I am awakened twice everyday. First is by my love’s alarm clock—this means getting up for a few minutes to make coffee for him and see him leave for work. I love doing that especially because in this way, we are able to share a little bit of time in the morning. Second is by my alarm clock which alarms at 9:00 or by the cleaning lady—whichever comes first. Thing is, I go back to bed and try to get an hour and a half of sleep after my love is gone. Sometimes I am lucky… most of the time, not—like today, the cleaning lady came in at 8:15. I have to get up then to tell her that she’s not supposed to do the dishes anymore and it’s impossible to sleep after this because I can hear her moving around the flat.
I know it’s not a real problem. Lack of sleep is not a problem but lack of things to do is. I am so bored! It’s been more than two months since I started looking for a teaching job and I didn’t know that getting one here in Changchun is really that difficult. There are offered jobs somewhere outside Changchun but we don’t want that. It would mean not being able to see each other everyday again.
Oh well, life. Can’t have everything at one time.
On the other hand, I am really looking forward on how my German will turn out. We are planning to visit my love’s parents sometime in the summer and I wonder if I will be able to speak to them by then. Talk about anxiety.
