1/2 day Friday, 4 June 2010

Work today was interesting. Frau Auer and I actually got to the door at the same time, and I used my key to get in. I went to my workplace and despite the fact that she came in twice to get things, she didn’t talk to me until about eleven when she came to get me to have me go through the tour. Until then, I researched a few more things, but mainly either stared into space, or looked up the meanings of precious stones and where they come from. I learned that Colorado’s state stone is aquamarine (yay!) while Missouri’s is mozarkite. Mozarkite is a made up name and I’m not sure what the stone really looks like or which kind of value it has.
When Frau Auer picked me up, I thought she just wanted to go over the translation. But, then suddenly we were pretending she was an eleventh-grade student on the tour for an English class and I was to give the tour. I was not prepared for this. I had to reference my notes a lot (and try to remember things from memory) and I didn’t remember where everything was. But Frau Auer took me to the objects in order of the tour, and she hadn’t expected me to know that. It was a little overwhelming. I know I can do better, but had I known even two minutes before she said it, I probably would have been better. She also responded to me in English…which, I’m not sure if her accent was in imitation of an eleventh grade student or not, but it was a little distracting.
But, all in all, she said I did a good job, I just have to remember where things are, and work on remembering everything from memory instead of using notes. I can deal with that, and I don’t even have any bookings. I also don’t have to show up on Sunday to help give or just go on the tour, which is nice. And then she said I could leave at noon. So, I spent half an hour amusing myself and then left.
Of course it was too late to make the train, but I had anticipated that. I had already planned to go on a walk around the outside of the city wall and take some pictures. This accomplished, I still had almost a half hour, so I wandered back into the city. I tried to walk very slowly, and spent most of the time looking at the clothing boutiques. There area lot, and I’m still trying to figure out which ones are for teenagers/students and which are for people over thirty. Its had to tell, because inevitably I’ll see a grandma shopping at ESpirit, or a very frumpy teenager. Oh well.
Oh, did I mention today the sun is finally shining? I woke up and looked out the window and was a little blinded. Definitely, finally, needed my sunglasses. But its still cool enough to wear pants. Perfect weather, really. Which is nice after this entirely gray and rainy week.