Frau Stein. Paging Frau Stein.

Hallo? Frau Stein? All I know is that she doesn't live here. But for some reason, quite a few people seem to think she does, because I've started getting several phone calls for her again. Odd! I've had this telephone number for a year and a half now, so I don't know why she's still so darn popular. I think I'm gonna start calling random people asking for Frau Stein. If we all work together, perhaps we will find her!

A group of us from work went bowling last night as our intern from England had a birthday. I had only bowled like once in the past 10 years, but out of ten people in our group, I won the first round with a 126. Amazing. Four strikes in that game - not bad, I say. Not bad. I got second place in the next round with a score of 103.

So, plans for an extended stay in the U.S. are all but certain. It's just awaiting a signature from the President, who is back in the office on Monday. But they don't foresee any problems and therefore told me on Friday to pack for three months. I've been cleaning up in the apartment all weekend and have started packing. I will be keeping my apartment here, though. Plus they worked it out for me to return to Germany mid-June so that I don't miss my trip to Croatia. That's nice of them :-) Therefore, my schedule looks like this:

March 28 - April 1: Chicago
April 2 - mid-June: Michigan
---return to Germany---
June 19 - 24: Croatia
June 24 - Sept/Oct: Germany