Waxing philosophical

Well, the end is finally here. Tomorrow is my last shift and I leave directly after work to go to Amsterdam, where I will stay until Tues pm and then head back to Austin. So this will probably be my last posting. It has been 3 weeks already and after 2 weeks, time really flew by. You wouldn't believe how long the hair on my legs is. I haven't been able to figure out how to shave in this bathtub set up so I thought I would go euro and stop shaving. Except that women in Greece do shave. Maybe it's France I was thinking of. And I think I've learned more French being in Greece than Greek, as my roommates have taken it upon themselves to give me a lesson a night in spelling and pronunciation. Unfortunately, most of our conversations are limited to how France is doing in handball and how many times they have visited the Acropolis. But I will miss them. They're kind of like Mutt and Jeff, more like sisters than mother/daughter. They brought their binoculars to the handball game today to look for me (The finals of basketball have moved to another stadium and the finals of handball are in my venue) despite the fact that the arena/seating area is so small you can practically see the face of everyone sitting in the farthest seats. They are one of very few devoted handball fans so they move to the closest possible seat to see all the players at every game. And I believe they have tickets to every single handball game, which is hard to believe because it might be one of the most boring sports in the Olympics, besides, Tae Kwon Do or Racewalking.

Anyways, I'm ready to come home. I miss everyone and I miss my dog and cats. But I'm glad I came and I've had a great adventure. It hasn't all been fun, but the parts that weren't have certainly been funny (I'm still not laughing about the Dafni debacle yet) and that's what makes a great adventure. I've really gotten to love Athens, warts and all, although some of the people I work with tell me Athens isn't always this clean and well lit and nice. yikes! At least keep those ladies cleaning the bathrooms. Please.

Thanks to everyone for your emails and comments of support and encouragement. They made me laugh as much as I made you laugh. It has been a wonderful, hot, crazy, frustrating, sweaty, hilarious, hot, educational, sweaty and fabulous journey. If I had to do it over again, I definitely would, although I would certainly pick a different neighborhood to live in.

After all, it's all about the journey.
As my roommates would say every day when I would leave-
bonne journee et bonne courage.

See you soon.
xoxo
Kathy

PS: Did I mention that I have been sweating for 3 weeks straight?