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There is the new decade. It will only be celebrated after I have managed to hand in the PhD thesis - so I may end up celbrating two birthdays at once (hopefully not!). Since I have been in Germany for a few days and my actual birthday will be a normal work day, my mother insisted to have at least a few candles and a cake. It was a little earlier than the real birthday but I am not superstitious anyway. She also gave me loads of provisions - sweets, cookies, tea so that my big backpack was completely filled with good things to make the last phase of the PhD easier.
Thanks Mom, you are the best!