Sonntag

Apparently, even though i've been checking the FedEx status every day online and it says it's on track for delivery, it's not. I got a googlevoice-mail (thank you googlevoice!!) that the boxes were stuck in customs and they've been trying to contact me. The German FedEx branch is a pay by the minute number (Miss Cleo?) so I called the US number, also because I wanted to speak to someone in English. They explained that the boxes would be sent back to my now abandoned apartment in New York on MONDAY! UGGGG why was there no indication on the package tracking? Why was I not informed through my FedEx account, that you made me set up, and I log into every day? If there were forms to fill out, why did I not receive them when I made the shipment? "I do apologize, ma'am". I need to complete some German customs forms, pay some fees etc and get them faxed to them first thing on Monday before they send my cardigans back on the boat. I even called the Miss Cleo German line to confirm I'd be sending the forms but they don't operate on the weekend. So I'm waiting to receive the forms via email, I've called a couple times to follow up, so has my ma, and they say it takes up to 48 hours to receive them...

I'm going to wander the empty Sunday streets, much like I did last week but now with an idea of where I'm going and a MUCH better outlook. This week started out a little lonely but it turned out to be a great start of my next ten months. Here it is, today's surprise that you've all been waiting for:

Note: somewhere between the store and my apartment I lost the gurke, it was absent from this wonderful lunch