miscellaneous variables that irk and delight

irk:

- i am now sharing my room for the next 2 weeks, with the girl who is replacing me when i move away. (she had to move into our apartment early due to a gap between her former lease and taking over my own. wilkommen in new york!) she is very nice, but also intense with very, very little sense of personal space. oh, sigh sigh sigh.

- wearing my green winter coat ONE MORE DAY may kill me.

- my desk is still grey, and sitting in front of my computer in this little cube still swallows the majority of my day.

- toni is no longer here :(

- all things combine to make me feel SO DONE with my current living situation. new york? still charming. gray work environment for 4 more weeks + cramped apartment w/ no privacy = hello, berlin!

- that being said, another irk: german prepositions. AH why are they the hardest thing to master in any language?! and throw in cases?! GAH.

BUT! delight!:

- my work-mate gave me a gorgeous tulip today, symbol of spring, symbol of the soon-to-be warm weather in my new soon-to-be home of berlin.

- listening to wnyc's classical station while at said grey desk, it is utterly lovely and gavin bryer's "the south downs" just played and i nearly floated away from everything.

- mom is coming in 2 weeks! yay! :)

- did i mention that toni in all his kindness hauled a VERY HEAVY suitcase of dresses and books all the way back to berlin for me? this makes my own load SO much lighter. oh, toni.

- did i further mention that mom offered to do the same? moving cross-continents with stringent air berlin baggage allowances calls for considerable aid from loved ones in the form of taking an extra suitcase back on their flights. ah, the kindness and love!

- mcnally jackson tonight + free talk at tenement museum tomorrow night + met opera thursday night = delightful new york city wonder.

hope your delights win out over your irks today :)

much love to you all,

an overly irritable [and trunky] version of myself.