Things are moving so fast lately that I barely keep up
with everything!
Lucky for me, I'm more of the hyperactive person, or else I
don't know how I could have handled all this...In chronological order, here is
a brief summary.
First, hurray, we sold the little apartment we owned
in Culver City. Not exactly the best time for a real-estate sale but it would
be hard to handle two apartments from so far away. The only tricky part is
that, being Giuseppe already in Europe, I had to take care of EVERY ASPECT of
the transaction. So many papers, telephone calls, etc. I’m so happy it’s all
over!
Second: my beloved car has been shipped….
Will I ever
see it again? According to my son, I’ll have more chance to find it at the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean than in Berlin. Really? Of course, the same day it
was picked-up from the moving company, we watched the movie “Captain Phillips”….
I was not really in the mood for a story about a cargo boat kidnapped by
pirates! Anyway, it should arrive in Berlin in about 8-10 weeks, just in time
for us to retrieve it from the custom clearance.
Third: we started our home renovation project….
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I
know, it sounds a bit ridiculous to renovate our home 6 weeks before you leave
but I want to have it ready and new for our tenants. Imagine, you are 9,000 km
away and you get an enraged phone call because the cabinet broke down or the
water heater is not running properly! No way! Better to fix things before hand.
So I had a crew of contractors come in and take care of a few things and I hope
everything will be done by the time we leave. It has to be!
Forth: my awesome husband was officially awarded the
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Award 2014. Huge ceremony with the other
winners, a band, a video…
Congratulations, I’m so proud of him!
Last but not least. The biggest and most unexpected
good new: our son has been accepted to the JFK School in Berlin, a bilingual
public school located 3.5 km from our future home.
I am overwhelmed with
happiness! They initially rejected our application because apparently there is
a very long waiting list. Somehow due to a free spot they are now able to offer
admission to him! Such a wonderful surprise!
I haven’t personally visited the
school (it was close for Summer vacation last year, during my 5 days in Berlin)
but I know it has an excellent reputation. It’s a K-12 school, the curriculum
is extraordinary and, on top of everything, the campus is huge, extremely well
equipped for sports and so many other extra-curricular activities.
Of course,
it’s a bit far from our house so Josh will have to take a bus (or ride his
bike…) to school and back home but we have options: public transportation
(direct bus), private school-shuttle, bike… I’m sure we’ll figure out a way.
So far, so good!
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