry.
I hope your Wednesday meeting went well and I'm sure we'll hear about your decision in due course.
Henry's wife is so pretty!
What a week for you.
Yeah, menopause....I was lucky, it was easy for me. But not so easy for most women.
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