Alpina's blog post - Me

I sometimes wonder who I am, and what I am. Do you think I am a different Alpina now as I am back to work? Most of you just know the sabbatical Alpina, with lots of time to read books, to go for long walks and to plan my daily blog. I miss this now, as life has gone back to the time-table, and all has had to speed up.

What am I like? Back in my business suit, or pant suit in cold weather, for ever travelling on the bus to school, marking essays and standing before my classes. It is true, I enjoy having an audience, having people listen to me and laugh about my quips and puns. Is this the real me? Or was it the soft Alpina, who had time to think about an answer, who sometimes did not speak for hours and could wander about the house in different states of undress and just enjoy being?

And Phillip. Is he a joy or a burden? Does he enrich my life or make me give myself up? I wish I could say - there is little time for this anyway. It's Monday morning and my classes are waiting: a lecture on Kafka, one on German Romanticism, and two English classes with my younger students.

I will dress and style Business Alpina now. And then I will catch the bus.