There’s no secret about it: I am in love with our balcony. It’s sunny and bright. I can watch all the goings-on along our bustling street. It’s perfect on warm mornings for breakfast, and gets the glowing early evening sun. Also, mein Schatz (I can’t claim any credit here) has painstakingly tended our flowers and plants …
The good news? I successfully defended my proposal for my dissertation project yesterday afternoon. Yahoo! But now I’m pretty burnt out and am taking a few days off to recover a bit in Berlin. This morning I slept until 11am, which was obviously much needed. Otherwise, I’ve spent the afternoon cleaning up the balcony — …