Pictures: Tram at Chamonix when I went skiing two weekends ago (amazing view from the top!), snowshoeing with Glocals group: my friend Poli from Bulgaria with her dog Neo, Andrea from Germany and Christophe (also German), Devan the 2 almost 3 year old, and me eating a chocolate eclaire at the festival (just after eating a molten chocolate brownie ;))
So, life with the Larys is pretty good. Devan (see pic) cannot be seen without his pucho (pacifier) and can't pronounce his R's or L's (so he calls me wowen). He also recently developed a "I can't wear sleeves" disorder. They are both really loving kids and I enjoy playing with them (most of the time). They are relentless question askers though, Geesh! Sometimes ignoring works, but only persistent ignoring...and then only sometimes...It will be interesting to see how they grow I think.
So, a lot has been going on, but not a lot at the same time. What I mean is: I've been having fun playing in an all night frisbee tournament, going snowshoeing/skiing on the weekends, checking out the chocolate festival in Versoix (my town just outside Geneve), going to French class, etc. But during the week, I don't do much and it's starting to get to me a bit. Yeah I go to class Tuesday and Thursday morning. Of course I babysit but...
I love my teacher and I've met some great people in that class as well. In fact, this girl Andy from Germany and I have been hanging out quite a bit. She's really a solid person and loves being outdoors as much as me. The last two weeks I was in a bit of a funk not wanting to go out really or play with the kids. Just a basic lac of energy. The sun is back and the weather is turning to spring though now and I'm shaking the funk. I think going for a couple runs helped as well.
So, I'm heading to Ireland tomorrow for the week. I'll be working on an organic farm again, but of course one of my goals for the trip is to drink a guinness for St. Patty's Day. I think I'll manage, but will write about my adventures after. It's also been decided that I'll be in Geneva til the beginning of May and then I'm off to Italy to volunteer for a Canadian non profit. It's just a couple weeks, but I'm really looking forward to it. I'm starting to get the itch to move on again, and I hope this trip to Ireland will passify the itch just for a couple more months.
