Halfway through February

I know I should be drawn and quartered for not posting in over a week. The problem is that once the procrastination begins, it seems to perpetuate itself and then I dread that the list of things to report gets longer with the days that pass. I have chosen to suck it up and hijack a computer in the library to share the goings on of the past week.

I am embarassed to say that as I reflect on what I did with my time since I last posted, I find a drought in activity, I suppose sometimes we need a break. My french class has remained tres fascile (ie very easy) so I have no complaints there. My teacher is sweet, good at explaining things and endlessly energetic. The class is still a review of everything I learned in high school. It amazes me all that I had forgotten until now and now, all that is coming back to me. We have not had to have conversations with our classmates since the first day so my speaking skills have not had a chance to bloom as of yet.

On wednesday evening we had a mini dinner party at Anna's with several members of our program. We made tuna melts as everyone was in the mood for comfort food, it was a fun evening. Thursday of course was Valentine's Day and both Anna and Cara had friends visitng so, as a group of single women we all made dinner together. Prakash sent me a dozen roses and a huge box of French cheeses. We enjoyed this sampling of french cuisine and then made homemade crepes. On Friday Cara and I decided to go on an adventure. Cara had seen a pretty bridge on a post card in my apartment so we set out into Paris to find it. We wandered through a prodominately black area of France, passing no less than 10 hair weaving salons and found the hyphy clothing mecca. When we finally found our bridge, Cara was pointedly disappointed as the surrounding area was not as serene as it looked in the postcard (are things ever?). It was a small canal, no cleaner than the Seine, we were lucky enough to see a lady throw the remnants of her baguette into the water. Later in the afternoon, we met up with Anna and her friend Kaitlyn (Cara's friend had already left), got drinks at Sexy Bar and then went to the Louvre (free on Friday nights for all students). We saw greek, roman and etruscan sculpture along with some interesting interpretive dance being performed in this wing of the museum (we were able to get some choice photots of a man painted all blue with blue wings moving around the museum). We also visited Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Afterwards we went to dinner at Anna's favorite restaurant, L'Atalier. Saturday morning I woke up feeling lousy, and on top of that I had class (what school in their right minds puts class on a saturday to make up for a monday holiday!?). I stayed in bed the rest of the day. On Sunday I layed around at Anna's with Anna, Cara and Sara and attempted to do some school work. The big outing of the day was to go buy an almond croissant (delicious but not so good for the stomach ache). Monday was inconcequential. Tuesday (last night) Anna and I met up with several people from Berkeley who were in Paris and we went to a crepe place for dinner. It was a fun evening, although very strange to see so many people from Berkeley all the way over here (didn't I come here to get away from that place for a while?). This weekend Anna, Cara and I are going to Rome, I can't wait!