Les cartes postales

Post cards, post cards, post cards! I've been writing my little hand off this week. I put up a notice on myspace saying if anyone wanted a post card to give me their address, and I got some responses. Same goes for anyone reading this! You could leave me a comment with your address or just send me an email. Of course, I'd like letters too (wink wink) b/c it is a nice way to finish the work day by coming home to fun mail. My address is:

Mlle CLOERN Elizabeth
FJT Edit de Nantes, Chambre 115
1 et 5 rue de Gigant
44100 Nantes
France

Yesterday was the infamous medical exam for immigration. I had to have this done in order to apply for my carte de sejour in Dec. I got there a little early and all the nurses were buzzing around and giggling like school girls. It took them a minute to even acknowledge me. After taking my paperwork one of them lead me to another room and said, "Oh honey, this is your lucky day!" Turns out there were 5 rugby players also waiting for their chest x-rays. It was pretty funny to see how their presence had gotten all the nurses stirred up. One of them even took their picture (not so discretely walking past the hallway) with her cell phone! The process was quick and painless, and now it's taken care of. I feel pretty on top of things which is nice. Lex had her appointment just after me and so did one of her friends, so the 3 of us headed to a little cafe to just sit and enjoy the beautiful afternoon.

Then I headed to SNCF to change my train ticket reservation to Paris next week. BAD NEWS!!! The only other train with the 50 percent discount gets me into CDG 22 hours before my flight departs!! Ay ay ay. It's going to be a very very long wait, but it seemed the only way to be able to get to Paris on time w/o having to spend more money. The girl at SNCF looked at me like I was completly crazy (something I'm used to after being seen as the weird foreigner. Haha), but surely I'm not the first person to camp out at the airport. I won't have much luggage, so if the fare is good, I may just take the 40 min. bus ride into the center of Paris and walk around to make the most of my time.

I had today off and slept in which is always soooo nice. I got a little knock on my door at 10 and it was my little fridge! Yay- now I can buy cheese, milk, yogurt, etc... This will make cooking all the more enjoyable. I just started reading The Life of Pi (something I've wanted to read since I took Hinduism Jr. year at USF). I'm already hooked. Jesse and I cooked a late lunch at 2, and then I headed to the library to check out their English selection. For me, it left something to be desired, but I ended up with 4 new books one being A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke. I'm not sure how much humor I will see in it since it mostly deals with French-British relations but it may well be worth a few laughs.

I feel kind of lame for not having visited ANY of the museums here (musée des beaux arts, musée d'histore naturelle, musée dobrée, or the garden of plants). I think Lex and I might go to the Musée Dobrée on Sunday since there's not much to do on Sundays. I know I still have plenty of time, but it goes by fast, and I don't want to leave having missed out on something.

Time to head back to the foyer. I think we might eat at the cantine (cafeteria) tonight and then hopefully watch an episode or 2 of Grey's Anatomy. I only have 2/4 hours of classes tomorrow since some students are on a trip to the U.S. I've been telling myself everyday I'd go and check out the swimming pool, so maybe it will actually get done tomorrow. Gros Bisous, Elizabeth