Things are so good here. Today I hiked up the ol' mountain to do some research. If I were ever not happy to be a scientist, it would be times like these that would remind me how lucky I am to do what I love more than anything, and call it work. Tomorrow I think that I will ride my bike to the neighboring villages to look for my plant. Awesome.
I had one of the best weekends that I have ever had... enjoying nature and the company of strangers, one of whom I really believe will become a lifelong friend. It is so beautiful to find people in other places that understand who you are because they have similar experiences and take joy in the same things that you take joy in. It was a little difficult to come back into life where I cannot fully communicate what I am trying to say, and thus some of the emotions I want to convey are lost, and all of the stories I want to tell cannot reach their full potential. I do not mean that I am not enjoying myself here- and there are definitely numerous joys to learning a new language, and conveying love and emotion with phyical touch and laughter if not words. However, I cannot say that I did not feel a little twinge of saddness when my new friend left yesterday morning.
The rest of the day was beautiful and awesome. Rode bikes to see Mirko, Darinka, Ana, and Eva. It is so funny how all grandmothers are the same... I am going to be 3x my size when I return... everyone we visit here in Slovenia forces food down our throats. Yesterday I tried to refuse it, until everyone thought I was rude. What a battle.
On the way home, Anča and I stopped at her friends house (actually, so that we could drop off a corset for her friend's mother to help her back... it was very strange and hilarious watching three Slovene women trying to put a very small corset on a very large lady, speaking in a Russian-rooted language the whole time). I am picking up more and more bits and pieces of converstaions all of the time... however, this time they were all trying to cheer up my aunt, and I did not know why. Nada translated what she said for me:
It is stupid to be sad. Why not just be happy?
What a beautiful, rough translation of a good word. I definitely do not think that is exactly how she said it in Slovene, but the translation was awesome. Thanks, Nada. Today was great. I do think that it is vaild to be sad, but I think its more valid to enjoy being where I am, hiking to Sveta Ana, and calling it science.
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