feuervogel | (Reply)

It's the best damn city in the world :D Though when I look at the weather there today (35, cloudy) and here (high of 70, partly sunny) I'm tempted to reconsider ;)

The main issue is that it wouldn't be for another 10 years or so, because one of my cats (14) is evil and diabetic, and another (10) is neurotic and has hyperthyroidism and renal failure. (She gets specially-made treats with her medicine inside, for thyroid and depression.) Evil cat is also allergic to grain, so she has to get special food. And in 10 years, the next group of 3 cats will be 17-18, if they're still with us. None of them have health issues (yet). (Yeah, I have 5 cats. It wasn't intentional.)

I spent my junior year of college in Marburg! My college has an exchange program there. It was fun. Very quaint town. I went back a few years ago so Ben could see where I'd lived, and it hadn't changed much. Some Sanierung in the Oberstadt, and some different restaurants/shops, but overall it was pretty much the same. Not like Berlin at all!

There's also the issue of jobs. I'm a pharmacist here, but the degree doesn't transfer (I checked anabin), so chances are I'd have to either repeat school or do some sort of intensive internship, and I'm too old for that. But if this novel-writing thing gets off the ground, I'll have *some* income, though no idea if it's possible to get a work visa as a novelist. Ben's a computer programmer, so if he can find a job in Berlin or nearby, that'll work well.