It was a nice weekend and I even managed to get a bit of work done – never enough – and relax too! π
Now, it’s time to get back to it. Need another chapter out in the next couple of days and have to just settle in to it. Will be heading off to a cafe soon for that! π
For the past week I’ve had CSers staying with me. They are a nice older couple from Torun, Poland. The husband speaks pretty good English and the wife hardly speaks a word, though she seems to understand quite a bit. For the most part, they are fairly easy to have around and I’m sure it is nice for them to be able to stay in a ‘home’ rather than a hotel where they can cook and all that jazz. It’s not a big deal to have them here and yet I am finding myself more and more annoyed by their presence. WHY?!
Small things are irritating me like: *they finished my water bottle in about four days that would have taken me another week to finish and they have yet to buy more to replace it; *the man talks to me about seemingly trivial things while it is quite apparent that I am in the middle of working or doing something else; *they are around most of the day; *etc. etc.
In the grand scheme of things, none of this should bother me. Maybe I’m stressed about other things or maybe I am just getting old and set in my ways?! I am hoping it’s the former rather than the latter. M suggested that perhaps I should limit the time that CSers can stay rather than allowing such a long stay. I think this is a practical solution to avoiding future angst as I don’t want to stop having CSers, but I find it a bit tiring to have people I don’t know in my home for so long….<sigh>
It’s a good challenge for my introverted and anti-social personality. π
Anyway, they are gone tomorrow and then I shall take a little break from the sharing of my home for a bit – until after I submit my dissertation and school is in full swing. That way, I can avoid at least that stressor. π
More to come,
~T
