I know I'm back in America because I just started missing Germany.

Amanda and I had dinner at Ben's Chili Bowl last night. The area reminded me of Berlin, or, more specifically, of the Oranienburger Tor area. On my last night there, I went there with two of my friends for drinks, and everything was closed except a Mexican restaurant that didn't actually post its hours... it posted its opening time, but instead of a closing time, it just had question marks, evincing a willingness to be there as long as we were.

I want to go back to Berlin for a semester, or maybe a year.

But back to DC. This particular area kept planting little plot ideas in my brain. I might take a night to write there; I certainly need it. I haven't gotten any serious writing done since Berlin (reason #1 to go back!). If you want to hang out in downtown DC in the middle of the night waiting for me to get inspiration, feel free to volunteer.

My friends at the GARC put in a good word for me, and it's looking like I'll have a job at the NARC (the north side version), which I'm pretty excited about. I also have an interview for a position at Public Safety paying $9.50 an hour for five hours of easy work a week, and -- most importantly -- I interviewed with a family in the AU Park who wants a sitter to entertain their kids for a few hours on Tuesday and Friday, paying $15 an hour. Squee!

I'm hoping to get at least two jobs, and three if I can handle it (fingers crossed). But in the meantime, I have a macro paper due tomorrow... and I should probably get started.