Anna

Aujourd'hui je ne suis pas fatiguée! :)

Tuesday, 8. September 2009, 13:17:37

Today I am oddly non-tired. A weird feeling, I tell you! I didn’t even sleep that well tonight, at least I don’t think so. I am not sure … I mean, I know that I slept ‘cause I remember dreaming (something about a train), but when I woke up I felt like I had not been sleeping well, if you know what I mean? Not to mention that there is a very annoying sound, like that from an alarm clock but very distant, that has been there for the last couple of mornings, driving me crazy. I am just glad that A. has heard it too, or I would be seriously worried about my ears … It’s the kind of sound that is so low that you can believe that you’re just imagining, but that still pierces your head like a needle … not very pleasant in the morning when one has just woke up! But waking up to A.’s smile and his hugs … well, that makes a morning so much brighter … Especially now that I don’t get up until 6:30 … we’re both a bit less sleepy then and actually exchange a few words as well as hugs in the morning … and that is so sweet! But gosh, I had a REALLY hard time leaving home this morning … just wanted to stay there with him! But he said he’ll come over after work, so at least I know that I will see him again soon. It’s such a great feeling to know … of course, he pretty much always does come over, but it’s a lovely thing to know all day for sure that he will!

Last night he did not show up until late and I actually managed to be quite a good girl during the evening. I had plans to do something useful, but hadn’t decided on what, but then one of the plants in the living room window decided to fall on the floor, and I had a good reason to do some serious cleaning/tidying in there … I even moved some things around a bit, which makes tidying a lot more fun. It’s not like I can make any huge changes with my furniture, but I moved a lamp and some ornaments and threw away some plants that had seen better days, and tidied the book shelf a bit … realizing that my row of books yet to be read has become very, very long … I really should do something about that before I buy any more books! But I hardly believe that’s an intention that I will keep to … buying new books is always so tempting! I also suppose that I should get rid of some books that I’ve already read and most likely will never read again. The question is what to do with them. Someone advised me to sell them on e-bay or something like that, but … does anyone really want to buy old books? It doesn’t seem worth the trouble somehow … I also watched some TV and cross-stitched a bit, trying to enjoy myself even without A.’s company. It shouldn’t be impossible now, should it? After all, I did survive to spend ALL evenings alone before … but I admit, it’s nicer when he’s around!

Today I spoke to the people at Medborgarskolan (I sent them an email and they called me back, don’t think I called them!) about French this autumn, and I am changing classes again. I felt like I’d rather go on Wednesdays like the first semester and also I wasn’t exactly pleased with the pace of the group last semester … so now I am jumping into another class, which has gotten a bit further than we did, so I have to read four chapters of the new book on my own. I’ve already pretty much learnt the first chapter and had a look at the second, so I should do alright, I hope. The alternatives were groups that had gotten even less into the first book than we did, and I really did NOT feel like that. I hope that this will work out just fine. Perhaps the extra challenge of having to catch up with work up my motivation for studying a bit? And I truly hope that the pace of this group will be a bit higher! Doing a chapter a week like we did the first semester sounds pretty reasonable to me, not doing a chapter every third week or so like we did this spring! The lessons start on September 23, so it’s just a couple of weeks away. I will miss out on the second lesson due to our trip to Paris, but I think that will be alright … after all, I will hopefully be practicing my French a bit in Paris, right?

My heart is yours! Sans toi je m'étais asséché

Comments

Gavin Sheedy # 8. September 2009, 13:44

The noise can be as simple as a machine sitting on an unstable base. I had a radio sitting on a ply that drove me crazy until I realised what it was.

It sounds like I should have been in the other class

Anna # 8. September 2009, 13:47

Well, I've been trying to figure out where it comes from. It might be from the neighbour living on the ground floor, but I am not sure. It would be kind of weird for the same sound to appear there for more than one morning, no? It sounds a lot like my alarm clock, only far away *sigh* SO annoying!

Haha, perhaps Maybe you would've been frustrated too. Some ppl just didn't seem to be paying attention at all, hence failing even the simplest exercises and then we did not get to go forward 'cause someone wasn't getting it, you know?! I wish I could have Pierre as a teacher again. I liked him

Gavin Sheedy # 8. September 2009, 16:41

Try plugging everything out for a night, then you'll at least have excluded that as a possibility. I mean, could it really be some-one who gets up earlier than us?

If that fails, maybe a diplomatic notice in the hall... "Whomever is letting their alarm ring during the night, SHUT THE F*CK UP!!!"

I really liked Pierre too. Just a pity that I had the other thing going on at the same time.

Anna # 9. September 2009, 06:00

Well, I am pretty certain it is not coming from my apartment ... and this morning it sounded even more like an alarm as it came in periods, almost like if someone snoozed it, yet let it ring forever every time. It's truly driving A and me nuts, I tell you :S Having one's own alarm go off in the morning is bad enough Not to mention that last night a car alarm kept going off and there were bangs and all sorts of weird sounds ... Not the most quiet neighbourhood ...