Or late to bed, early to rise....creates one tired Kara! Someday I will learn that when you have to wake up early, it's wise to go to bed early...hm. Good idea. I told myself I'd go to bed at 10pm since I had a long and exhausting day today and have had quite a few of those this week and am waking up early again to go into Paris tomorrow and its 10:48pm and I am still up and starting to write a post.
I won't take too long, but I probably will.
I was supposed to go to Versailles today, but that was held off until tomorrow as my friend who was going to accompany me was not feeling well this morning. Bummer as I was not informed of his ill nature until AFTER I was already on my train into Paris. So I spent the day in Paris by myself. I arrived at Saint Lazare and decided I didn't want to pay for another metro pass so I'd just hang out in that area and see what was around. Actually I spent about an hour walking around looking for a cinema because I've really been wanting to see the movie Eat, Love Pray but I did not end up finding a cinema until much later and they weren't even showing that movie so I will have to look into that. I ended up finding L'Opera which was a big, beautiful building. It's quite popular to sit on the steps and eat lunch or people watch or rest and I did all three (well, snack, not lunch). Today was honestly a pretty awful day weather wise compared to the other days since I've arrived. It was HUMID *gasp* I am totally enjoying this new weather that I living in now and was not happy to meet my old friend humidity today. Thanks for the sweat, sir, but you can go back to where ever you are wanted and have fun there! grr.
I did a few other things that are not worth mentioning such as walking through stores and seeing a dumb movie which was a waste of ten euros but you live and learn.
Eventually my friend was feeling better and could meet me out, THANKFULLY. I was so bored at this point and ready for some company. And also my new au pair friend was off 'kid watching' duty and was also meeting me out. I was starving by the time we all met up and so we headed off in search of food. We ended up at a grocery store (but more like a 7-11 or a walgreens but with fresh food) where I purchased a sandwhich which sucked and a banana and a tomato. I really wanted some cheese as my host family has been introducing me to new things and I have found a cheese I really like. We were all in this grocery store and i said to my friend, "wheres the cheese? I want some cheese?" and he says without hesitation, "what kind of cheese? American or mozarella?" ha ha! funny one kid! I found that funny and laughed for a while, i am actually still laughing at that. He cracked a few other jokes that i thought were funny. He's always trying to say to me, "don't you people...do this or that" talking about Americans and I always have to stop and say to him, my country is 20 times larger than yours and you're putting all of us in ONE huge category? No, i probably don't do that! haha. It's funny because there are SO many differences between the french and the americans, in EVERY way!
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The steps of L'Opera |
Today is Thursday and in the past when I was living in Houston I spent Thursday evenings enjoying myself at Wild West, a country western bar in Houston, where my friends and I always went two-stepping. Except I don't normally two-step, i watch and socialize, haha! (and this is where Meredith and Wiley used to go also!) Anyways, today was cool enough when i left the house this morning so I decided in honor of WW Thursday I would wear my cowgirl boots out on the streets of Paris. My friend took a picture for me and so here you have it ladies and gents: (a friend suggested that next time I take it to the next level and be wearing a beret and holding a baguette, we'll see what i can do!)
The rest of the day was uneventful as I was pretty worn out from the early part of the day. And that sounds a bit ridiculous just reading it as it doesn't seem like i did a whole lot, but as I have posted before. Being in this country has been exhausting and as most people know, traveling is exhausting. So imagine traveling ALL the time and thats how i feel on a daily basis. I'm always having to navigate my way around according to a map that doesn't show enough or figure out what bus or train schedule to use and when to be where and what to eat and how to say this in french ...ahhh, its just VERY exhausting! so when I get home I have been doing nothing of importance, haha! And I am very thankful for that time.
I did however talk to Rachel today a bit and I had an idea that she seemed to like. I was thinking it might be nice to help cook around here since I will not be working as many hours as her, even once I start working, and it would be fun to introduce the kids to American foods and give a change of flavor. So I proposed that every once in a while I cook a meal for dinner. She seemed to really like that and told me to tell her what I needed from the store before that week so she can pick it up when she makes her grocery run. I'm very excited to spend some time at the grocery store this weekend or maybe the beginning of next week studying what types of foods they have so I can figure out what all I can make and what I need to ask to be sent to me in care packages! Oh and for those of you who read this...send me some suggestions of things to cook since I don't really cook that often or ever...
...and I am loving Rachel more and more each day! Today I was talking to her about Guacamole and she reached into the cabinet and grabbed out a jar! Um, hello... I LOVE YOU! haha. I should've taken a picture. It's in a jar so its not as good as homemade or the fresh kind you can get at the grocery but its guacamole. And then I was looking through what else she had and she has SALSA. haha. why did i not rumage through her stuff sooner? All you need are tortilla chips and we're good to go!
And these kids make my heart go pitter patter more and more each day! Tonight after they took their bathes they put on their pj's to head down to dinner, I went downstairs to sit with them and Antoine was dressed as a Pirate for dinner and Clemence was a fairy princess. Oh the imagination and fun these two kids have each day! Oh to be a kid again! haha. And i'm pretty sure their dinner was 60% chocolate. No lie.
Well, tomorrow I am off to try Versailles again! I hope I don't burn and crash after today! Hopefully this weekend will be calm and relaxing like it was last weekend so I can recouperate after this long week! And hopefully I will have a bus pass soon so I will be able to ride the bus and also use the metro and RER to go into Paris instead of paying for it each time! I feel as though this past week and up until I start working next week have been an unexpected vacation that Im' trying to enjoy as much as possible. A great vacation at that, one where I don't have to pay for a place to stay or food to eat...haha! Nonetheless, I am ready to start working and making money!
Oh, and I have been meaning to include this video on my blog for a while but keep forgetting so here you go for some entertainment. For the previous two years I had been watching two (three) girls in Dallas while I went to school and while we had our ups and our downs (pre teens can be rough sometimes, haha) these girls were always entertaining me. Here is an example! I was downstairs minding my own business, probably reading a book, and they came down and did this:
Enjoy! and Hope you all are having a great last half of the week! Happy Friday to all...miss you and am completely missing the great state of Texas RIGHT now. Can I get a Sonic Dr pepper delivered? to France? with the ice please. k thanks!
love, MEEEEEEEEEEEE
2 comments:
Hey- That does sound exhausting and yet wonderful. I think it's adorable that you are impressing everyone with real cowboy boots. I'm exhausted too, but for different reasons. School has started on a very good foot though. =)
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