I upgraded my précipissé; I have a French ID card. They didn’t let me keep the précipissé, though ( Read more... )

I now have a précipissé or something or other. It’s a word that doesn’t fit into my head. But, even if I don’t remember what it’s called, it means that I’m no longer illegal ( Read more... )

I was already ready for the appointment, so I just had to wait till the time arrived. Sadly, many of the papers expire, so there was some work involved in re-preparing for the big day. Even more sadly, I overdid the waiting and missed the appointment; I had written the date wrong in my day planner and didn’t realize the mistake until two days ( Read more... )

Normally when I don’t post it’s either that I have nothing to say or that I have no time to say it.  The silence of late was both.  I’m starting a new adventure that could be interesting and, though many people have experienced it before me, our collective consciousness (google) couldn’t actually provide me with any details about what I should ( Read more... )

Errata: had really fast internet. It stopped working yesterday. I find that experience to be irrationally disconcerting. I spent a couple of hours totally unnerved because I couldn’t check my email (which I wouldn’t have had at that time of day anyway). However, I acknowledge that the internet is my primary connection to the outside world, so ( Read more... )

I quit. I didn’t like the fact that I was working so hard that everything else was getting pushed from my life. I figured that a goal would be a good motivator to help me deal with the workload. My goal was to save enough money for France. At the point that I set the goal, I was already past it. I’m not sure if I’d ever accomplished a goal ( Read more... )

I'm hunting for jobs full-time. This activity certainly wouldn't make it onto my list of favorite pastimes. But, I admit that I have learned a lot every time I've done it. I think this is the first time that I was looking for a job where I was giving much consideration to how much I would like the work: Before I graduated, it was all about money ( Read more... )

What I did:
I traveled to a few places -

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  Washington
  
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  California
  
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  North Carolina
  
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  Florida
  
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  Georgia
  

Mexico City was not very exciting. I went back to my first international hostel. It was still a nice place. Unfortunately, I spent most of my time in the hostel because I was recovering from that quesadilla ( Read more... )

I've been unhappy with the quality of my writing recently. I'm not a talented writer; for me, good writing takes work and all the stars being in alignment. The whole idea of ending my trip has really knocked my stars out of alignment. I realized that this end is something truly final. I've enjoyed traveling and I will likely never have a ( Read more... )