1 Month Down....

It has been one month today since I landed on German soil. It definitely feels like I've been here much longer than one month, but in a good way. I’ve still been keeping open communication with our neighbors. Bianca, the girl next door with the dog, is just as busy as I was when I was in Spokane, so it’s been a little difficult to keep up with her. We’ve managed to take our dogs out together twice now.

Over the last month I've been fervently searching for a job. I finally got an offer today to work as a cashier at the BX. Not really what I had in mind for a job over here. Shawn and I are just relieved that I have a job. I'm not even sure when I'm going to start yet, but I'm assuming it will be within the next couple weeks.

The weather is still fairly decent. Shawn is still riding his motorcycle to work on the days that it’s not raining. The temperature is remaining in the 50’s or higher. So as long as the temperature stays above freezing Shawn insists on riding his bike to work. I was surprised when we went to the gas station on Saturday, November 1st, to see that gas is down to $2.87/gallon. A month ago when I arrived here it was $1 more per gallon. I don’t even remember the last time I saw gas at $2 something a gallon. We’ll see how long this will last.

Another change that we’ve seen is in the exchange rate for the better. When I got here $1.38 USD was equivalent to 1 Euro. 2 months prior to my arrival $1.55 USD was equivalent to 1 Euro. Today, $1.27 USD is equivalent to 1 Euro. This is something that I never paid attention to in the States, but now that I’m here it is interesting to see how much things do fluctuate on a daily basis.