I’m super behind on this, so it’ll be quick(er than usual)!
Last week was pretty great! I had my regular Greek lessons. I considered cancelling my Thursday lesson to have the evening to clean and get ready for Sarah’s visit, but then Anthi told me that my teacher LOVES me and that I’m so hardworking she’s willing to keep teaching me even though she doesn’t really have time to do it. I respond VERY well to effusive praise, so I kept the lesson but asked to do it earlier.
On Tuesday at HD we had a lesson about creating happiness, and I said that I missed binge-watching TV shows with friends. Wonderfully coincidental, on Tuesday evening, I went to visit Kendra. As “repayment” for catsitting for her a while ago, she bought us a bottle of wine and we hiked up a hill to watch the sun set over the sea. We went back to her place and made barbeque chicken sandwiches and watched the first episode of This Is Us. It felt really great to have a friend who I feel comfortable enough with that a two-hour planned hangout could extend to 11:00 pm.
I went back to her apartment on Wednesday for Bible study. For the first time, it hit me how strange it is to have a Bible study that lasts 2.5 hours and only ends because it’s 11:00 pm and people need to get home before midnight.
Life at HD continues to be good. I started up my regular counseling sessions with each participant, with our newest woman for the first time. She was reluctant at first, which was slightly panicky for me because I don’t get to use my counseling skills enough to feel truly confident, but then she opened up about current worries, and by the end she leaned back into the cushions and said, “I feel so much better.” Yay!
Sarah came on Friday, and we caught up and made pizza and packed for our weekend in Meteora…which I will talk about in a separate blog post!
It Is Trish 