November 30, 2010

Today, at least the first, working part of the day, was horrendous. It took us a lot of effort to wake up and then get up after going to bed at five. It was snowing when I got to the metro station and it was rather hard to walk to the office. Imagine my shock and irritation, when I arrived, breathing hard, to see that they already had an interpreter. I felt humiliated, called the main office and was told to go there, because there had been a mistake, and they actually needed an interpreter in both places. Ok, another kilometer to the station, metro, office. I stayed there for a mere couple of hours, had a nice lunch, and as I was chewing on the last bit, I was called again and told that I was needed at the other office again, because the other interpreter couldn't stay after lunch. Thank goodness, I was given a lift by one of the colleagues. So, I came back only to translate a tiny speech, which, honestly, anyone could have done... But I did try some lebkuchen and am determined to try making it myself. At the end of the day, I walked the same very distance again, back to the station. I think, if the rerearsal had gone wrong, I wouldn't have helped crying, but surprisingly, it went really well and I sang more when I came home.