FIRST OF ALL. i will probably make lists in nearly all of my blog posts. proper sentences are for fooooools
i have a billion things to do before my afternoon class and i'm still woozy but i'll try to make this work.
SUNDAY. i don't remember if i posted about my saturday adventures.... checking.. oh i totally did. super bon. because i got those kinder eggs at the market.
THIS IS WHAT I DID ON SUNDAY:
- woke up at 5. chilled.
- breakfast and orientation from 9 to a few more hours after 9.
- hot as balls. changed into tank top and skirt and moc boots. didn't bring any shorts with me. foolish decision.
- ran around looking for friends to meet up with to hike to the next medieval village over..... about 3 KM. estimated time of hike: 45 minutes. we left at 1:00. if you want to google it, i'm in lacoste and we hiked to bonnieux. (i wouldn't say that if i were worried about stalkers, but seriously it's like so ridiculously out of the way of anything and everything and i'm a shut in and you'll never find me. also i have a gun. a large gun.)
- hiking through vineyards. finding random fruits. hills. dehydration. HILLS. grumpy.
- arrived in bonnieux at 2:30. not a happy camper.
- got more water. found shade. felt better. also got some postcards for my mom and grandparents. AAAAAAWWW
- explored the village. found some ruins of an incredibly old stone house, went in shops. most of it was closed since it was sunday. found a lovely boutique which sold linen and soft everything and had tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of scarves. not terribly expensive... don't think i saw anything over 70 euro (and that was for cashmere). found another shop with the most adorable little french lady who knit almost everything in the shop. god she was so adorable. didn't buy anything yet.....
- walked to the very top of the village tower (yes. a tower.) mildly shocked and appalled at the sight of our home village from this village........ so extremely far away with a valley in between. incredibly surprised that we walked all that way and nobody died.
- decided that i FUCKING EARNED a dress i saw in the first cute boutique. tried it on and it was just the best dress ever (forgive me i'm a girl.) it's macrame on top and fancy cotton eyelet lace on the bottom. love love love. my friend got a thick silk brocade scarf she had seen and another got a pretty printed shirtdress. it was a lovely day. my minimal french words are progressively getting less shitty. i can now say i have my own bag for things.
- FIGUE ICE CREAM!! does anybody know how to try a spoon of ice cream in french?? i don't. but i still managed to order a scoop of ice cream. going to try pink grapefruit the next hike.
- FRIGGIN HAD TO PEE. by this point i had drank about 2 nalgenes of water. found the public water closet....... comprised of a hole in the ground and a standing area. i like a challenge when i pee. luckily i have mastered the art of drunk peeing in the woods so this was no problem.
- sat in the middle of a roundabout and saw a tree with boobs.
- left bonnieux at 5:00. got back to lacoste at 6:30 smelling crazy, swearing, sweating, sunburnt.... just a mess.
- dinner time... did i mention over the course of the day that along with normal food i consumed 11 baguettes and a croissant?
- so exhausted after dinner that i just showered and made tea like the antisocial shut in that i've been all weekend. i haven't even gone out to drink. shocking.
TODAY
- classes start! yay yay yay (i love school. i'm studying metals and jewelry so i love school)
- i think i'll mention.... there is possibly somebody in my bathroom fixing the toilet. our toilet flusher is a push button on the top of the toilet. well that got stuck this morning so in my sun poisoned stupor i lifted up the lid to the bowl and possibly just broke everything...... hmm the shower is on now so maybe it's just my roommate.
- this morning. went to breakfast early, walked into the kitchen and felt super duper queasy. like on the verge of projectile vomit. grabbed a yogurt and went outside to eat because i didn't want to vomit all over the nice french chefs.
- finished my yogurt and went back to my room for a nap
- returned to the dining hall to eat actual breakfast without vomiting which was good. i don't know why.... but since i've gotten here i've been really incredibly lightheaded and kind of queasy. i've been eating LOTS and drinking nothing but lots of water so i don't know what the hell is going on with my body.
- i was sitting here on my bed with my computer sending messages to the homeland... heard this meowing??? RANDOM CAT WALKING AROUND IN MY BEDROOM. there are stray cats here but i didn't know they came inside!!! well they do. so i scared the little guy and he ran into the living room. i saw that the door was cracked... but i remember closing it and am thinking he pushed it open.
naturally i ran for my camera because nobody was going to believe me ever... it was also a cute cat. it was stretching on the floor and nudging me and being adorable. it hopped up onto our little hutch to sniff some crumbs of something one of my roommates had left. i didn't know what to do about it so i just let it chill for a few minutes and then carried it outside.
i think that's about everything interesting?? oh and my friend brought a hookah with her so i left my hermit cave for a bit to smoke hookah with some people on a terrace. it's the most social i've been all weekend. wtf is going on with me??
i'm off to go fill out an application for work study (so i can go to paris and buy shiny things).
and probably stretch.
my body is going to hate me while i'm here. it's going to have to deal with it because my ass is gonna be in all kinds of fantastic shape.
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