day 2

well, yesterday was a long day, so i slept till about 330pm, and when i woke up the principal had returned and said he could drop me off in the city on his way into town. once there i went to la prefecture, where i had to renew my visa (cause the one i have is only for 3 months), but had to make an appt... so i cant do that till the 10 oct. then i went to the bank (HSBC) to get a bank account, cause that shit is everywhere around europe. but i had to make an appt to go there too. so then i was left to wander the city. thats when i met plume. the gypsy originally from tours, who made a living off pan-handling. faire la marche, is what you call it. i walked up to her asking for hash, and then we ended up kicking it for almot 2 hours. yes, i pan-handled myself. she walked off for like 5 minutes and left her loot, and since i was chillin, i said, "what the hell!" all ihad was dollar dollar bills and i was hungry. the correct way to ask for money is to say, "pardon monsieur(madame, messieurs dames) , avez-vous des petites bras de monaies, des petites pièces peut-être?..." right across the alley were two other gypsies. neither plume or i knew their names, but they were a young couple with a dog. they were posted up right between an atm machine and a market, so people could only be full of shit if they went to either and said they had nothing. they got some change from people leaving the market for that reason. the guy kept repeating the same request over and over, i guess to show the redundancies of what he was doing... plume & i had scored the hash already so it was a bit hard for me to speak clearly... she laughed at me cause i sounded so timid & shy in my requests. eventually the cops showed up and told us we couldnt pan-handle until after the 10 october... couldnt comprehend what was going on or why. but we left and said our adieus and i went to the atm, got some cash, and went straight to the mcdonalds for some comfort food. it was raining fairly hard by this point. i forgot you could get beer at mcdonalds in europe. i just got sprite & a cheeseburger happy meal... and i got a dog. a german shepard even!!! as a toy =(... but shes cute. then i went to the store to buy a bottle of wine, then caught the # 5 bus back to saint cyr.

the bottle of wine is almost gone now. still have a bit of hash. i only bought un petit 10. but i came home, made a snack out of the pot roast mr doumelle had made that afternoon, and looked through the local paper for a studio to rent out. i'll handle that tomorrow. i have some paperwork to fill out in the AM at the school sos i can get PAID!! then, since brittany got into town this evening (when she left the airport in paris, she went straight to gien where her bf lives), ill probably meet up with her. maybe go check out my 2nd middle school in SW tours? nothing serious to do until next week. we have to go to TA orientation in Orleans on tuesday of next week. i have an apt at the bank on friday. im thinkin, small trip to the pays-bas this weekend for some herb??? we'll see how much that costs. the studio apts ive been looking at are a lot cheeper than what i thought theyd be. so it might just be feasable. tomorrows another day!
deuce

so, until tomorrow my peeps.
à demain!!