almostover
i can't believe that within a little over 24 hours my university life will be over...
i have 1 test this afternoon and 1 tomorrow..then i'm home free. i was able to finish up the honors thesis this week end despite not ever being home or in a condusive working environment. ie: working at david's parents apt, then in the car to mont. st michel, then in the car to bretagne, then in the shitty hotel room (more on why it was shitty later) and finally at david's apt. i surprised myself by being able to complete it in such little time. i think it has to do with the research i had- thanks to the y&r ad databases i was able to access really good academic sources for free.
david had taken off a few days to go on vacation and although i had a lot of work to do, i didn't want to ruin his time off. on friday we went to the asterix amusement park. it was pretty fun despite getting a massive headache after a roller coaster ride then feeling absolutely exhausted by 6pm, and the 16 euros of candy we bought that should have been like 6. it was fun though.
on saturday we hung around doing nothing at his parent's house until we packed up and got ready to leave sunday morning. on the way over to argenteuil we stopped in pigalle to go to a sex shop. hah. after 4 years of being in france i have never been to one. the thing is, we're both into doing whatever. it wasn't really my idea, it comes from the fact that him and his ex used to mess around with a vibrating dildo (ughm i don't know why i'm even writing this..) and well, it was awesome apparently. so i figured pourquoi pas. but afterwards when i thought it about it, it made me kindof sick to think he was wanting to recreate something he did with his ex, with me. plus, earlier that day we were going through his parent's storage space and found some old photos. seeing ex's don't really bother me, but seeing them all doing the same thing WE do, is disheartening. they were all taken while snowboarding and shit, and it just made me jealous i guess. i told him that night how i felt and he understood and tried to reassure me by telling me that we do sooo much more stuff together than his ex's and that they were never into most of the stuff etc. anyway, the sex toy was alright but it didn't rock my world. atleast it's pretty (clear purple!)
sunday morning david voted (sarko of course, thank god he won...) and then left to go to mont st.michel. it was absolutely beautiful. the weather kindof sucked though. afterwards we went to rennes to visit a fireman friend and then headed to the quiberon coast of bretagne to go surfing. it was kindof winday and chilly when we got there and the waves sucked, so we ended up just walking along the beach and the cliffs. the next day the weather still sucked but we ended up seeing neolithic ruins instead. plus, we got to eat in really amazing resto's that served super cheap bretagne-food. i got kindof sick though after one of the places and ended up having a rough time for a few hours.
so about the hotel room..we stayed in some moderately shitty places just to save money. david got a weird fungus on his toe, i got a UTI (atleast i hope that's what it is..and i can't imagine how i got it from the hotel but i guess it's possible)..and the cleaning lady saw me naked cause we weren't out of the room early enough. actually it wasn't our fault, we were out by 12 but the lady wanted to clean our room early so she could leave for the day. she didn't even knock!!!! anyway, we left early cause my uti was so painful i actually thought i would have to go to the hospital. it calmed down and i saw the doc yesterday and got some meds. should be fine.
yesterday was my last day of work. i went out to eat with my boss and jessica the other intern. things at work have been pretty up and down. they basically retracted 2 of their offers due to budgetary reasons which is frustrating and annoying since i have no clue what i'll be doing in the next few months. i decided to take things into my own hands and make some noise in the company, expressing my motivation and ambition to stay etc. i think it worked cause now everyone is talking to the head of colgate about me and i should have a meeting with him in a few weeks to talk about possibilities within the team. when i left yesterday my boss gave me the impression that she was pretty positive i'd be coming back. i can wait a bit, i don't need to start working asap, but i'd just like to have some reassurance. in any case, once school is over i can focus on sending on my cv and do some serious job hunting.
david and i had the crazy idea that if i don't have a job my september we could do a cross-country trip. we'd basically drive from new york to california in 3 weeks. i think it'd be awesome, especially with him.problem is i have no money. no prospects. no future! hah, not true, but i can't really plan on anything since i have no clue what's going to happen. did i mention that i love david? that we'll have been together 5 months in a few days and it feels like 5 weeks. we never fight cause he's so easy going (and takes a lot of my shit) and is probably the most thoughtful, decent, honest guy i've ever been with. i keep realizing it more and more, little by little.
