26.10.10

Zombie


"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."


Days are becoming those of you clutching your winter coat. As the winter air bites against your cheeks and whispers it's secrets of the coming of winter. And you shiver as it kisses your nose and fingers. My nose reminisces that of Rudolph in about the time of two minutes. I fear that everywhere I step I stick out like a sore thumb. But every day I am told of how Austrian I look. Thank goodness that my dreadfully pale complexion is one of normality here.
My days have dwindled down to normalities and reminders of my life at home. My school schedule is that of bliss without Math, French, Physics, and others. My mind pounders and strings together sentences of German quicker than I ever though it would. And my English skills seems to be at a standstill. As I have to conjure up the English word when asked by a friend now instead of it just easing off of my tongue.
Austria is still an obscured land to me. With secrets of manners and postures that I am just now discovering. It seems that it will never completely unravel its mysterious at once, like I oh so desperately wish it would.
School days are regular occurrences now. It has become less exhausting, but sometimes my eyes seems to flicker on and off with my brain. Class schedules are starting to be memorized like they should be and I scurry in every morning now feeling like this is my class. It is, however, a tremendous adjustment changing. American schools retain little similarities to that of Austrian.
November is almost halfway through now and I feel as though I wrote the other day. Yet so many things have happened. So many travels have taken place. I have been to Vienna twice. Celebrated a birthday with a friend, seen castles, drank coffee outside, visited a cemetery, and countless other things.
Your life always seems normal to you, even when it is swimming with countless events. But I enjoy that. Never feeling overwhelmed, never stressed. Just simply here. Where I want to be.

Current Book: Pride and Prejudice

1 comment:

  1. Ahhhh Samantha, the metamorphosis is darn near complete! Before you know it, you will have this incredible disdain for Hershey's, Kraft mac-n-cheese and McDonald's. (I chose the stereotypical "American junk") You'll come home thinking the Cheese Monger is the only decent place to buy cheese and the Anjou bakery for bread... (that's ok. I haven't gone exchange and I feel the same way)

    Just reading your blog makes me smile and tear up knowing that we've chosen well and you are making the world a better place. Thank you!

    I got a Kindle and Pride & Prejudice was the first book I loaded...

    XOXO
    Robin

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