flying and flying and flying
My mom and dad are coming to visit tomorrow! I miss Lauren but I suppose ma and pa are a satisfactory replacement. I can't wait to show Dad around, hes never been to Europe before.
And then, on Felipe's birthday, I am leaving him to come to Canada for 12 days woohoo! I wasn't really planning on making this trip, and definately can't afford it, but i'll be damned if the French Govn't would ever do anything to make it easier for a foreign girl to get her visa renewed. Anyway I think I will trip to the cottage for a few days for some R&R and swimming! Oh god I want to swim so badly. You don't realise how much you enjoy swimming pools until you live in a city that doesn't have any at all.
I am also psyched to see my little brother on his birthday! Not sure what the plan is yet but I bet it will be a rockin good weekend.
I am also going to go shopping with my mothers credit card at Holister and then try to convince HSBC to give me one of my own. That should be a challenge considering my last credit card was overdue for about 16 months.
THEN I AM GOING TO BRAZIL! and I dont know how to express how exciting that is. Every part except the 19 hour bus ride from Rio to Porto Seguro. Too bad Felipe let his drivers licence expire or we could have rented a car and been spared the agony of almost a full day crammed together with 50 other people.
Well oh well. Life, for the past few weeks, as an unemployed illegal foreigner was not as bad as I thought it would be. But I found a job! At a small jazz bar in the 5th, no papers required since I'm only working for a few weeks while someone is on holiday. Paid in cash, tips in hand. The place is so small only one person works at a time behind the bar, and I do love to own the bar like that. Score!
A message for the weather in Canada: Get your act together cause it better be beautiful when I get there!
xx
Jo
And then, on Felipe's birthday, I am leaving him to come to Canada for 12 days woohoo! I wasn't really planning on making this trip, and definately can't afford it, but i'll be damned if the French Govn't would ever do anything to make it easier for a foreign girl to get her visa renewed. Anyway I think I will trip to the cottage for a few days for some R&R and swimming! Oh god I want to swim so badly. You don't realise how much you enjoy swimming pools until you live in a city that doesn't have any at all.
I am also psyched to see my little brother on his birthday! Not sure what the plan is yet but I bet it will be a rockin good weekend.
I am also going to go shopping with my mothers credit card at Holister and then try to convince HSBC to give me one of my own. That should be a challenge considering my last credit card was overdue for about 16 months.
THEN I AM GOING TO BRAZIL! and I dont know how to express how exciting that is. Every part except the 19 hour bus ride from Rio to Porto Seguro. Too bad Felipe let his drivers licence expire or we could have rented a car and been spared the agony of almost a full day crammed together with 50 other people.
Well oh well. Life, for the past few weeks, as an unemployed illegal foreigner was not as bad as I thought it would be. But I found a job! At a small jazz bar in the 5th, no papers required since I'm only working for a few weeks while someone is on holiday. Paid in cash, tips in hand. The place is so small only one person works at a time behind the bar, and I do love to own the bar like that. Score!
A message for the weather in Canada: Get your act together cause it better be beautiful when I get there!
xx
Jo