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A week after getting their vaccines, the cats got their yearly deworming pills. Millimeter, smart as she is, somehow managed to eat around the pill hidden in her treat. I didn't …
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This party was supposed to happen more than a month earlier, but we had to postpone it because Anna got sick. That didn't change the fact that it was a huge success. Everyone had …
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This has been a thing for years now. It's cute and weird and also annoying. There's no stopping her. When she hears the exercise mat being rolled out, she comes running from …
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Usually, I'm not a big fan of taking the bus, but it's a much better experience with this kind of company. Nothing more to add to this one. It was a dog on a bus. Slow day, …
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Okay, this one is a bit hard to explain to people who aren't from Germany. Long story short: There was a beached whale, people somehow thought it could be saved even though …
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Anna and I are working on a project (well, mostly she's working on it) to make it possible for me to spend a night in her bed without ending up with two days of back pain …
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Anna and I had one of our fantastic “let’s do a bunch of neat little activities around the city” days. I’ve been back in Hamburg for more than two years now, and I’ve only just …
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I wish I’d started planning my retirement fund earlier. For most of my 20s, I knew I should do something beyond the statutory pension insurance, but I never found the courage to …
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This is so incredibly counterintuitive, but I’ve never had a bad run in the rain. They’re the hardest runs to convince yourself to start, but they end up being the most …
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Here's a secret: She actually laughed quite a bit at this stupid joke, which was reassuring because I like the people sticking needles in me to be in a good mood. That wraps up …
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There’s this funny little dynamic between my father and me where we try to gauge whether the other person actually needs to go to the bathroom or is just trying to sneak off and …
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Could I force her to get up, and would she probably not mind all that much? Perhaps. Is it more respectful to spend 45 minutes whispering to her that I really need to get up and …
