Back to School: Back to Life

I would like to say it was a quiet morning here in my apartment.  That I awoke to sun gently streaming through windowpanes as birds sang in a bright new morning (isn't that how everyone wakes up?).  Yes, I would like to say that I awoke gently, believing, just for a moment, that all is right with the world.  Upon waking I would stretch, cat-like, and momentarily pause, not quite ready to leave my covers just yet. Perhaps read in bed for a bit before leaving it.  Those are my favorite ways to start my mornings.

Alas, this was not one of those mornings.  Instead this morning consisted of waking up to a little girl who was screaming/sobbing in our stairwell that She. Did. Not. Want. To. Go. To. School.  (Really, it's not so different than in America.)  To say she felt strongly about her opinion does not quite do the scenario justice.  She went on for about 10 minutes this way (how she didn't lose her voice or exhaust herself before that 10 minute marker is beyond me).  I think maybe some kicking happened, perhaps some thrashing about (I was listening to this whilst lying in bed, admittedly with a pillow over my head, so I can't tell you for certain).  This poor poor girl.  Despite her screams/anger/hysterics at the upcoming school day, it was very sweet to hear her father, who must have been taking her to school, trying to console her.  He never yelled back, did not lose his own temper and just kept talking to her, as she got louder, his voice would sometimes become softer.  I don't know what they decided, if the little girl went home or if she went to school (I think she went to school, otherwise, why would she have been out there for so long?) but it was an interesting way to wake up.

School has started again and today I begin my courses after a two week break.  I'm looking forward to seeing the students who went back to their various regions for the summer (whom I've missed!) and to get back into my normal routine. Although many of my friends in America are talking about the onset of the fall season, we've yet to experience the cooler weather just yet (don't get me wrong, the weather is not equal to that of mid-summer, but it's still tank-top weather).

I have several posts I've been procrastinating on posting, but stay tuned for posts on the Writing Olympics ceremony, my 30th birthday and hiking in Lerik.