family/friends: June 2007 Archives

so thomas completely surprised me.  the other day i was running around the airport like a madwoman desperately trying to gather students arriving in every terminal as far away as possible from the next.  i got to the last terminal for the last set of students and there he was.

i was utterly confused and surprised to say the least because i did not understand exactly who i was seeing.  he had told me all along that there was no possibility of him coming over here for 7 weeks.  so why would i be seeing him at the airport  with my students?  why would he be standing there?  surely it was some other german in thomas' clothes...

but no.  it was thomas who had decided that this would be a romantic and happy surprise to come and spend a week with me in paris.  and here he is.  sitting and drinking an espresso with me while he reads a book and i post this.  i must admit... i liked this surprise...

so how does a jeorg spend her days in paris?  well, she spends it by realizing how much she sucks back home.  you see, i have seen all sorts of people since i have gotten here.  i have had coffee with tons of friends.  spent hours gossiping, talking, hanging out, chatting it up... and there is nothing wring with this... except, they all live in the same town i do... in the states... literally.

now, i know you are thinking, what's wrong with that?  and the answer is nothing save the small detail that i never seem to be able to get together with these people back home.  but oh, fly to paris and suddenly we all have the time to hang out.  so weird that i have to travel 3000 miles just to have coffee with a friend. 

so two days ago, it was ali, and yesterday it was some colleagues, and today it is a friend from graduate school, and later this week another colleague.  i think maybe either i am too busy back home or i truly suck as a friend...