Back in the blogging seat

I had another day off work yesterday as I felt truly awful. I am a bit better today and was so tired of being inside that I will be happy to finish my work week and have a relaxing weekend. Due to the sicky nature of this week, I have no more tales for you than those involving snotty noses and DVD watching whilst under a big duvet. Hopefully those days are behind me now and I can have a good weekend and a lovely few days at school before half term at the end of next week.

I will be recieving my honoured visitor on the first Sunday of the holidays and I will then be returning to Gods own country with them on the following Wednesday. I have big plans for those few days in North Yorkshire and I must say that I have been missing my little Yorkshire town like crazy. I have a fabulous Friday planned with some shopping and lunch at Meltons Too in York with J and maybe S. I just want to be there for some reason, York keeps climbing into my dreams. Nothing like being by yourself in an apartment ill to make you think fondly of home.

Sleeper Cell

I spent the whole day yesterday with my mouth open, heavy breathing and staring into space. Having a lovely dose of Sinusitis meant that I had the day off work and spent it in my pyjamas feeling awful and surrounded by tissues, menthol oil and tylenol. Three discs of 'Supernatural' saw me through most of the day but I had to supplement that with some episodes of the US version of 'The Office' which I have been meaning to watch for a while now to see how it compares.

I couldn't even muster the strength to sit and blog. Such was my life yesterday, it's hardly rock and roll is it?

Pictures from my Saturday at the Market

This weeks theme...

seems to be language learning. I have my third Hungarian lesson after school today and I have to say that I am really enjoying them. Being naturally lazy, I imagined that Friday night after school would be the worst time to have a language lesson. In actual fact, I find myself really looking forward to them. The Teacher is lively and keeps a good pace through the lessons, so I feel like my attention never gets the chance to wander. And I already feel like I slip the odd word into the interactions in my Budapest world more.

I do love learning languages, but I get totally carried away. I am teaching beginners German to a student this year, and decided this morning that I was going to do a GCSE exam in German as something to aim for. You will recall that earlier this week I began learning Spanish. Do not believe that I am linguistically gifted, I just like the sounds and the words and not being one of those English people who just expect every-one in the world to speak English all the time. I will probably be having a go at Arabic or Hebrew by the end of next week...now there are a couple of languages that I would love to learn.

No apagues la luz

Sometimes I start stuff and never get it finished. I am interested in so many things, that I get excited, think I will commit to something and get bored soon after. Obviously, this is not going to happen with my latest venture, which is learning some Spanish for my trip to Madrid. Let us forget for a moment that I will little more than see the inside of a conference hall, but that is very much not the point.

I love learning languages through music and on this occasion it is Enrique Igelsias who is to be my guide. So far I have the ability to explain to a Spanish suitor that I would prefer that the lights stay on, handy I am sure you agree. It has to be said that my love of Spanish lyrics has been an ongoing affair and it is only recently that I decided to charge my Ipod with a 'Learn Spanish' CD. It is by a company called Earworms and I have to say that I am sure it will give me enough Spanish to get me through my trip without hanging onto a phrase book. I don't know why I am so excited about my trip, it is only a conference after all, but no cuido, excited I will be.

"Si decides dejarme
No te voy a suplicar
Allá tú si más tarde
Aunque corras, te escondas no puedes escapar"
Escapar - Enrique Iglesias

View of the world

I love going home on the tram and seeing the view of the Parliament building as I whip past. I like that the leaves are slowly starting to turn brown. I love that you need a cardigan to walk to the bus stop, but do not need one to walk home with. I hate that it is dark when I wake up. I don't like that between now and January there will be a hundred blog posts about the darkness.

I like that this weekend will be full of exploring and sleep. I like that I will be able to go to Market Hall, which I have been looking at in my guidebook for weeks. I like that I have a free lesson this morning, which means I can go downstairs and make a cup of tea. I like autumn coming, and looking at my big bowl of fat conkers on my coffee table. I like work, but I would hide away in my apartment and like that more if I could, so work is probably a good thing.

Hola!

L left this morning in a taxi on her way to Keleti to get a train to Vienna. She has probably already arrived and seeing the sights. Work for me, and as Mondays often are after a great weekend, you feel the bump back down to reality a little to keenly for my liking. This has been made all the better by the news that I am going to Madrid for 5 days in November for a conference. I have been to Spain before, but never Madrid, so as you can imagine, I am extremely excited.

I miss L already, the flat seems quiet without her, her energy just totally filled by little apartment and even though she only stayed for two days, it was clear that it has been far too long since we last saw each other. I have a mound of Banana muffins that will remind me of her long after she is gone though.