Backpacking = hard work!

OK so remember when I was telling all of you about my exciting summer trip back in that other life when I used to blog? Well Im in the midst of it now (ps please excuse any spelling/gramatical errors in this post French keyboards are more difficult than a statistics class). Which brings me to the fact that I am in France, and faced with a difficult conundrum. I am utterly exhausted from 6 weeks of carrying all my clothes and travel accoutrements all over Europe. I have seen so many castles and sights I dont even know which city any of it was in! Im sure after I have time to slow down and procezss the whole trip it will sort itself out but right now Im overwhelmed. The problem lies with the fact that I am in Paris and all I want to do is curl up into a little ball and not move for at least a day. The prospect of walking another step or taking another flight of stairs makes me want to do something violent, good thing I dont have the energy to be violent. I have to get ready for my program in the alps and PRONTO! as a matter of fact I leave in a little over 12 hours! Now bear with me because I know up to this point there has been no descernable... well, point to this post, but its my blog so I do what I want. Basically Im just trying to explain to you when, and if any of you ask me about Paris why I will just groan. I have been running all over the city, literally dragging myself out of bed and running errands. Buying things with the money I dont have because I spent it all on the amazing backpacking trip. BUT the ultimate point is that I am still loving every minute of it. Im exhausted, done for and there is constantly a smile on my face. What Im trying to say is backpacking is freaking hard and exhausting and you want to do nothing afterwards, but like most things in life (oh ho! bear with me as I wax a wee bit philosophical) if you keep pushing yourself you will reap the rewards and boy am I!