I have decided to chronicle my move to Germany, both physical and mental. I proposed the idea of this blog to my fiancé (henceforth known as R), and asked for suggestions for what to call it. His first suggestion was, "Gone, baby, gone."
Um, no.
I have spent the first 34 years of my life living in the American Midwest. I grew up in Missouri, thanking my lucky stars I didn't live in Kansas. Then I moved to Kansas. I realized Kansas isn't all that different than Missouri, and after all, it wasn't Iowa, right? Of course my next move was to teach at a small university in southern Iowa. I really should have learned from previous experience, but I didn't. I really, truly thought to myself, "Well, all these moves to someplace I thought was the worst, at least I'll never wind up in Nebraska." So mere months after moving to Iowa, I met a guy living in Omaha, where we now live. R works in the agricultural industry, and refers to my moves as a Tour of Corn Belt. Sigh.
In a few short months, I'll be moving to Westfalia, located in the upper-left-ish part of Germany. (In case you're curious, they also grow corn there, though a little differently.) R is originally from there, and soon we will both call it home. Weather-wise, it's a lot more like Seattle than Kansas City. It's often rainy, and lacks the extreme temperatures one never really gets used to. R jokes that you can tell when summer arrives because the rain turns warm. At least I think he's joking...
Moving on. After a few not-so-good name ideas, we settled on "Amy nach Deutschland," meaning Amy to Germany. It's simple, which is not representative of this transition at all.
Oh, and just to add to the fun, we're getting married in Germany 2 months before we move. So in May we head over, tie the knot, fly home for the month of June, and then fly back in July for good.
It's a good thing I didn't resolve to have a stress-free 2015.
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