I'm a little out of it which means I probably shouldn't write on this thing, but oh well! I dunno, I'm kind of in a temporary funk actually. It hit me during our staff meeting a few minutes ago when I saw on the projector screen that a lot of the staff is leaving for the holidays. That leaves me home alone for like almost a month too. There are some families that will be here and also my Slovak friends but I presume they'll want to spend a lot of that time with their families--which I didn't really think about before! Being alone on Christmas, one day, isn't a big deal but I wonder how much time I'll be alone for a few weeks. Hmmm. Interesting. I wonder if I should visit someplace or somebody in Europe or something? I dunno, we'll see.
The times I feel most overwhelmed isn't when I have too much to do, it's when I have a lot of stuff to do that I don't really know how to do... like expense reports, design projects for people that I'm confused or uninformed about, etc. So all of the sudden I'm feeling a little stressed about stuff for some reason. Anyhoo, I'm gonna go get in on an English lesson or something.
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If you haven't seen this screening and have a chance to, go watch the entire film.
Well, I'm starting week #2 in Trnava and I thought I'd write a little something. Honestly I don't have anything specific to talk about but I wanted to check in for those of you far away who want to see how I'm doing. If you're interested, and haven't seen it yet, check out my facebook photos as well as my Slovakia blog (listed to the right) for more details.
In general I'm doing pretty well. I was telling one of my many bible study groups the other night that I felt like I was still sort of in the twilight zone. My body's here but my brain hasn't quite caught up to myself yet, if that makes sense. I asked them to pray that when reality hits, it won't hit me too hard and the transition will be alright.
I haven't had any horrible experiences yet really. I've had a few interesting confrontations with strangers and a little sick here and there, but yeah- all in all pretty well. Hey actually I think I'm going to write a more detailed account on my SK blog (www.andetrumanslovakia.blogspot.com), so check that out if you're interested! And come to think of it, I think I'm not going to write general updates on this blog. This one is for more personal and random stuff- cool?
....SUCKS! Okay, it's not that packing for that long is hard, per se. What's hard is that each bag can only weigh 50 lbs. and I could easily get 100 lbs. in each bag! I'm so frustrated with this. Not only do I have to pack everything I need in 2 bags, but I have to make boxes labeled "Someday send me", "Don't send me" and "Send me now". The "Send me now" I'll send on Monday to myself. Everything else I own I have to box up and store it in the attic. So it's not just packing for a trip, it's like moving too!
So a few days ago I weighed my bags and both were 15 lbs. overweight and I didn't even put in books OR shoes yet. So I was thinking I'd just pay to have it too heavy, but that would cost me $250. So poo on that. Anyway I finally got my bags under 50 lbs. but I'm leaving behind so much stuff I want and I don't like that feeling.
Oh by the way, when you weigh yourself, do it on a hard surface and not carpet. I was weighing myself to weigh my duffle bag and it said I had gained a JUNK load of weight in the past 10 months. So for 2 days I was so depressed! Then I thought I should weigh myself on a hard floor... well the story doesn't end that great because I still gained some weight, but half as much as I thought I did. So yeah, lesson learned.
Here's a stack of my clothes that I started out with after filtering once- it's like 1/3 of that now. :(
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