sleep in the desert

I got back from work today at more or less 3 pm. I threw myself on the bed soon after and woke up literally 5 minutes ago. It’s damned 10:30 pm right now. And I still feel so incredibly tired that I am going to go back to sleep in a moment. What the hell is going on with me?

For the good news, I am going to have really easy days at work till the end of the week. The kids are writing their final exams so there are no classes, I only have to show up at school and watch over the ones who are writing. Knowing them, most will finish long before the time runs out, so I am hoping to be able to leave at around 11 am… that would be awesome.

And I finished reading a really good book yesterday: http://www.shelfari.com/books/54895/Fall-on-Your-Knees-(-Oprah-s-Book-Club-Selection-) I have never read a book so packed with complex characters and heart wrenching events. Another writer would most probably stretch this story into a few longish tomes, but I believe it would kill the fist-in-the-stomach impact that the book has on you. I have never been surprised by sudden turns of action so much, either, but what really makes this book stand out is the mixture of overwhelming, suffocating and incredibly intense emotions – from guilt to pleasure, from piety to cruelty, from love to hate. Highly recommended reading.

Now I have an ambitious plan to read Dune. I got totally fascinated by the story a few years ago when I first watched the tv miniseries ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ ). Obviously, even a several hours long series couldn’t quite cover everything and was doomed to simplification – I imagine that quite a lot of things had to be skipped – so there were some turns of events and decisions that I failed to understand. I wanted to read all 6 volumes for a long time now, but they were unavailable in Poland and for some reason no publisher dared to reprint. I did try to read the original English version instead, as I always prefer that to a translation that has the potential to ruin the book, but I somehow couldn’t stand the writing style. Seemed too artificial and clumsy to me. Now that the whole series is finally once again available in Polish, I am going to read it all. Let us hope the translators did a good job. Can’t wait!

Speaking of dunes and deserts – it has always been my dream to see Sahara desert and spend a night there…