in search of a good book

so i'm staying in a home which at any given point houses 1 to 4 of the matheny children. the 3 oldest are all in college in the states. you would think i could find a book to read between them but i have searched all of their bookshelves and found absolutely nothing of interest. i don't really have the money to buy a book for 15 euros and am in the mood for sarcasm and dry humor. i was hoping they would have vonnegut but no luck. i have all of this free time now and nothing to read. i'm reduced to reading 1984 for the 80th time (not that i could ever read that too many times).

i hadn't realized until today that i had my blog set to only receive comments from fellow bloggers and have since changed that so everyone can comment. i want to hear from you guys and i'm sorry i missed that the first however many weeks i didn't notice. i was wondering why people kept leaving messages using an empty blog name.

i have orientation tomorrow at 9 am. meaning emily and i have to leave at 7:30. that is damn early since i've been getting up around 9 every day since i got here. lame - i guess that's when i used to have to be at work. it seems like such a long time ago. what a strange 2 years. i feel much more focused now that i am doing something school-related. i suppose it truly is what i want to do. it's so regimented and straight forward. at least it seems that way to me now. who knows how i will feel after a year of teaching.

i always have this altered preconception of what a certain job will be like and then find it to be vastly different than i had imagined. like when i applied to be a teller after college: i thought it was this glamorous job and that it had to be the easiest way to make decent money - sit behind a counter and push small rectangles of paper through a machine? easy. not so folks. not so at all. it was a pain in the ass and i hated every minute of it. the stress level is high and the pay is low. it makes for cranky coworkers as well. live and learn i guess. it was a character builder...

anyway, it's time to go to bed. early rising tomorrow for a day of getting talked at and spoon fed by the french government. (i sound negative but really i can't wait for them to tell me what to do). goodnight friends.