day 4

today wasnt very eventful, at all. pretty much, i woke up, not until like 13h, i think cause i took some "herbal" sleeping pill last night that a friend had given me before i left. after a small breakfast of fruit and tea, i went by the school to fill out the rest of my paperwork, then went into town and walked around all...day...long. i couldnt get an appt at the bank until monday morning (which is weird because everyone ive talked to since has been like, the bank is closed monday... i hope i didnt misunderstand... lost in translation. i surely cant go tuesday cause ive to be in Orléans by 930am. ill figure it all out next week. but then that also meant i couldnt get a cell today. and i was thinking that maybe id stay 11 months instead of 9, sos to be able to get a phone plan (for that reason alone...) and then just pay the difference before i leave for the last month, but then it struck me that ill no longer be getting paid after april. which would mean that thered be 4 months that id have to support myself sans salerie (im forgetting how to write in english. i keep wanting to spell everything the french way). im all about getting another job somewhere, but i dunno where. or maybe ill become a frreal nomad and hook up with some gypsies to travel around with. beg for a while... you know, be free like a bird in the wind. but i have all my life that i brought over with me from amérika, so that might not work afterall.

when i took the bus into town this afternoon, a group of about 20 or so elementary kids got on and they were so friggin cute!! i even snuck a short video clip of them (coming to youtube soon!) i wanted to adopt one so theyd hold my hand and then walk around town with me speaking in french and asking me every which sort of question. kids speaking in other languages is the most precious thing ever. and then, all of a sudden, i started feeling ill... i froze. it was the beginning signs of baby fever!! FUCK THAT!! id seen it happen to my friend erin before i left atlanta. but it was different for her. shes about to get married in less than a month, she just bought a house not even two months ago, a good job that pays well, not to mention shes 23... sooooo far from 22 dude!... man, fuck that idea for like another 3 years at least! nomads dont have kids!.. and then... the kids got off at the next stop, and i could breathe again.

i walked around town snapping some shots of the city, but i hate looking like a tourist, so i was timid and tried to take them sneakily. and let me just say, i realize that all my pictures are self-taken, and meant to seem like a 3rd party took them, but cut me some slack brah!! at least until i make some friends to take the pictures with! i feel like ive been extremely shy and much too soft spoken and way too hesitant though to make any friends... im not scared of being in a foreign land, nor am i usually this shy, its just exhausting seeking out new friends. and the ones i had in atlanta were tha BOMB (you know you guys are!!). i want new friends to come to meeee!! =( or someone to visit me once a month... well, i guess either i find friends fast or these blogs are going to become deeeepressing.

i used to be introverted once upon a time, believe it or not... i was keen on small dark corners, closets, hiding beneath the bed and then passing out there... my mom said i used to crawl up into the round turny clothes racks at the mall while she was shopping and hide beneath it, and sometimes id even fall asleep there^-^... fuck swedish mattresses, massage chairs, or jaccuzis... know that when youre looking for comfort, dark spaces while in the fetal position is where its at my friends!! nothing like closing your eyes and visioning yourself back inside the womb... ... (i swear im sober as a jew right now!)... but even my new landlord was saying that the people in this town are a bit snobby cause its Toraine. and they speak the purest french in all of frenchtopia! kinda like people in the north north east of usa in boston. i mean, the people who are actually born and raised in ivy town, not those who migrate there.

i scoped out downtown since ill be living there starting tomorrow night and i had to find all my specialty stores like the boulingerie (bread), patisserie (pastries), charcuterie/boucherie (meats), and the marché for all my other grocery needs. i cant eat out. it too expensive. maybe like once a month or somethin. i went by a travel agency today too... gotta scope out travel prices so i can plan trips during my vacation time. forgot when that is. ill ask next week at orientation. but im pretty sure i might end up going to amsterdam(nov) and germany(dec) this fall, oslo(mar) & spain in the sping(may). and paris, when i feel like it. thats only 37euro round trip. and i have a classmate teaching there to stay with. spain is going to be the most expensive cause im going to granada to visit maktub & rambutan, the chillest hostels in europe, & lugo to visit a friend from high school whos playing pro ball there now. maybe ill get a job at one of the hostels in granada and stay for a few weeks at the end of my teaching to brush up on my español. we'll see...

one last note, i got home early tonight so i wouldnt get stuck without a bus ride home, and i got back around maybe 20hish or so? the principal came back around 2130, drunk, talkin 'bout, "i havent gone out dancing yet, that doesnt start for another 45 minute, then he totally dipped back out, and just got back now at 2am. and he couldnt keep his eyes open ^_^ hells yea! he was like, "dont tell your parents your that you principal stays out all hours of the night!" dude... hes the one im going to if im hung-over and late for work in the morning! newho, its late and i have to pack my stuff up again and move tomorrow. hope you guys have a wild friday night!!
amour amour