propa Crimbo

After all the excitement of coming home for Christmas, it's done and pretty much dusted. I've stuffed myself silly with food, so much so that I genuinely might cry if I see a turkey in the next few months. It's been a bit up and down due to family issues and new arrangements but on the whole, it's been rather good to be home!

ja, I'm still wearing this. Problem?

 I have been missing Paris, more Joe and Niamh than Paris itself but yeah, it's been so weird not being able to rock up to the Eiffel Tower whenever I want and it's been even weirder to realise just how polite England is!!! A cashier in Primark wished me a good day and I didn't know what to do with myself. On Saturday, I went to Argos to get myself a Kindle (I KNOW, ME) and I panicked when she spoke to me in English because for some bizarre reason I'd programmed myself to French that morning and ended up saying a broken sentence like this "Hi, Kindle, er, reserved?" She definitely thought I was a few sarnies short of a picnic.

Yes yes, I'm sure you're dying to know what made me, Kirsty Dwyer, collector of bookmarks and loyal defender of the paperback, decide to buy a Kindle. I do feel guilt-ridden and I've avoided eye-contact with my book shelves just in case they choose to take vengeance and throw themselves at me, but I really don't want to stop reading while I'm in Berlin and that was one of the worst things in Paris- it's just so impractical to keep buying books and having to heave them home again. This way, I can read to my hearts content while I'm away from home. I know what I'm like though; I'll probably still buy the hard copies because I just want them on my bookshelf.

my claw hand and Lewis on NYE, poser

Back to reality- I've booked my flight to Berlin! I'll be starting the second half of my year abroad on the 29th Janurary....so freaking soon and I've got nowhere to live yet. Oops.

I'm not half as worried as I was before I went to Paris though, which is odd because this time I'm working and won't have quite so much free time and it's a totally different board game. However, we all know my love for Germany so I think that's helping. I can't wait to pretend I'm German for 6 months.

I still have a fair bit to organise, mainly actually finding a roof to sleep under, getting my training agreement signed and packing some appropriate clothing - e.g intern outfits (I don't even know what I mean by that).

I'll do a Berlin bucket list soon, so for now it's HAPPY NEW YEAR and ta ta x