Fridays are interesting. I teach two classes back-to-back. I have half a dozen students in both classes, so I sometimes get confused about which class I am in. Fortunately, those students do as well, so I know it’s not early onset dementia.

On top of that, the students are excited and talkative about their plans for the weekend. After the last class, we invariably end up meeting at the train station. They’re going to Paris, or Interlaken, or some other interesting place, and I’m going…to the supermarket. I actually enjoy just being in Luxembourg, so I’m not particularly envious of my students and their travels. I also have to grade their papers and get ready for the coming week.

Today was much like yesterday, except my class isn’t so early. And there was no meeting. But I had a lot of grading to do, so it evens out. So as law enforcement officials often say, “nothing to see here. Keep moving….”

Things are settling into a routine. I had class today, and went to the supermarket. Otherwise, the most exciting part of the day was the new carpet installation. Two workers began installing the hall carpet at 7:30am today. This is what it looked like as I was getting ready to leave for my class in the afternoon:

The door on the right is a fire door, which is automatically closed whenever the fire alarm goes off. It’s just outside my door. To the left is a spiral staircase, which I use to go to class and to leave the Château (and to return, of course). As I am leaving, one of the workers asked me to leave my apartment door unlocked so that they could install the carpet. No problem. When I returned after class at 5pm, this is what I saw:

Yes, they stopped with about a foot to go. I couldn’t believe it. Of course, if that’s all I have to complain about, I’m very lucky.