Thank God It’s Friday
Today I couldn’t get up as early as yesterday. I kept hitting the snooze button until it was 7:30 am, then finally decided I needed to get up somewhen and it might as well be now. It’s not even like I was especially tired and needed the sleep. It was nearly the opposite. Every time the alarm went off I was awake. It was more that the bed was so warm and cozy, so I kept snuggling under the blanket with Pi and enjoying the warmth.
I am so happy that it’s close to weekend now. After all the stress I want to really be able to relax. It’s not that I really had to work that much for my tests, but I am always amazed how stress gets you even though you don’t feel that stressed. It was even worse when I had to work on my project for the finals. I didn’t even have to hurry, I was under no great pressure at all, still once I was done I was so tired for three whole days I couldn’t believe it. Bottom line is, I need the weekend.
Pi is going to Krefeld today for an interview at some company. I don’t really know what they want from him and I think he doesn’t know a lot of details either. Hopefully it will turn out to be good. Then tonight we are invited for dinner. I still don’t know if I should leave here early and go home and try to relax a little bit or if I should just stay at work longer and go straight to Helene’s place from work. I haven’t made up my mind yet. On the one hand I would love to get some rest, on the other hand it would be a good thing to do overhours again. For now I’m still here.
I have no idea what I could do here. I’m also not motivated enough to look for something to do or ask someone to give me something to do. I’m a really lazy trainee right now. Not happy about it. I hope my attitude will change for the better starting next week. I can’t possibly be at work for two more weeks without anything to do. I am planning to do the presentation (which is another necessary part of me finisching my training) on my project, but apart from that… well, we’ll see.
I had a day off on Wednesday. Since the weather was nice enough for the season (meaning: no rain), Pi and I decided to take a walk. We didn’t have any specific idea where to go, so we just took off and walked by the indoor pool (because Pi wanted to check the prices) and then up Kölner StraÃ?e. We then kept walking and decided to try to go all the way to Wiesdorf. I didn’t even know how far that would be, but I figured considering the nice fresh air that we would have no problems making it. It was a really nice long walk and I am happy we did it. It sometimes takes some convincing of Pi to drag me outside but I usually give in because I know he’s right. I can be very lazy, especially when I have a day off. Of course we made it to Wiesdorf. I checked it later on the internet and now I know that we must have walked about 5 kilometers. Not exactly an impressive distance, but still a long walk.
We then walked around the pedestrian precinct, going into shops every now and then and mostly had a nice time, then took the bus back, got a little something to eat in Opladen and went home. An afternoon nicely spent.
By the way I asked Pi if we should start to try running again. We tried to back in Bonn, but my motivation ran out pretty soon. Now I think I may want to try again. Only I would first need to get some running clothes. Shoes I have somewhere, appropriate clothes not so much. I always want to try to do something good for my body and health but I never actually do it. I’ve never been into sports and I might never be. But I’m willing to give it a shot.
There’s this girl here at work who I worked with from time to time. Her name is Kerstin and she’s about a year older than me (I guess). She always talks about how she spends her time running or swimming after work and I admire her for that. Then she told me that back in school she wasn’t into sports at all. She just started after her graduation when she already was a trainee here and now she’s doing 20-kilometer-runs and everything. Anyway, hearing this made me think that maybe there is still hope for me, if I can just get over my laziness and just start it.
I just talked to Pi. He called me on my cell and I called him back from the phone at work (naturally). He’s already on his way to Krefeld, apparently his interview got scheduled some time earlier. This most probably means that we are both indeed going home before we go to Helene’s. I might even stay here longer and try to catch the train Pi is on on his way back, so we can get back home together.
These last days I’m back at the piano some more. I have some ideas for songs in my head and constantly repeat them and change them and try to get the right lyrics together. Songwriting for me is mostly a trial and error thing. I just start something and with time it either gets together or it does not. This might be the right time to draw your attention to the soundfile I added to my profile for this blog. That’s really actually me singing and that was really actually me and Pi composing. I have some other mp3-files on my other website. You can go to http://www.jamieaffolk.com and listen to them.
I got another mail today with an invitation to a birthday party next weekend. Unfortunately it’s on the same day my father wants to celebrate his birthday. I’m kind of torn, but not really. I guess we’ll go to that other party, especially since we hardly see Joerg (who invited us) and I see my father a lot. Apart from that, I think it’s really nice that he invited us. We are not really that close and have only met at other people’s parties so far, so I was really surprised that he thought of us and asked us to come. We can still go and see my father a day later or so. I hope he isn’t too disappointed when I tell him. He was really disappointed when I didn’t invite my parents to my birthday party two months ago and I had a hard time convincing myself that it was perfectly normal and okay not to invite your parents to your 24th birthday.
I think that’s enough for now. I will now try to amuse myself with something else. Or, if I’m very lucky, I will find something useful to do.
PS: For lunch I had canelloni filled with ricotta cheese and I guess what was spinach and again a little salad. At the moment I’m going all vegetarian at work.
Current mood: Can’t wait to get home.
Listening to: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus (I can’t help it. I really like that song.)