Oh, I have a beautiful, lovely A&B (9AM-11:30AM) off tomorrow. Oh how I need it ( Read more... )

Really, the only times I can go out are the Saturday night between departures and arrivals and my day off. Today I played beach volleyball with some other counselors before going out to dinner at a pub and then having more wine in the cave (our snack bar, more or less). I need to get in bed now, but it was a good night. I'm going to miss Steph a ( Read more... )

Well, at least my (extremely limited) time off at camp is really good. I'm back in my room right now after being down in the valley at Vevey for five or so hours. J'ai bu la plupart d'une bouteille du vin blanc et je suis reposee au soleil, donc je me sent tres bien en prenant des petits gouts du beurre de cacahuetes et en divertant au net. I ( Read more... )

I've hit the point of being home where I just want to eat too many carbs. (And after only five days.) The good part of today was being out on our boat on the lake & waterskiing. Watching the Grey's Anatomy season finale online. The rest was mediocre. I've no complaints, I'm just bad at being who I want to be ( Read more... )

If/when I ever have a steady career and permanent place of residence, I really want to foster-parent. That's probably way down the line, but if I came back to the States after next year and did teacher training I suppose it could be as soon as a few years ( Read more... )

It's pretty crazy that this summer and next year I'll be doing *exactly what I want to be doing*. Like, really? I'm excited...but I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop as well ( Read more... )

I think it's been established that I take too much on and that I have a knack for guilt, but I'm always brought back to this one. America was built on greed. That is its foundation. I am American, for better or worse. What's a girl to do?

I am going to have mad holidays next year.

Vacances de la Toussaint samedi 25 octobre 2008 jeudi 6 novembre 2008
Vacances de Noël samedi 20 décembre 2008 lundi 5 janvier 2009
Vacances d'hiver samedi 7 février 2009 lundi 23 février 2009
Vacances de printemps samedi 4 avril 2009 lundi 20 avril 2009

That's 8 weeks in 7 months. Take that,

History would be much more interesting if it were taught from a less militaristic more personalist point of view. I'm reading a little excerpt from Thirza Vallois' Around and About Paris (http://www.franceonyourown.com/News_11_3_03.htm if you're interested) and it's ( Read more... )

Let me tell you a story about Tyra Banks. When I was a child, I saw a cover girl ad of Tyra on the back cover of a magazine. She was awesome ( Read more... )