Some thoughts from today:
This morning we had fresh apple juice and I had carrot juice this afternoon before my language class so I would have some sugar in my brain to understand German. Not that this helps much, but I figure I had better do everything in my power to put the odds in my favor. Turns out our new teacher has lots of energy and speaks rapid fire. Somehow, she has singled me out as the person she can best speak with, ask questions of, etc and therefore sends quite a bit my way. I try not to have a glazed look in my eyes when I look back, although with language, it is hard to hide when you don't understand. Usually it takes me a full minute before I understand sufficiently to actually formulate a response. Then is takes another minute to actually let the German words bubble up from my subconscious and arrive on the tip of my tongue in order for me to gurgle and spit them out.
That being said, we had rain again today, for like, the 30th time since July 23. Where did our summer go? I have so much adjusting to do after living in Santa Fe. So much homesickness for our little house and garden and friends and Tai Chi classes and chiles and tortillas and pinto beans and oh, green chile chicken enchiladas, or huevos rancheros christmas, or...oh, i should stop now. The point is, homesick for everyone on that side of the Atlantic Ocean, especially in the mountainous areas of New Mexico and Colorado, and in Maine and Toronto, and Connecticut...I really which the states were across a slightly smaller body of water. Meanwhile, we make a life here, or begin to, slowly, not having the slightest idea what is going to happen, and less of an idea every day.
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