On my walk this afternoon, I simply drank in the rays of sunlight that hit my face through the trees. Today was the second of two partly-sunny days this year. And before that...I can't even remember, it's been so long. I wish I'd had my camera with me (it would sure make this blog more interesting). I think I may be in love...with sunshine! If you'd had non-stop grey skies for the past few weeks, I think you'd understand.
Life certainly has its ups and downs. I didn't work on Monday (yes!) because we had an ice storm on Sunday. (Check out Laura's saga here) I almost dawdled getting ready in the morning until I saw people slipping and sliding outside. Good thing I did, because I made sure I was extra careful on the way to the cathedral.
For those of you who don't know the layout of the town (which is most of you), the cathedral sits on a hill--a rather big one, in fact. It can be climbed by stairs, but when there's ice... I had a fun adventure ice skating :)
The next day, even though the ice was mostly gone thanks to a community effort (more on this in a minute), the students didn't show up at school, so I didn't have to go (whoopee for me!) the only annoying thing is that I spent all that time lesson planning. Grrr.
I think I have discovered a way to partially solve unemployment in France during the winter months--Hire people to put salt on the sidewalks and clean up the snow. I know, they don't do that here. Verdun was a giant ice rink. One of my profs told me that they have this snow thing down pat in the alps but not here (even though they get snow here pretty much every year). Whatever. I just hope I don't fall.
Now to more work!
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