This is yet another in a long line of doom & gloom predictions for Jim’s employer. Still, I thought the title was particularly appropriate. Lately I feel like I’ve been running on fumes, and I certainly know Jim feels the same way. Then there are the thousands of other employees also laid [...]

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Perhaps the oddest thing about this whole job/layoff situation is that I really look forward to the workweek now. On mon-fri during business hours progress can be made… there’s potential. During the weekend it’s just a lot of downtime filled with worst-case hypothesizing.
But not Mondays. Nope, mondays are ripe with possibility. [...]

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We went down to the cellar this morning only to find this:

and this:

and this:

Most of our christmas stuff… some of which has been handed down in our families for generations… is ruined:

I couldn’t even fit it all in the camera’s frame, but everything you see here (plus more) was damaged-to-ruined:

But the absolute worst part for [...]

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(with many thanks to Pushing Daisies for the spiffy title)
In regard to the nuts & bolts of being an American citizen about to be made redundant (laid off) in Germany:
- In Germany once you’re officially made redundant, the law requires you register with the Arbeitsamt within 7 days. This is to ensure they can [...]

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Sent to us by German friends who knew we’d have a sense of humor about how Americans are sometimes perceived. The sad part is… there’s probably a lot of truth to it. My favorite is Scotchland. heh.

larger view

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First off, sorry for the long maintenance mode… err… mode.  I’ve been determined not to come back to eurotrippen until I had happier news to share.  But the way things are going lately, that could be a while, so I’ve decided instead to come back and document the process we’re currently going through, which is [...]

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