I finished teaching April 15, but Annie had asked me to chaperone some field trips the first week of school break. I was like... you know I'm only 23, right? But one of the teachers couldn't fulfill her commitment, and they needed someone else. Who was I to say no to such a desperate situation? And by "desperate situation," I mean free entry to a ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm still blogging about December. My blog, my rules, right? Right.

Between Bordeaux and Paris, Kate and I spent three days in Niort, mainly to save money on lodging and food. We didn't do much in Niort (not much to do in my town, honestly), but it was nice to relax. Of course, we did go out one night...

...to Uncle Sam's karaoke bar. Oh, yes. ( Read more... )

Remember Christmas? Way back several months ago? I never got around to actually blogging about that, so... here it goes.

My friend Kate is also an English teaching assistant this year, but in Marseille. We realized that both of us were staying in France for Christmas, and we decided to travel together for the holidays. I suggested Bordeaux for ( Read more... )

(Il y a un peu de français au fin de cette note ( Read more... )

So I was just skimming through my blog for the last few months, and besides being totally behind in all my (public) travel posts, and continuing to obsess about guys and future employment (privately), I realized that I basically never talk about my job as an English Teaching Assistant. I wrote way more about being an au pair last year, although ( Read more... )

Remember that time when I was like "I'm going to blog about cooking!" And then I typed up three or four recipes and that's it? Yeah, that's because I mostly eat variations of the same thing. Beans and rice in pretty much every combination possible, stir fries, and eggs ( Read more... )

Ugh, I need to go to bed. Why do I keep on doing this to myself ( Read more... )

In honor of last night's snowfall and today's winter wonderland, today's post will be song lyrics.

Day Two- Let It Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful, 
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned ( Read more... )

I actually did a few things this week that didn't involve my computer. Shocker! I even left my apartment (ooh, ahh).

Wednesday night I attended my first-ever couchsurfing meeting, which ended up being a lot of fun. Each week someone in the group offers to host an English meeting for anglophones to get together, hang out, eat a little, play some ( Read more... )

So I don't really work all that much. I have all of this free time, and while I'm certainly not complaining, I just feel very idle. Rather lazy. Last year, my job was pretty stressful at times, and even when it was going great, I was still working 35 to 45 hours a week. Now, I'm scheduled to work 12 hours a week, but I have yet to actually work ( Read more... )