Since I’ve come back from Osnabrück I feel I have not had a moment to breathe until now, sitting outside in the sun.
I’ve been settling more and more into a daily rhythm of going to work and then doing something or sometimes nothing after work.
Really, it’s quite exhausting, and at the same time it feels like I’m not really doing much.
I spend time with Fabi, but not even that much, we see each other twice a week or so, then on the weekends. Which is nice. It’s exciting to see how we are developing as a couple :)
I finally went back to the improv. dance class.
I spent some time with my friends form Latin America.
I went to a party and lost a shoe. (It’s a little bit funny but also I’m sad because they were my favorite shoes :( )
Lea and Cathi came to visit, we were in Bolivia together and I had spent some time with Lea over the past few years, but had not seen Cathi for about 5 years. We had a beautiful, relaxed time together and I’m amazed at the connections that stay in place even across space and time. I’m grateful for these friendships.
I babysat for the neighbor’s kids. Really, I don’t have the energy after work to spend more time with kids, but the kids have also grown on me. I had a serious discussion with the 7 year old - he told me that every human has the right to make own decisions and that I should not be telling him what to do. I was trying to get him to put his PJ’s on and go to bed. :D That I told him that even I, and his brother, and his mom go to bed made no difference. Eventually it became clear that his problem was entirely unrelated - he didn’t have his stuffed animal.
I had a first “Tandem” meeting with a student from Mexico to interchange language. We’ll practice English and Spanish. I’m very excited to see where this goes.
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Work is exhausting. I spent the majority of the past week testing my patience and learning how to not be provoked by things that are very provoking. It’s a work in process.
We are reading a book called Frederick that Yannik Thiem gave me when I was small. It’s about a mouse that does not collect grains or nuts in preparation for winter. He collects sun rays. And colors. And words. I remember reading this book as a child and loving it. It brings back warm memories. When I was depressed, my mom told me to try collecting colors. and sun rays, like Frederick. I highly recommend looking the book up :)
I’m reading a very interesting book on Autism that has helped me make some sense of what I am seeing at work.
I’ve been doing Yoga with the kids and loving it!
Other than that….I enjoyed some alone time yesterday and today! I really needed to recharge, and what better way to do that than to sit by the lake, enjoy the sun, read, go for a run, sit in the sun a bit more, drink some mate, go to the market to buy fresh fish (I never do that!!!!), buy fresh bread rolls….Weekends spent like that are good weekends. Weekends spent away are also good. But not as relaxing.
Winter is over and spring is here and I’m so happy!!!
Sending you lots of sun rays!
