Moving Slowly

We are moving today/this weekend. Typical here in Germany is that it takes forever to move. It's absolutely unbelieveable. Even in normal commercial companies, like a realtor, there are only certain times you can reach them and then you have to make an appointment. And most places are closed on Wednesdays, only open in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and are there on Fridays, but don't answer the phone and leave early. I honestly don't know where the Germans got their reputation for being hard workers. And how in the world did they build up Germany again after the war? They must have been possessed with other spirits at that time. Or this is a new ande lazy generation. It's a wonder they get anything done around here! I'm getting really sick of it. And they complain that their economy is so bad. That's why! No one can get anything done, and if they want to, they still can't because of the other people around them they have to wait for. I have had to learn to calm down and expect that things just take longer. We wanted to move last week. But that doesn't work because they have to write a new rent contract and that takes at least 3 days. Then, we tried to call on Monday, Tuesday and finally got a hold of someone and made an appointment to go sign the contract. Then, after signing the contract we had to make an appointment to go to the apartment with someone to officially get the key. I hope they tie a big ribbon around the house and have big scissors there for us and hand over the key all offical-like as if we were the mayor being sworn in. That's what they treat it like.
On a lighter note...
Ammon was sitting in his stroller the other day singing and talking happily to himself. Most of the time, I just tune him out because I am paying attention to other things. But, once I began to listen to him. He was shouting over and over:
"Come here, Christmas!" I guess he just can't wait. Remember that feeling? And it seemed to last forever. Now Christmas flies by so fast, I hardly even notice it anymore. Maybe this year, being in slow Germany, I will notice it because I'm, forced to relax and go slow.
Lately Ammon has been singing a lot. He sings about Kindergarten, about Dinosaurs, about anything he can think of. One of his favorites is "Rock a bye, don't you cry, we will go to Grannies." Sometimes he sings it normally, but other times he substitutes Grannies for "pet store", or "Laura and Cody's". He thinks it's really funny.
His speech is still quite unclear, but it is so cute. He says for example "Tahfoffen" for Kartoffeln (potatoes). I think that one is my favorite.
When I told him we were going to our new house, he got all excited and said "Then we a see a Grandma and Grandpa?" It broke my heart though. I had to explain to him that our new house is still really far away from Grandma and Grandpa, but that it's close to Oma and Opa. He was sad, but then he said "Oma and Opa have blocks and toys too."