And Time ticked away

All possibilities have been exhausted, and my stay here without a visa has run its course. I won't be back until the middle of March. I asked S to come back with me and I bought him a ticket. He said that he will stay for a month, until the new winter season begins.

We will arrive in Madison late Tuesday evening and then stay in a hotel that night. I want to take Stefan to Dotty's for the best burgers and beer in town, and then we will walk around State Street and maybe have a couple more drinks at various watering holes. The next morning I am having a car rental agency pick us up from the hotel, and then I will show him a little more of Madison before we drive into the hills, to my parent's home. Mom and Dad are excited, of course, and my sister was home from Montana when I called them today. She was in Madison this week, giving a lecture at the Monona Terrace about her fresh water lake research to a group of international scientists. She wants us to visit her in Montana, and for me to live there during the time I am sort of in limbo. She says that my weavings would sell really well in Bozeman. I will think about it. My brother Steve is also going to be home for Thanksgiving and, actually, I am not sure where we will be staying while visiting my family. Of course, we can stay at Mom and Dad's, but I am not sure that we really want to do that. Steve might have room for us at his place. Enid wants us to stay in Madison with her, also, so it is all up in the air for the moment. I was thinking about renting an apartment in Madison right away, because I like Madison so well and because it's still close to my main roots, but Sue's idea is intriguing. She says there are many other opportunities for jobs in Bozeman, too. Anyhow, it is very difficult to know what to do.

Tonight we are going to the Grüner Anger with Robert and Monica for the monthly Eislgasse party. We are having a traditional type of goose dinner. And tomorrow we are meeting friends at the Ruth for 'going away drinks.' Wolfgang is also flying off soon. He is spending the winter months in Thailand and Vietnam.