Freedom

Yep, I've finished working at Pat's Bunnyhouse.

Today was my last day. I spent the morning outside with the kids then after my break time, some of the teachers gathered around to farewell me with a gift of a big book and calendar of Dresden.
I actually felt sad. Regardless of what's happened to make me leave this place, I still had a lot of fun there with the kids, and 95% of the teachers too.

On the weekend, a few friends and I got a few big bags containing all my stuff and took them on a bus to Bannewitz, where we dumped them in Stefan's apartment. He's travelling right now, and said I could use his place until I sort out my travels. Today after work, I took the last of my stuff out and am now staying a few nights with another friend, Maria, who lives much closer to the city (and my old place).

I think I have a vague plan of the next couple of weeks. It begins with a CouchSurfing camp in the middle of nowhere between Berlin and Dresden this weekend, then I plan to get around a few other German cities, visiting friends, before coming back through Dresden for another CouchSurfing meeting in Prague.

After that... who knows?
Main thing is it's a day of mixed feelings and well, who knows how I'll look back on this in a few years' time... hopefully as a good thing, if the next few months turn out to be really awesome.

from Patrick

...man what a short, boring blog. Seriously, I shouldn't have even written this one.