Virelai @Virelai@octodon.social

I'm late to the #introductions, but here it goes. I'm 30, she/her, from #Germany. I work as a environmental scientist at a university, pursuing a PhD degree. I need some #python #programming skills to do that.
I'm fairly into #crafts, especially #fiberarts like #knitting and #sewing.
I enjoy #boardgames a lot, I also started playing #shadowrun about a year ago.
#games like #citiesskylines or #civilization5 have quite a few hours on my steam account.
Plus: Trying to improve my #french ;)

A little sad I have to say goodbye to Rennes today - it was lovely!

At the conference, English is of course the main language, although french is helpful with the personell at the venue. Tomorrow we'll go for a little trip and then the conference is already over. I'll do some touristic things then!

Soo, how is France going after #200daysoffrench you might ask! It's still difficult. If french people talk to each other, it's too fast for me, I don't understand much. And communication isn't as smoothly as I hoped. However, I managed to exchange a train ticket, check into the hotel and solve a bureaucracy emergency where I had to print something in a copy shop and send it home to Germany via express at the post office (my first born is sold now)

A friend of mine is writing a book and I have been reading it in bits along the way and we've been having very thorough discussions over coffee almost every week. I had some trouble with the ending and she rewrote/extended some parts, I was complimenting her on a twist I hadn't expected in the new version "that was clever!" and she looked at me confused "uhm... That was your idea??" Oh. Well I suprised myself with this one then ;)

Oh man it has really been six month, wow. I wanted to try beeing in contact with french more and "ran" into @vickysteeves and @windmills mid-January, doing #100daysoffrench It has really been six months of daily french with maybe 2 days exception. Oh boy!
Work hasn't been very impressive these past month, but at least I have this win.

@windmills more Vocabulary and some Duolingo. I downloaded a french crossword puzzle app and I've been doing some of those! #200daysoffrench

I'm going to a conference in France next week. I started practicing my french 6 month ahead, pretty much daily work. But do I have my presentation finished? Oh god no... not even started.

@windmills yesterday I revised vocabulary, read a bit and had a little conversation with a french lady about plants on instagram #200daysoffrench And you?

I bought a box of chocolates for the secretary with everyday life hero written on top of it ("Alltagsheldin") and I'm now scared she will somehow dislike this guesture...ahh brain, be quiet now.

Today is my 100. day learning #Vocabulary with #Anki! And - I didn't miss a day! #200daysofFrench

After some discussion and a lot of hush hush and running from office building to office building to get the necessary signatures last minute, the contract is where it is supposed to be and now we can only wait and hope that I wont have a gap between this contract and the next, but it's out of our hands now

So lovely... My contract ends end of this month, I still only have a verbal "it will probably all work out" confirmation from the government agency that funds my projects for the extension. Our secretary (she's awesome) is flipping out a bit because the university wants those things 6 weeks prior and she always has to fight with them... I guess I'll bring her some chocolate tomorrow. Not the first time she had to go through troubles because of slow bureaucracy in my project. gnah.

@windmills Today I did Vocabulary, Duolingo and clozemaster, listened to an episode of français authentique and the newa in french and read a bit in french #200daysofFrench

Well... maybe not. At least not now? The same 32 GB DDR4 RAM my partner bought almost 2 years ago is ~200€ more now and the prices are pretty crazy?!

Thinking about upgrading my hardware. It's 6 years old now (with the exception of a graphic card and storage) which I don't think is totally outdated but I have 800+ hours on #citiesskylines now, my needs have changed and I really would appreciate more power so I can build bigger cities and still enjoy it.

@windmills hi :) Yesterday was vocabulary, Reading and Rita for me! And you? #200daysofFrench

Sometime in February "Laura, can you knit me a pair of socks in the colors of my favorite soccer team?"
Me: "Sure, I'll make them for your birthday in june!'
Me one week later: Yay, finished one sock
Me end of May: Waaaait a minute, wasn't there a pair of socks I needed to finish???
But they're done! Yay!
Happy with stripe symmetry here. #knitting #fibrearts

Quite happy with the Yarn I got on sale for this! #knitting #fibrearts

I really love how going out with my colleagues means having 9 different nationalities on the table with 10 people present!

He was like "I didn't expect that at all, Laura didn't even flinch or show any signs of discomfort?!?! Oh my god..."