Here I Sit...

I stayed up entirely too late last night, doing who knows what. Chatting with Jess, watching TV online, basically anything. I just wasn't sleepy, but decided to finally call it a night when Jess left work (and hence signed offline) at 4AM France time. I think I subconsciously did that in the hopes that the later I stayed up, the later I would sleep in, and hence have fewer hours of boredom today.

I know it's ridiculous to be in France and be bored. But since I am low on funds & trying to save every last centime I have for Spain & Portugal, I am trying not to spend money, which severely limits my options. I could go to the museum here (which is free with my carte professionelle), but I think Mere & I are going to do that when she comes down on Monday. I did decide I had to get a dose of sunshine & fresh air and took the one thing I have splurged on recently, a British Cosmo-- a real bargain at 5E... not-- and walked down to the river, sat on a bench in the sun and read/watched the ducks for an hour. If I had been feeling motivated I'd have gotten a French Cosmo, but it feels like lately my brain is mush when it comes to speaking/understanding French. Not like it's ever exactly easy for me, but lately it's just like, "Duhh..." which now that I think about it may be because I'm NOT doing things like reading French magazines. Anyway, it managed to kill about an hour and a half of my day, and I always love any excuse to get sunshine. Sadly it's not really warm out yet, otherwise I'd likely have gone to the park and just sat on the grass daydreaming. Hours always fly by when I do that.

All the Brit assistants took off today, and I think Mike's mom is in town so he's not around, and Mere's school shuts off her internet during weekends/vacances so even though she is nearby she isn't online to ease my boredom. I've got some stuff to do-- heavy-duty cleaning, laundry, packing-- but I am trying to space everything out over the next few days. I'm saving laundry until the last possible moment so I have an empty laundry bag when I get back from travelling, I can't pack until I do laundry... yeah you see the cycle. Anyway I doubt anyone reading this really cares about when I do my laundry.

I talked to my sister yesterday, which was nice. I owe the other two (and the brother as well I suppose) a phone call in the near future. She wanted to tell me she's getting married at San Francisco city hall on March 28. Way to go, Cass, picking a date when neither I nor our brother will be in the country (since he'll be here with me, woo hoo!). But she assured me that they will hold off on any kind of reception until I'm back. First my little sister gets engaged before I do, now she's getting married before me. Of course my first reaction to all this news is happiness for her, but... c'mon, it was supposed to be ME first!!! :D She emailed me the dress she picked out, it's pretty-- simple, like the one I chose for my own upcoming beachside nuptials. Oh yeah if anyone is interested, here's what it looks like:


I am so excited for our wedding, more excited than I am for a beach/warm weather in general! I've decided I'm gonna make welcome baskets to put in our guests' rooms with a beach theme: flip-flops, sunblock, etc. So much fun, this wedding planning!

YAY! My honey is online to save me from death by boredom! :D