Happiness is…

doing free shots with the cute waiter on a random Saturday night!

The Bar or the Boy?

For a Friday at work it was a terrible day and so off to the local cocktail bar for big cocktails we went! On Fridays my colleagues split into three sections: the lame ones who go home, the rough ones who go drink the local beer at the local pub and the fun ones who head downtown for half priced jumbo cocktails. The place we go has huge drinks for little money and so it’s become a traditional place to unwind.

There is also a very very cute waiter who seems to always be working when I’m there. We always kind of flirt but last night it was really fun and very obvious. The good thing is that we finally got each other’s names. The bad thing is that he thought I was Australian… The good thing was that he brought me a “special” drink that was filled with candy on skewers and glow sticks and was really a sight to behold. He also was speaking English with me which hasn’t happened until last night. Now seriously, nothing will happen there except for some fun Friday flirting and nothing can happen. I like the bar too much to risk a bad situation and not being able to go back there. My English friend S tells me that one must take his or her local pub very seriously and never get involved with waiters or “barmaids” as he put it. The pub is too important. While that seems a bit extreme I think I have to abide by that. Maybe he just enhances the overall experience but he isn’t worth risking losing the best cocktails in the city over. Oh so nice to see I have my priorities in order!

Oh and I heard from the Engineer. He has returned from 9 days of solid grape picking… whaaaat?

Caffeine, Clothes and Crazy…

I really need to stop caffeinating before German classes but who am I kidding? That isn’t going to happen! Anyway my Thursday German lessons are oh-so-much better than the Monday ones. We have this jovial old man teach us on Thursdays and I think he finds most of us very amusing. At least he’s pretending to be entertained by our idiocy. It makes it much more fun.

So I’ve been communicating quite a lot with the Music MAN.. and I dig his style. We have a few issues with the timing of the big production but he’s wanting to keep me on board and so trying to work around my situation… My situation being whether I stay or go after this year. While I have been planning to leave in June, I am finding that Year 2 is so much more fun and I’m loving this place a lot these days and so the thought of leaving when I’m finally figuring out life here.. is somewhat unsettling. Yet relocation is unsettling no matter what…but that’s for another time. the Music MAN is really quite cool and I’m really hoping this working together thing works out. So we’ll see…

The other thing of note that recently happend has to do with Mr. October. Remember him? From almost a full year ago.. wow time flies. Anyway things ended very badly between us and I have been feeling very guilty about how I handled things. A lot was going on in my life at the time and I think I really handled things badly. Over the past months he has been known to send out feeler-messages but nothing more than: “How are you?” or something along those lines. I tend to reply and then hear nothing for a few months. It’s strangely unsettling and part of me has been tempted to just lay it all out and try and explain myself better but then I don’t know what that would accomplish except to in some backwards way make me feel better. Alright so– Mr October and I had a brief chat on the weekend that was relatively pleasant… which made me happy. I didn’t get to really explain anything and I don’t know if I will but the fact that the blood isn’t all bad anymore is a good thing. So there you have it!

So yet again.. things are going on but nothing is going on…

However.. I am getting something that resembles fit and my clothes are starting to look baggy… which means a major shopping trip is on the horizon!

I feel I brought this on myself…

Oh the stupid things we do for love to stay awake in German class…

After a particularly tiring Monday of teaching and meetings I was not feeling very up for 2.5 hours of Deutsch and needed a bit of a pick-me-up. So K and I stopped into the nearby Starbucks for a quick fix. I got a Cafe Americano and an Espresso brownie… It barely worked during the class but it has sure kicked in now… I need to sleep but there is no way that’s happening for a loong time!

I have only myself to blame…

It’s a little bit funny…

I adore September! I love how the nights start to get cool, the sweaters start to come out, the leaves start to turn… and there is a definite move toward the “cosy factor”. I also love how the fall seems to be filled with possiblities. There is an excitement in the fall… a realization that there is a whole year stretching ahead and who knows what is to come!

