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Jul. 27th, 2011 03:51 amI did two days work today. My brain is stuck partway between English and French and tonight I am going to have to switch it over to French fully, otherwise tomorrow will be very difficult. Tomorrow I have to interact for significant amounts of time with people who won't have English, unlike the nice people in the tourist centre in Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert, who teased me in two languages. My trouble is that when I have to code-switch, I blank out. This afternoon someone asked me about a bus and I had been thinking in English and she didn't give me a fraction of a second before she said to me "Oh, you don't speak French." "I do," I answered. "I'm just very tired and missed your question."
Tonight a bunch of things landed on my desk from people who have forgotten I'm not actually at my desk. Other things landed in my email with "Don't worry, I'm taking care of this." I've had to ask if most people can wait til next week (when jetlag will hit, but I'll be home) because I really have reached the limit of work I can do here. I have done so very much, though! My lists were daunting and I'm working my way thorugh them come thunderstorm, insect bite or language lapse. I'm not there yet, but I'm defintiely well on the way.
Today I did two days work. I know I said that, but I'm having trouble believing it. In addition, I don't have to go to the Departmental Archives (even though I have freed up a day in which I could) because the problem of government of the town is no longer a problem. And the castle is no longer a problem, I think, though if a castle expert wants to look at my pictures and critique my theory, I'll not say no. And I have met much Badasse frutescens in flower and smelled it (pale sweet pea with slightly acrid leaves) and been very happy it exists. And I was caught in a thunderstorm in the garrigue. And the wonderful folks at the Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert tourist information centre stocked my missing books, so I own them and do not have to hunt through all the flea markets and booksales of Montpellier. I shall, of course, go to the big one on Saturday anyway, just in case. There might be stuff that my bibliographies haven't covered, after all.
I changed my dressings this morning and my legs are definitely on the mend. I'm still the worse for wear, however, and am glad that I achieved so much today because it means that tomorrow and Thursday are my last impossibly big days. I may be able to slow down a little (10-6 working days!) for my last two days in France.
Tonight a bunch of things landed on my desk from people who have forgotten I'm not actually at my desk. Other things landed in my email with "Don't worry, I'm taking care of this." I've had to ask if most people can wait til next week (when jetlag will hit, but I'll be home) because I really have reached the limit of work I can do here. I have done so very much, though! My lists were daunting and I'm working my way thorugh them come thunderstorm, insect bite or language lapse. I'm not there yet, but I'm defintiely well on the way.
Today I did two days work. I know I said that, but I'm having trouble believing it. In addition, I don't have to go to the Departmental Archives (even though I have freed up a day in which I could) because the problem of government of the town is no longer a problem. And the castle is no longer a problem, I think, though if a castle expert wants to look at my pictures and critique my theory, I'll not say no. And I have met much Badasse frutescens in flower and smelled it (pale sweet pea with slightly acrid leaves) and been very happy it exists. And I was caught in a thunderstorm in the garrigue. And the wonderful folks at the Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert tourist information centre stocked my missing books, so I own them and do not have to hunt through all the flea markets and booksales of Montpellier. I shall, of course, go to the big one on Saturday anyway, just in case. There might be stuff that my bibliographies haven't covered, after all.
I changed my dressings this morning and my legs are definitely on the mend. I'm still the worse for wear, however, and am glad that I achieved so much today because it means that tomorrow and Thursday are my last impossibly big days. I may be able to slow down a little (10-6 working days!) for my last two days in France.