Longtemps...

My sincere apologies to anyone who's been frantically checking to see if I've made any updates. I know I must be so popular that I have the whole world wondering where I've gone ;-) But worry not, everything is going wonderfully.

I was thinking about why I haven't written in a while. It's mainly because, you know, at first, I had a million new things happening to me all at once. It was barely possible to keep track of all of them. And then as time went on, my activities became more regular, which I think is pretty cool. I'm adapting to this French way of life so that it's not all brand new to me anymore. Also, I've mainly been going to class and coming home and going out every once in a while.

So one thing that's really been bothering me since I've been here is the fact that we don't have a dryer, just a washer. I hate to be an energy waster, but I have some clothes that simply need to be dried or else they'll be forever stretched out. So I went on a mission to find a laundromat so I could dry the clothes that needed to be dried. And it was successful! So this morning, I put my clothes in the washer so they'd be ready when I came home for my Monday/Wednesday mid-day break, and when I got home, I carted them in Mimi's caddy a few streets down to the laundromat. I had also bought a nice Bounce substitute, and I must say I was quite pleased with the results. I'm not going to do it every time I do laundry, but maybe every other. I feel like a stupid American doing it, though... oh well.

So this past weekend I had a little bit of a disaster. We decided to go to a discothèque on Friday night, which turned out to be a lot of fun! In order to catch the metro before it closed, we left at about 1:15. However, when we got to the station, we were told that it had already closed! So we went to the bus stop to check on the night bus schedule, and that just wasn't going to work out. A few French kids waiting there also said just to take a taxi, but I didn't want to pay for that. My friend Emily also had to get home, too but she doesn't live anywhere close to me. Eventually, we decided that we were going to walk, but of course I wouldn't let her walk alone, so I went with her and decided I would just sleep there. We walked all the way from Charles de Gaulle - Etoile to her house, near Nation... which was about 7 kilometers... we didn't get to her house until after 3:00, and we just went straight to sleep! Now the following morning, she didn't want to have to explain to her host mother why she had a boy in her bed, so I played fugitive for about an hour until they left for the market. By playing fugitive, I mean hiding out in her room and on her balcony! Let's just say it was interesting.

Then on Saturday night, I went out with Chloé and her boyfriend for the evening. We get a long really wonderfully, and dinner was really nice; we had crêpes for dinner and dessert. I hadn't really liked crêpes salées (the salty, meal ones), but this time it was so good! Then after was chocolate and banana!

Speaking of crêpes, it's so hard for me to resist them when I walk past a stand. They are just so so so good with nutella and banana. Eugenia and I are addicted. I think desserts are what I am addicted to the most here: crêpes, pâtisseries, mousse au chocolat. They're just so good anywhere, everywhere, all the time! I have no come across a bad dessert since I've been here.

D'accord, il faut que je vous laisse, mais je vais essayer d'écrire plus souvent!