So I am in a considerably better mood since the last time I wrote a blog.

My sickness broke Wednesday. Thank goodness. I still am not quite 100%... but much improved. I’m still trying to take it easy. I really need to be better, and hate hate hate being sick. I have never been as sick as I have been here. It really sucks.

And I’m still waiting on the internet. Who knows when it will be back?

But anyways, back to my better mood.

Wednesday was an awesome day. First, I woke up feeling not very sick. Yay!

I started the new school semester. My MICEFA class started. As I was getting ready for school, I looked out my window, and it was snowing! It was soooo cool. And I walked to class in the snow, which I have never done, but the snow melted as soon as it hit the ground. The fifth time I have seen it snow. People still think I’m crazy for being so amused by it. I even took pictures.

My MICEFA class is awesome. It is History of Paris, and Its Architecture (the one I got bumped out of last semester), Sweet. This is a class that is totally my style. The first session, she was telling all these little odds and ends facts about Paris. The kind of stuff that makes the geek inside me giggle. And that’s the way it seems the whole class is going to be. Awesome.

After class, I met with Sylvana, and we headed out to Nanterre to pick our classes. That was an interesting process. Since I decided that I am only going to get the minor in French, I only need one class to complete that, and could take it at Nanterre. More grammar! Woo hoo, you know I love it. (Too bad there isn’t a sarcastic font; it would have been all over that last sentence.)

But I thought maybe it would be cool to take a business class there, just to see what ideas and philosophies were being taught. Hahahaha, that whole process was a joke. The business department was the exact opposite of what you would call efficient. (I’ll just leave my ranting there. I could go on, but that might detract from my better mood.) I decided that it wasn’t worth it to try to take any business classes. The process of living here has taught me what I need to know I suppose.

So I decided to take a History of French Philosophy class. It’s a time-filler. But it could be interesting. We’ll see.

Thursday, I just took it easy. I went out to Nanterre to try to figure the business thing out, which led to my decision to not go through with it. But I still was feeling tired, and considering the doctor had given me an off work order through Friday, I figured it would be best to just hang out and take it easy. Friday was the same.

And so I finished my Stephen King book. It was good, but I guess I wanted more out of the ending… oh well.

On Saturday, I went to the Basilica of St. Denis. It is the final resting place of most of the Kings and Queens of France, going back all the way to Clovis, the first king of France. It was amazing. I am sort of surprised at the wonder and awe I feel about the whole celebration of death. I mean, how many cemeteries and crypts have I been to here? But I always feel in awe of witnessing the final resting places of people who have changed the world.

Sylvana and I decided to go get something to drink at Les Deux Magots. So expensive, but worth it. The second best hot chocolate I’ve ever had. Yes, I keep track. (The first best was at this little Bed and Breakfast that I stayed in two years ago in Galway, Ireland. Just in case you were wondering.) And talk about historical awe… but a lot of Paris is like that. I know I am going to miss that when I go home.

I mean, pick any place in Paris. If something didn’t happen there, then right around the corner something did. It’s crazy. And coming from a place where an historic building is 80 years old, it is mind boggling.