Mein Geburtstag ist heutiger Tag

Today is my birthday. I'm recovering (almost completely recovered) from a cold and Oscar is right now making me breakfast! :) I slept in until 10 o'clock and now we are going to go shopping downtown and to one of my favorite coffee shops. Then we have an apartment to look at today. I hope we get it. I am going to say in german that today is my birthday and then say PLEASE!!! :) Just kidding. I'm taking a friend of mine, Mirko, to translate for me.

I have been wanting to post some photographs of the trip Oscar and I took to Austria last week. Also, next weekend we are going to travel with Joerg again skiing. He is very kind to let us travel with him. He is definately one of my favorite german's that I've met while I've been abroad. He finishes defending his PhD sometime this coming winter. That is really exciting- except for that it means that he will ultimately leave MPI.

Anyway, so let me dig up some photographs of Oscar and I skiing. The first one is of Oscar, Manuel (Joerg's roommate who is from Spain originally) and Joerg. :) They are silly. This was, I think, our first day of skiing and the skiing was so beautiful, as were the austrian alps. The second one is of me in Oscar's ski goggles. I know- I am beautiful. Hey, it is my birthday I can say super nice things about myself. ;) Finally, there is one of me in all my ski gear. :) This is my brand new ski gear. New helmet, new skis, and new ski boots. Also, my jacket, pants and fleece sweater are thanks to my brother's Daniel and Robert. :) Thanks guys! You are sweet and helping me go skiing in the most amazing mountains! :) Also, everytime I go skiing and get in another gondola- I think of my grandparents and mom and uncle Marvin and how they came to visit me and took a gondola up to the top of the Snowbird resort in Utah. It was so great to show them the mountains during my graduation last May. And it was also so great- since Oscar and I were just starting to date when I graduated. I think that was a really happy time in my life, in general.