Winter Blues

I don't know if it's the terrible weather or just the fact that I have cabin fever but I've got a serious case of the winter blues. I am spending an inordinate amount of time playing online pictionary with the world here.

I am in Xmas denial, postponing shopping and mailing cards. Along those same lines, I came across this web site - just to put off some more chores and waste more time.

B's company Xmas party is this evening. He asked what the dress code would be and they said anything from jeans to "Stoffhosen", which we take to mean dress pants. Or maybe, it's so people don't wear their Lederhosen (snicker!).

My B-day is next Tuesday and I miss all my friends in the US. In a year of living here, we have not yet made any friends. Heck, we don't even know our neighbors because we rarely see them. I hear that complaint a lot from expats about Germany - it's difficult to make friends with locals. Maybe that will take another decade or so of living here....