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Partly I can push the blame on this picture.
Can't exactly blame the picture, now can I? I can, however, blame the thing on the picture. It's my laptop's charger. And that wire that looks like a twisted leg finally broke and gave it's final puff of smoke (yeah, smoke) on 20th of November. It became semi-useable on 17th of November with the help of some acrobatic exercises, so I was able to get the main things I needed from my laptop onto my phone/mp3 player. After the 20th I was able to use my employer's laptop for a short amount of time when I asked (because, hey, hers and all), which meant that I was able to check my mailbox daily, reply to the letters and occasionally even sneak into the forum.
Was able to poke my brother about me getting a new charger and we did get one. The bad thing was that since it was December by that time, the postal office said that it wouldn't get here before New Years. That would've been pointless, though, since I had a chance to be in Estonia from December 23rd to January 4th. So, they didn't send me and it turned out to be a good thing. We discovered that the one my brother purchased for me, didn't fit my laptop. More about Estonia in my next post, though.
So. I was in France with pretty much no knowledge of the language for longer than a month without my laptop and with very limited means of contacting the outer world. What I had was about half an hour of laptop-time every evening (because it always feels weird to use someone else's laptop for a longer time), my two phones with texting abilities and the landline than enables me to call the landlines all over Europe.
Doesn't sound too bad, right?
Well...it certainly got easier by the end. At first it was quite difficult. When I look back at it right now, I just feel really lucky that I had and still have Chris. We had limited time we got to spend together (if you can call it that) as it was because of some issues he had to deal with, so it wasn't that bad, but it was still pretty difficult at first. I mean, I was used to having him around for hours and hours, I could talk to him, hear his voice and then it went to one hour (two or sometimes even three) over YIM and then...eight minutes or so over the landline. I guess it's not exactly cold turkey, but still not that easy and not that pleasant.
For a week or so, I got to talk to him about eight minutes a day because the phone he was using had a very bad battery. On 29th of November, he made me a really nice surprise -- they got a new phone. And he didn't tell me anything about it, either. Kinda went 'Hey, check the phone and see how long have we talked' during the phone call. XP Whoever is reading this cannot even fathom how happy it made me to see those 22 minutes on the landline's screen. This meant that we could talk however long we wanted without having to fear that the line on the other end would go dead any moment now. I got to say my final 'I love you', hear it back and then go to sleep with a smile on my face. It did make my sleep calmer and my days brighter, I can tell you that for sure. :P
I phoned home more frequently as well, got more active with my Pilates schedule, went for walks more often, read a lot, picked up writing again, did lots of thinking and during weekends spent time outside the apartment, often with the nannies. Just to get out and do something else. Have to say that this forced time away from everything got me to appreciate the importance of just...being and doing nothing. Just you and your thoughts. Can do lots of good for a person every now and then. :)
Right about now, I'd tell about my trip to Estonia. Since it'll be a rather long one, I'll post it as post #12. Will be easier to read like this.
Click here if you want to read it. :3
For now, however...cheers, lovelies~ :)
M.
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