Hello there!!!! I have just arrived home, in what seems like an eternity. for real. i feel as though i haven't slept in my bed, showered in my shower and chosen my wardrobe out of something other than a suitcase in for.ever. But i am finally back home and very glad to be.
This holiday has definitely put a lot into perspective...
1. As much as I complain about living in the sticks, past the cows and far far away from the wonderful city that I love, I have very much grown to love and appreciate the quietness of it all. After spending so much time in Paris I am happy to get on a train and then grab a bus for the hike back to the suburbs where I call home right now and enjoy the quietness of no people, no stores, no restaurants and no noise.
2. Paris is a busy city. and by busy i mean, REALLY busy! You can be like and go nonstop for a whole week without realizing it!
3. I am VERY american. and by american i mean that sometimes i feel incredibly brainwashed as the rest of the world does not think the same way or act the same way as americans. but i am learning to be okay with that.
4. God is in all the details! PRAISE THE LORD!
Well, this past week held a lot of things and I was very thankful for the holiday. A chance to regroup and get away so that I can come back and appreciate and enjoy what I have without taking it for granted! I really do love my life, the family I am a part of this year and just all the aspects of what I am doing and where I am right now. Crazy! This week was spent building relationships, falling in love with my city, and learning to accept myself for who I am!!!
I did way too many things to recount but I will sum it up:
Grandma and Grandpa themed party, was invited to host at the 'welcome to church' soiree, slept in late, received 5 start breakfasts, played Cranium with non Americans, went to Monet's Gardens in Giverny, rode bikes around Paris with friends, went to dinner with 13 guys (i was the only girl), spent the night at a friends apartment who has a view of the eiffel tower, spent countless hours on the metro, my friends learned to videotape my craziness, learned how to knit, practiced my french (a little), and had my first taste of the Jewish quarter and Fallafel's...
all in all the easiest way to explain my week: I am IN LOVE with Paris!
Happy Birthday to my aunt Dianne and Grandpa who celebrated this weekend and unfortunatey i was not able to skype in to the party, but I wish I had been able to be there and I send big hugs and lots of love!!!
I wish you all could have been there today as my friends and I rode the Veleb (paris bikes)'s around the city this afternoon. What a city I live in!!! I have never in my life experienced fall and it is amazing you texans...your'e missing out!!! The trees are loosing all their leaves and they were floating all over the place. Ok, I have to stop!!!
I love y'all to the moon and back,
Love, me
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