How Time Flies!

happy 1st anniversary, baby! yabyu!!

Whew!

told my boss already. he took it well, and i'm so happy that he did =)

all of a sudden i feel like i'm on vacation mode, like i'm here for a 2-month vacation. at the same time i am feeling this little pinch of sadness, for leaving, for leaving everything and everyone here. of course this sadness is a far cry from the sadness brought about by the ten thousand miles between baby and me (actually more like 12k. i should know because i was doing the countdown on my way to vienna).

Dizizit!

been back for a week now and i still haven't recovered from the jetlag. well of course it doesn't help that i have been sleeping late (or rather early) everyday, around 3am on the average, 5am at the latest. as i said, i'd rather chat with baby than sleep.

everyone in the office has been on planning mode since november last year, especially within our group, as we are having a reorg. as if it is even possible, i have just been given more responsibilities, that my superiors and colleagues are getting more and more concerned about my resignation. note: everyone already knows about this because "the award-winning mr. rdv", who only won, ahem, the most outstanding leader for 2005 (that's my boss!!), candidly mentioned it during his acceptance speech in front of no-less than the executive group. i am now known as "an tiris, who just came from austria to visit her husband". yes. he is just so unbelievably funny! but i am nevertheless very, very proud of him. i am also very proud of him.

sad as it is to be leaving such wonderful friends and great opportunities (and, of course, my family here), i would still rather be with baby. i mean, do i even have to explain? ;)

tomorrow i shall be, dreadfully, breaking the news of my resignation effective march to my favorite boss. i just know that more than anything, he and the whole team (picture below) will support the decision and will be very happy for baby and me :) gulp!

i can't wait to go back to my favorite place in the world - our home (picture below)! i miss it so much! and, of course, i miss baby, too!

Happiness is...

stepping on foreign land for the first time


snow on my hair


camping with my baby, Eye, and our dear friend Chianti in our new (then empty) apartment, viewing the snow-capped roofs of our neighbors'. no picture here.

making my first snowman
although it looks more like a snowbear

playing snow ball with dangelo, our bible bearer, and chaboom, our cute flower girl (who happens to have lost a lotta weight!)


lying down with my baby on our new sofa in our not-anymore-empty-athough-still-partially-furnished apartment, listening to Michael Buble's version of That's All. no picture here either, but here's one of our pictures together, as well as a picture of our sofa: