My weekend:
Sunday was just fabulous as I expected and predicted! I say expected but really mean "hoped" as I still in the back of my mind prepare for the worst at all times as its just habit now. I ended up having a driving lesson on Sunday morning as my host father, i've told y'all before, is teaching me to drive his manual so that i can hopefully, one day, not need to ask them for rides but drive myself. Ha! I am hoping we have more time soon because that 45 minutes did me nothing but make me even more scared of a darn manual! Forget the fact that I have to basically relearn how to drive on someone else's car and its a manual but add to that the fact that I live on a steep hill, therefore, i have to learn to drive a manual up a hill. Sweet!!! I really wish I had had the opportunity to learn in the Texas where the land is flat.
After my lesson I went to church and it was an interesting time at church. I love this new church and I love the people who go and I love attending and I love how i'm starting to get involved, but there are a few things I wish I could be a bit different at times. I know though, that i am limited in my choices of Christian churches in Paris so I can't be picky and I have met some amazing people while attending in the last few weeks so I'm not hating. This Sunday was all music worship. It was interesting. I've never experienced a service like such before. The one thing that bothered myself and my friend who I go with, was that it was sooooooooooo loud! I mean, i guess next time I"ll know to sit further back and hope that that helps but neither of us were in great moods aftewards, which it should've been the other way around, because of just how loud the music was. And i was a little bummed as I was hoping and expecting a message from the Pastor and so I was caught off guard when it was 2 hours jam packed of worship by way of music. The music is powerful and its awesome singing in French as well as English. Anyways, after the service we grabbed some lunch and headed over the park for a picnic. I just love picnics! I'm a city girl, but a city girl who loves the company of others while sitting on a nice spot of green under the not-so-hot sun shining down. (One thing I do not miss about Houston and love about Paris, the abilty to be outside longer than split second without wanting to fall over in heat exhaustion)
On the way home from the picnic, my friend and I started talking about church and how we felt about it and what he liked and didn't like and were comparing notes about each others home churches. Lets just say that this church is absolutely nothing like Houston's First. If i were to compare and contrast the two, it would be similar in me comparing Paris and Houston. She and I started talking about how we both felt like we needed to go home and hear a sermon and study the Bible. (I find it interesting how God places people in your life...awesome!!!) And so the more she and I talked the more we concluded that we should do our own Bible study! Sure we're getting involved at church, sure we attend, but we don't feel right now that we are getting enough BIBLE STUDY...studying of the Bible. So I suggessted to her that we have our own Bible study. The two of us! She's a friend who I have hung out with the most since arriving here, we live relatively close to each other therefore allowing us to see each other more easily duirng the week and we (or I ) enjoy each others (her) company.
So there you have it: my friend and I are going ot go some Christian book store that she said she knows of in Paris and find a book to go off and and really just dig deep into the Word of God and feed off each other and learn from each other and grow while also doing all those thing in the Word and with our relationship with God. How amazing! I am so pumped to get this going.
Then today comes: Monday morning...
Today I had an appointment in the south of Paris for a government appointed doctors appointment. saaaay whaaat??? I do NOT like doctors! Honestly! I avoid them at all costs! I would rather be around stinky French people all day then visit a doctor. But I had too, so I went. Haha, my cute father was nervous for me and told me to send him teh website of the place and all this information and I told him it was okay and not to worry. I mean, to be honest, I was a little nervous myself. Government and doctor are not two words you put in the same sentence in America so it was bit weird... I decided I would make the most of my day and go into town earlier than needed and run a few errands as I don't get to into Paris during the week all that often now. My Navigo only works for where I am during the week and that does not include the cool and fun places of Paris (although it does include Versailles so hello Versailles..) So i made my way into town and found a new mall. If you can call it that. I stopped at Chatelet and realized that the metro stop is in the middle of a mall I guess. I bought a phone cover for my new blackberry, its purple and will hopefully keep it scratch free. And then I realized there was an H&M across the hall....so I of coarse went into. Found myself a few items, duh!! And then headed out to this doctors appointment in who knows where. Lets just cut out the nitty gritty that isn't that interesting and say it wasn't that bad. Honestly. They took my height, weight and eyesight... took an xray of my lungs and checked my heart rate and blood pressure, and 90 minutes later I was ready to peace out. Well, another ten minutes up one floor getting my FOR.REAL.VISA.PAPERWORK. hallelujah!!! I now am legally here for the next year! And I am legally healthy, according to the French that is. haha. I have an xray of my lungs to show for it, no doubt.
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| here it is ladies and gentleman... the last and final peice of the puzzle |
You would think that my day wasn't that interesting but days like this make me worn out and completely exhausted! Seriously. Dragging myself around town, carrying my large LV purse that can hold anything everything i can shove into it, using my brain in more ways that I could ever imagine trying to figure out how to get places with hand drawn maps and not stress out too much at a doctors and the list goes on and that leave Kara feeling like one tired girl! I was seriously almost too tired to eat dinner. But thats just laziness at its best right there. I did eat dinner, don't worry!
When I was at the metro stop La Defense, I was walking to my train and stopped inside a Monoprix or something like that. Its the equavalent of a gas station corner store I guess but at the metro you don't need gas so its just a little grocery store if you will. Anyways, guess what I found:
A Dr Pepper. At La Defense... interesting. Such a random place to find it. So much closer than either of the American grocery stores no doubt. I have no tasted this one yet so I'm not sure if it tastes the same, the can is a bit different so thats why I'm saying that. Can't wait to find out tomorrow morning for breakfast as I indulge myself with Dr Pepper and Cheetos!
Oh and speaking of breakfast, I might have to hold off on the Dr. Pepper because I have plans to meet a girl from church for breakfast tomorrow morning, in Paris. I do have to pay to go into town tomorrow but I think its worth it, to build relationships. You can't really put a price on it, unless of coarse, you are broke, but I am not broke just yet so I can afford to spend money on food and the train...right now! haha. I am super excited to have a full week so far and not be sitting at home finding way to occupy myself in small town Paris, or so thats how I feel out here in the boonies sometimes, haha!
So cheers to being healthy, happy and new friendships...
I miss you guys but hope that you all miss me so much you just have to book a ticket asap to come see me....you know you want to!!!!
Kara
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