Blogs from Franche-Comté, France, Europe - page 8

I am w-i-p-e-d o-u-t. I seriously feel like a 83 year old woman. I had a long day of shopping (but didnt' buy anthing...so proud of myself!) and walking around. I calculated the hours of walking I do everyday, and it turn out to be roughly the same amount of time it would take me to drive from Grand Island to Lincoln. Today, I wouldn't be suprised if I made a round trip. And this was in flats. Flat flats - the kind with no support at all. So needless to say, I am more than thrilled to be sitting on my bed like a lazy pile. One of the places Heather, Amy, Marie and I hit up was the citadelle, cameras and ice cream in tote. It was absolutely beautiful. I hadn't seen Besancon ... read more

Today is Amy's birthday, so in honor of her third decade on this planet, we're all getting together tonight to have some tea and chocolate (we have to make a dent in the easter candy everyone has recieved somehow). I just finished a routine dinner of quiche lorraine and salad, and now I'm ready to read a bit of the novel that we have for our lit class. I have to be at Amy's in about 30 minutes, so I'm guessing I won't get too terribly far on my homework. Good news, everyone: I have a brand new sink. And by brand new, I mean new. It's shiny and white and the drain pipe doesn't even have stains on it. I'm leavin like a queen right now! But honestly, I wouldn't have cared if it was ... read more

So, I broke my sink last night. Yep, it came right off of the wall and now my room smells like sewer. Thank god for incense. It is a long, but not so complicated, story that I won't go into. Lets just say I'll never have another Don Pedro in my life. More tomorrow...it's my bedtime.... read more

I'm in one of those moods where nothing sounds good. I've frustratingly scrolled through my itunes more than two times and finally settled on the fact that Ryan Adams is good enough. But still don't REALLY feel like listening to him. I also don't really feel like sitting in my room. But I don't feel like going out either. It's just one of those days. Lets blame it on the weather, which by the way, has been screwy. There has been a constant mix of rain that doesn't want to be snow and snow that doesn't want to be rain falling from the sky, which makes is very unpleasant to go outside. I'm anxiously awaiting the permanent arrival of spring in France (technically, it started Wednesday, but I don't buy it). I think it'll be beautiful ... read more

The extent of my internet dependency is sickening. Earlier tonight my internet was dead and I thought I would join it soon after. My usually green skype emblem turned gray, the episode of House that I was enjoying stopped suddenly and I got the message: "No network was detected." And you know what I did? I about cried. Cried like a spoiled little baby. Because you know, it's not just my hours of surfing the internet that I lost, I felt like I lost connection with everyone, and that is one of the worst feelings in the world. Being thousands miles away from the people you love is hard enough without adding communication problems to the mix. Having the internet in my room makes me feel like I am about 2000 miles closer to everyone than ... read more