Sorry for not writing
yesterday – nothing really special happened. For future reference, here’s a
basic rundown of how my days usually work:
7:00 AM – Up, dressed,
and get the kiddos ready for school.
7:45 – bitties at school
8:00 – I leave for
language classes
9:00 – Language class
starts. It goes until
12:00 – out of school,
walk home or explore, stop somewhere for lunch, I’m free until
4:00 – pick the bitties
up, go to the playground until
6:00 – home for some
dinner for the bitties, play and books
7:00 – Daniel goes to bed
8:00 – Elsa goes to bed,
and I’m free until
10:00 – when I go to bed
It’s not terribly
exciting, but I get about 4 hours in the afternoon to explore to my heart’s
content, and then a few hours in the evening to rest, read, and/or write.
My lunch, and yes -- it was as delicious as it looks. |
I found it with no
problem (passed the zoo on the way) and while I think I’ll go back, because
they had pretty good prices and seemed nicely busy, they didn’t have anything I
wanted today. Well, ok – that’s a lie. They had two books from the Harry Potter
series in mint condition, with the British covers, for only €4 each. But I have
the books on my kindle and don’t really need to cart two big hardback books
home when I leave so… With great reluctance, I put them back.
Lovely, no? |
On my way home, I came
across The British Bookstore and couldn’t resist the urge to go in. Small
place, but a very good selection of (hallelujah) English books. I even found
one in a €2 bin called Into The Labyrinth
by Roderick Townley. It’s the sequel to The
Great Good Thing, which I’d picked up on a whim months ago and adored – I didn’t
even realize there was a sequel! So
that was a nice buy – a consolation prize for having abandoned the HP books. :D
Victor and I took the
bitties with us shopping this evening so Anna could clean house a bit. I saw a
girl wearing an “I am S-H-E-R locked” shirt and so very nearly said something –
and now I regret that I didn’t – but it’s just not normal to speak to utter
strangers in the shop here. You pretend they don’t exist, and they do the same
for you. So I gave in to cultural pressure and just smiled hopefully at her.
She didn’t notice – but it’s nice to know that there’s at least one other nerd
in this city. LOL
Oh, and I found a dead
bird today. :( I was walking home and saw it on the sidewalk just in front of
our building. I thought maybe it was just stunned or had a broken wing or
something, so I bent down to see – but it was dead. I’m not ashamed to say that
I – a great big adult living more-or-less on her own in a foreign country –
teared up a little. I scooped the poor thing up (so light and delicate) and laid
it in the bushes where nature could handle the problem. (Don’t worry, Mom, I
washed my hands right away.)
Anyway, that’s been my
day. Nerds and dead birds, books and exploring. Not a bad day, if I do say so
myself. :D Hoping to do a video entry soon. I’ll have to wait for a day when I
have the house to myself for a bit – Anna or Victor have been home the last few
days when I get back from class.
More later,
~Mags
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