how i am lame in france

An update...

* This weekend is the weekend that Mandy comes to visit me. So I've been hurriedly getting everything together, especially since she decided on Tuesday that she'd like to go to the Normandy beaches too. Aaaah! I'm afraid I'm going to get a cold blister due to all of the stress - because I had purchased train tickets and now I have to return them and buy other ones. And of course, when I went to order them online, the train website decided to have an overhaul. Oh well. At least I have my little spreadsheet of arrival/departure times and that makes me feel better, haha...

* In France, everyone eats right around noon and it's a hot sit-down meal. I don't like this arrangement for when I have one o'clock classes, so I go to lunch at 11:35 (if my 11 o'clock class doesn't come) and then eat pretty quickly, so I can get more stuff done (including a nap) before my 1 o'clock class. This makes perfect sense to my oh-so-American head: I'd rather get stuff done, than sit around and talk for an hour over cafeteria lunch. When I'm not stressed out, sure, then I can talk but not when I'm busy! Anyway - bottom line - I was American today, and I think it freaks some people out. Tant pis (too bad)!

* The sun is out today - yay!