the wheels on the bus...
it's been one crazy week. even the weather has been strange. and it's only wednesday...
i spent most of yesterday running around paris with a group of 9th graders. good times. paris was...paris?? i mean, i don't know. it was my first time there, but i didn't really see much--at least i don't feel like i did. trying to keep track of which kids had run into some shop to buy postcards or which ones had stopped to take a picture (or 20) and hadn't caught up to us again yet was a fairly consuming endeavor and didn't leave much room for soaking in paris. plus, just having to interact with a bunch of kids in german--as something of an authority figure and not just socially--was a bit of a change--and not a particularly welcome one, really. the eiffel tower was a trip, though. it was just funny to watch people trying to take pictures. some people are incredibly creative.
so after a day of hardcore sightseeing sandwiched between two nights on a bus...i came home and slept all day. from 11:30 to 5:30ish, at least. and i'd slept some on the bus, too, that sort of in and out of almost sleep that happens on planes and trains and buses and isn't particularly restful but is still the envy of those who can't seem to sleep at all. actually, i was surprised that i was able to sleep as long as i did today. i mean, yeah, i had a couple of nights worth of sleep to catch up on, but that's not exactly different from my normal life. but sleep i did. and dreamed, too. strange, heavy, watery dreams that made me wish that i wanted to wake up.
i did get up in time to enjoy a few hours of daylight, though. i even dragged my sleepy ass outside and all the way to kuenzelsau to see a movie. by myself!! (another first for me this week.) everything is illuminated. i'm pretty sure it's out on dvd in the US by now, but it's just made it's way to hohenlohe. they were playing cat power in the theater, too, which was kind of random and cool and very un-kuenzelsau.
and now i'm going back to sleep. g'night.
i spent most of yesterday running around paris with a group of 9th graders. good times. paris was...paris?? i mean, i don't know. it was my first time there, but i didn't really see much--at least i don't feel like i did. trying to keep track of which kids had run into some shop to buy postcards or which ones had stopped to take a picture (or 20) and hadn't caught up to us again yet was a fairly consuming endeavor and didn't leave much room for soaking in paris. plus, just having to interact with a bunch of kids in german--as something of an authority figure and not just socially--was a bit of a change--and not a particularly welcome one, really. the eiffel tower was a trip, though. it was just funny to watch people trying to take pictures. some people are incredibly creative.
so after a day of hardcore sightseeing sandwiched between two nights on a bus...i came home and slept all day. from 11:30 to 5:30ish, at least. and i'd slept some on the bus, too, that sort of in and out of almost sleep that happens on planes and trains and buses and isn't particularly restful but is still the envy of those who can't seem to sleep at all. actually, i was surprised that i was able to sleep as long as i did today. i mean, yeah, i had a couple of nights worth of sleep to catch up on, but that's not exactly different from my normal life. but sleep i did. and dreamed, too. strange, heavy, watery dreams that made me wish that i wanted to wake up.
i did get up in time to enjoy a few hours of daylight, though. i even dragged my sleepy ass outside and all the way to kuenzelsau to see a movie. by myself!! (another first for me this week.) everything is illuminated. i'm pretty sure it's out on dvd in the US by now, but it's just made it's way to hohenlohe. they were playing cat power in the theater, too, which was kind of random and cool and very un-kuenzelsau.
and now i'm going back to sleep. g'night.
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