~the wanderlusting life~: Back where I started and all this began...in Paris

I've done it. Finally quit au pairing last Tuesday, and I'm now living in my own studio apartment right in front of Centre Georges Pompidou, in the heart of Paris, 4th Arrondissement. 17 minutes walk from the Louvre. Last week I spent several days in Barcelona before leaving Spain (I'd only been to Barcelona ONCE in the 3 weeks I had au paired in Spain). I basically left without telling the family. Well, I kind of did but considering I wasn't getting through to the host mum, who hadn't paid me for my week's worth of work but had the nerve to ask me to stay for a couple more days without pay, I figured I didn't give a shit anymore and simply left. I got the last laugh in the end.

I'm anxious because I think I may not be allowed back into the Schengen zone for my trip in September. So basically I may very well be stuck in London for like a week and C might have to do Paris, Spain, Netherlands, etc on her own because there's a high possibility I won't be allowed into Amsterdam or anywhere else in the Schengen area. Mainly because I've overstayed my legal visa/whatever it is the German authorities gave me. Temporary visa, I guess. At first I thought I get a new 90 days to stay in Europe because it's been over 6 months since I first came to Europe, but apparently getting a temporary visa cancels out the 90 day visa free period. It's all very confusing, but I guess it will just depend on luck for me. I'll need to be lucky that they don't notice my lack of valid visa when I leave Berlin. And I'll also need to be lucky again that they don't notice how long I overstayed my last temporary visa when I enter Amsterdam from Dublin.

Another thing I'm stressed about is my shower in my studio apartment. The drain is freaking clogged so basically I unintentionally, accidentally flooded the wooden flooring outside my tiny bathroom. The drain I can kind of deal with, the water still goes down albeit incredibly slowly (I'll just have to take very very quick, efficient showers and turn off the water when I'm soaping up my hair and stuff). Unfortunately the flooring is another matter. The water caused the wood to swell to incredible proportions and part of the floorboard have cracked and risen like 7cm or so off the foundations. It's very, very noticeable. I rented the apartment on Airbnb so I don't know if they'll take money off my card for the damage when they notice it. I'm not even sure if there will be someone at the apartment when I check out. I don't suppose there will be, because technically I could check out anytime, all I need to do is leave my keys in the apartment. And I'm checking out at like 6am anyway. No point in someone coming just to collect the keys from me at 6 in the morning. What I'm concerned about is when the landlord eventually notices the damage to the floorboards. There wasn't a security deposit I had to pay for the apartment, so I don't know if they'll ask me to pay for it. I guess I could just blame it on the apartment itself, and say I woke up one morning to damaged floorboards. Even if they don't buy that, they can't just accuse me of something. Plus, the shower thing is technically their fault anyway. They shouldn't be renting out an apartment unless it's in perfect order.

So yeah, still a bit stressed, even if it's relatively small things. Gosh all the stress I've experienced in the past 8 or so months must be causing me to feel stressed more easily than is normal or something