I don't suppose having had a party yesterday and only managing to get to bed at about 5AM and then waking up at 10AM had anything to do with the fact that I was about to collapse as I walked, or if it was just that we got lost and then when we finally arrived at the correct train station we realized that IKEA was about 30 minutes walk away from the station. Yes, I was euphoric with the vision of the logo above as we finally arrived and darted into the warm interior of this so lovely a shop. The food was good, the stuff was cheap, I won't even say that I'm saying this because I am so tired and sleep deprived right now that I don't know what I am typing, I am saying it because it is true! If you need a recommendation for a great shop, here you go!
PS: Don't you love those reactions that are so, I want to say animal like or instinctual I guess, that we have kept despite the fact that we have lost every other important reaction in our bodies short of running away from fire when your sleeve is about to go up in flames. I was going up the many, many, many stairs to my apartment and a father was walking up in front of me, holding his daughters hand. It is raining, as it often does in Paris, and the girl of course slipped. The father's arm immediately shot upward and the daughter had a little swinging monkey moment before she landed on her feet once again. I guess this is typical stuff, I myself have seen this happen lots of other times, but isn't it such a great thought to think that we have something like that as a reaction. Like when a cat runs off from danger with its kitten in its mouth, we pull our children up to protect them from harm as a secondary reaction.
I find that a wonderfully comforting thought.
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