Thursday night I went to visit one of my favourite colleagues. She’s the kind of woman that I want to be one day and definitely a kindred spirit. She knows a guy and she knows me and she thinks we’d be “creatively compatible” and so shie invited us both over for a glass of wine. He is involved in the musical aspect of community musicals and needs a director for his next project. So my friend thought of me and introduced us.

Well I walk into her house, full of cold symptoms and my head buzzing from having just spent 2 hours in German class and there he is! He’s a man! And not like a little boy man but a real man! I was a bit taken back because I didn’t actually think he would be good looking. Anyway it was a tad awkward as we both knew we were supposed to discuss this creative project but we weren’t totally sure why else our mutual friend wanted us to meet. Honestly, and this isn’t the cold medication talking, I think there was some sort of underlying chemistry.

Anyway it was a good night. Oh, he also mentioned that he’s had a girlfriend for a bazillion years (DAAMMMNN!!!) but he will never marry her… (hmmm) why did he tell me that? They don’t live together and they don’t plan to… so what is that about? It’s kind of bizarre to tell a total stranger the ins and outs of your relationship. Well obviously I won’t be trying to make any sort of move with HER in the picture but to know that “men” like this exist.. talented, intelligent, together.. good looking.. is a refreshing reminder! And even if it’s just a matter of having a good working relationship and knowing people outside of School here.. I’m good with it! So he has my contact details and we’ll see what happens next… I am excited at the idea of getting involved in a dramatic production and meeting more people in the area!

Single in Europe is still.. Single

Alright so here I am living in Europe, a single girl with the big bold age of 30 looming in the distance. Actually I’m not dreading the 3-0 but at the same time it is a milestone age and milestone ages are ages that tend to cause a person to reflect. But then again.. I still have to turn 29 in December and so.. I shall leave the reflection for another time.

 

Alright so back to living in Europe and being single… Sometimes I am totally happy as a single girl and I’m intrigued by the possibility of maybe one day meeting the ONE or even someone but lately I am finding it rather depressing.

 

My backburner is empty and the only man who I would even consider as serious potential has recently returned from some sort of grape-picking venture in France and feels he has found his true calling! WTF?? Oh the hopes and dreams I had for him.. for us but I am not the makings of a fruit pickers wife and so shall let him go find himself on a grape farm or in a winery somewhere and I shall proceed to get on with my life.

 

I suppose it is nice to just get some form of attention… and it’s unsettling when it is fleeting. Deep down I know that if it is meant to be, it will be but still! A little something in the meantime would be most welcome at this point!

Arrrghhh!

I hate Engineers!

These are the happy days…

I find it harder to write when things are going well. It’s so much easier to vent but then again it’s probably more pleasant to read someone’s happy stuff than depressing drivel… so yeah.

This year is going great so far. I seriously teach some of the funniest kids in the world! Even though they are kinda wild, they make me laugh so it’s hard to stay mad for long.

I’m coordinating the school trip to Thailand again and quite excited because I can pretty much do it my way and I think.. well let’s face it.. my way is the best way! I’m in the process of selecting kids and making applications and all of that.. very soon I’ll know my team for sure!

I also accidentally told my Headmaster that I’m leaving at the end of the year and he was surprisingly supportive. He’s a good guy though… AND the brilliant thing is that as long as I resign by the end of December he’ll give me 1200 euros to put towards job fairs… which will be swell as I’m probably going to be attending one in Asia… that’s right folks… I can’t afford this European luxury anymore and so back to SEAsia I go! Well not exactly back to where I was before but back in the general vicinity… I need the moolah! And all this German efficiency has made me really miss Asian chaos!

I’m also being a good little Auslander and signed up for more German lessons. Not exactly sure why except that my new friend wants to take lessons and I figure it’ll be a nice bonding activity. Plus the classes are right downtown and you know what else is right downtown??? My favourite cocktails! You can only imagine how this will turn out…

I’m also trying to go back to London for October break on my Asia Miles.. do you know how hard it is to actually claim those things??? Very! Anyway I’ll see what I can do…

Alright well.. this has been fun and now I should really get to work!