The couch saga has ended. We got rid of the old one, the landlord didn't foist her basement couch on me. We have two wooden chairs from Senegal (they're very low) and are otherwise quite content to just leave the living room as is. I'll have to buy a roll-up mattress for guests, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. It's weird, but I am really enjoying the empty space in our teeny little room. I even do my work on the floor now.
Meanwhile, it is BEAUTIFUL in Paris now and I am trying my damndest to keep some balance in my life. I am aching to be outside as much as possible, and I have indulged with an hour or two on a cafe terrace each day, along with a decent amount of walking to and fro.
These are sacrifices I am making in terms of time, but they are well-needed breaks for my overall well-being. Otherwise, I might just sink under the pressure of things I have to get done, and suffer from the agony of being indoors when the sky is so blue.
The work situation is a little overwhelming -- my job is getting faster and faster paced and I feel myself just keeping afloat. I'm managing, but whoa. My boss, however, is quite happy: we exceeded our projected sales numbers, and I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being a little giddy about that.
Meanwhile, I have exams coming up in four weeks. I know to a lot of people, four weeks seems like a long while. I used to be one of those people, myself. But not working very hard for the entire school year is catching up with me, and I am just now coming to terms with how much I have to study to make up for all this lost time. I've never really been a studier (anybody who has been in school with me can pretty much attest to that), but there's not really any other option. Memorizing vocab requires studying, no way around it. So I'll have to make do. Hell, I've even made flashcards.
With that, I return to the books.
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