Ich liebe meinen mann ;)

John has been on quite a few business trips in the past 7 years, so I am pretty accustomed to holding down the fort while he is away. That being said, I still miss him, and would much rather have him at home than half-way around the world. Since he was gone during Valentines day we just couldn't resist being a little sappy in our notes back and forth. It was a lot of fun and pretty dorky as well--just our style :)

Well....actually, I am not sure if Morse code would be considered sappy unless you knew the story: years before John met me, he jokingly told a friend that the girl he married had to be able to tell him "I love you" in Morse code. As a complete coincidence, not knowing the joke, the first time I told John I loved him, I tapped it into his Ham Radio:
.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-

Here is John's sappy love note in binary code:

"I love you Cheryl "--> 0100100100100000011011000110111101110110011001010010000001111001011011110111010100100000010000110110100001100101011100100111100101101100


And here is the sappiest love note of all, in German. I laughed hard over this one because apparently he wanted to call me "honey pie" (no cringing allowed, it's Valentines day!) but Google translated it back to "honey fruit cake":

Ich liebe meinen Honigobstkuchen. Glücklicher Valentines Tag mein schöner Liebling Cheryl

(translation: I love my honey fruit cake. Happy Valentines Day my lovely favorite Cheryl)

I am so glad that I got a great laugh for Valentines Day!)

Here is a completely unromantic picture of my "Honey Fruit Cake" under a "Fahrtgasse" sign.

I just had to include these pictures. Jet lag can be brutal, nothing can put you into an after dinner coma like a 22 hour trip home.

He came out of the coma for a few seconds when he realized I was taking a picture, then immediately fell asleep again. Yes he is smiling for the camera, but sound asleep.

After a few minutes of sleeping upright, he collapsed on the floor by the table and slept for an hour or two more. I was going to get a picture of that too, but I got sidetracked, and I am sure you get the idea.