Skylar and I will be spending five months (May - October) in Heilbronn, Germany with as much additional travel as we can. Here I will post updates and pictures from our adventures.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

18 September - Shoulda been a German

Or at least moved here when I had Skylar. The state gives all kids 160 euro a month until they are 25! So I guess to the parents and then when the kid turns 18, it goes to them. If you have a kid and you are in school, you get to go to school for free and they give you 400 euro! Now you can't exactly live on that, but it sure would have helped. And, in most states, the day cares are free! Seriously, what is so great about America when here, they give you money to help you live, pay for school and daycare, and have nationalized health care?? If I had moved here after I had Skylar, they still would have done this for me even as an immigrant! Then I might not be thousands of dollars of school loan debt.

I am pretty much planning out my weekends for the next few months when I get home. Concerts, shows, outings, and parties.. I can't wait. Now if only I could find a job to finance it all. Maybe I should stay in Germany and get 160 euro a month for Skylar.. nah :) Today I got 4 tickets to Rob Zombie who is playing at the Roy Wilkins Center. I have loved his music for almost as long as I've liked Edie Brickell, but she never leaves Tennessee :)

Was kind of an icky sticky day today. I went for my run through the woods and probably consumed at least a dozen gnats.

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