I haven’t been working very much lately. There have been a slew of French holidays coinciding with the days my class falls on. School holiday, May Day, also an article on Hub Pages, Victory Day, etc. Today I went to work for the first time in 3 weeks, no I don’t get paid when I don’t work so spare me the lucky you stories. My life in France has had its ups and downs. Some things have been a pretty easy adjustment for me and some things have been hard. Today was beautiful riding along the Canal. The trees were fully leaved, some in bloom, lots of people were out walking and riding their bicycles, and it was warm but not hot. When I feel a little sorry for myself I should remind myself of a few things, mainly, not everyone gets to ride their bicycle to work along a UNESCO World Heritage site. Really, the Canal du Midi is about 2 blocks from our apartment and then it is about 5 blocks from the building where my classes are. Basically the whole way to work. Not too bad.
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Breathtaking. I think its a wise thing to take stock of the things that are fantastic (in addition to easy transition and hard) … just for balance sake. Like this view. Difficult to replicate. I think the really shitty parts of life are the parts that make for the best writing, as well. Kind of like shit’s silver lining. (hope it is okay to say shit on your blog…if not, just edit me!)
This is not a “family” friendly blog so go ahead. I love the line from John Waters’ Cecille B Demented, “Family is just another word for censorship”