i have 1 test this afternoon and 1 tomorrow..then i'm home free. i was able to finish up the honors thesis this week end despite not ever being home or in a condusive working environment. ie: working at david's parents apt, then in the car to mont. st michel, then in the car to bretagne, then in the shitty hotel room (more on why it was shitty later) and finally at david's apt. i surprised myself by being able to complete it in such little time. i think it has to do with the research i had- thanks to the y&r ad databases i was able to access really good academic sources for free.
david had taken off a few days to go on vacation and although i had a lot of work to do, i didn't want to ruin his time off. on friday we went to the asterix amusement park. it was pretty fun despite getting a massive headache after a roller coaster ride then feeling absolutely exhausted by 6pm, and the 16 euros of candy we bought that should have been like 6. it was fun though.
on saturday we hung around doing nothing at his parent's house until we packed up and got ready to leave sunday morning. on the way over to argenteuil we stopped in pigalle to go to a sex shop. hah. after 4 years of being in france i have never been to one. the thing is, we're both into doing whatever. it wasn't really my idea, it comes from the fact that him and his ex used to mess around with a vibrating dildo (ughm i don't know why i'm even writing this..) and well, it was awesome apparently. so i figured pourquoi pas. but afterwards when i thought it about it, it made me kindof sick to think he was wanting to recreate something he did with his ex, with me. plus, earlier that day we were going through his parent's storage space and found some old photos. seeing ex's don't really bother me, but seeing them all doing the same thing WE do, is disheartening. they were all taken while snowboarding and shit, and it just made me jealous i guess. i told him that night how i felt and he understood and tried to reassure me by telling me that we do sooo much more stuff together than his ex's and that they were never into most of the stuff etc. anyway, the sex toy was alright but it didn't rock my world. atleast it's pretty (clear purple!)
sunday morning david voted (sarko of course, thank god he won...) and then left to go to mont st.michel. it was absolutely beautiful. the weather kindof sucked though. afterwards we went to rennes to visit a fireman friend and then headed to the quiberon coast of bretagne to go surfing. it was kindof winday and chilly when we got there and the waves sucked, so we ended up just walking along the beach and the cliffs. the next day the weather still sucked but we ended up seeing neolithic ruins instead. plus, we got to eat in really amazing resto's that served super cheap bretagne-food. i got kindof sick though after one of the places and ended up having a rough time for a few hours.
so about the hotel room..we stayed in some moderately shitty places just to save money. david got a weird fungus on his toe, i got a UTI (atleast i hope that's what it is..and i can't imagine how i got it from the hotel but i guess it's possible)..and the cleaning lady saw me naked cause we weren't out of the room early enough. actually it wasn't our fault, we were out by 12 but the lady wanted to clean our room early so she could leave for the day. she didn't even knock!!!! anyway, we left early cause my uti was so painful i actually thought i would have to go to the hospital. it calmed down and i saw the doc yesterday and got some meds. should be fine.
yesterday was my last day of work. i went out to eat with my boss and jessica the other intern. things at work have been pretty up and down. they basically retracted 2 of their offers due to budgetary reasons which is frustrating and annoying since i have no clue what i'll be doing in the next few months. i decided to take things into my own hands and make some noise in the company, expressing my motivation and ambition to stay etc. i think it worked cause now everyone is talking to the head of colgate about me and i should have a meeting with him in a few weeks to talk about possibilities within the team. when i left yesterday my boss gave me the impression that she was pretty positive i'd be coming back. i can wait a bit, i don't need to start working asap, but i'd just like to have some reassurance. in any case, once school is over i can focus on sending on my cv and do some serious job hunting.
david and i had the crazy idea that if i don't have a job my september we could do a cross-country trip. we'd basically drive from new york to california in 3 weeks. i think it'd be awesome, especially with him.problem is i have no money. no prospects. no future! hah, not true, but i can't really plan on anything since i have no clue what's going to happen. did i mention that i love david? that we'll have been together 5 months in a few days and it feels like 5 weeks. we never fight cause he's so easy going (and takes a lot of my shit) and is probably the most thoughtful, decent, honest guy i've ever been with. i keep realizing it more and more, little by little.