..It's Spring! The weather here has been amazing and will still be going strong into the weekend. That means I'm spending less time in front of the computer and more time enjoying all the sun rays I can soak in and absorb some electrical circuit knowledge at the same time. Although, I'll whisper that we could use just a wee little rain to clean the air of all this pollen. However, the allergy medication, Cetrirzin, seems to be doing a fine job in reducing the hacking symptoms. With that, I've being busy with major spring cleaning. Added motivation is that tomorrow is Alex's birthday. That means the cobwebs have got to go. Seriously, we had cobwebs above all of the lamps in the living room, gross. We plan to have a few friends over for our elektro-grill party. Hopefully, the neighbors will rest a little easier this year now that we've retired the coal grilling on the balcony.

Kids are still on vacation here so their voices have been competing with the construction work one building down from us. Even at 6:30am the birds start calling for worms and the trains race by to their next destination. I can now distinguish between maintenance, passenger and freight trains. I'm not complaining. I think after 22 months of Munich I have a greater appreciation for silence..and for seasons.