i feel extra moody today. i think it's the weather. it's becoming colder and colder and it reminds me of new england cold, which i loathe. everyone always says that pacific northwest cold is terrible because all that moisture sinks into your bones--- but it never gets all that cold in the nw and if you have some good waterproofs, you're fine. here in reims, it's a dry cold which i find more bone chilling and awful than home.
maybe i'm moody because of my schedule-- they're changing it. it was all set-- monday afternoons, friday mornings and a scattering of single classes tues-thursday, but no one can agree now on where they want me to go or for which hours. so i don't think i'll have a set schedule anymore; i think the profs will sign up week to week and i will have to work monday mornings, which kinda blows because it cuts out extended weekend travel time. before i could return from somewhere monday morning; now it's sunday night.
big deal, i know, but like everything in france, we gotta friggin' talk about it for hours before deciding on anything. i just want someone to make a decision and stick with it. it's the wishywashy-ness that bugs me.
or maybe it's just life in general that bugs me today...
on a cooler note, i had a fun weekend. i tried dim sum for the first time on saturday with georges and his family and it was wonderful. they later invited me to dinner and we all stayed up talking (en anglais) until about midnight. they are wonderful friends and hosts and a lot of fun and so helpful to me. sunday i went to prof isabelle's house for lunch with her family-- she had three kids who are so sweet and we all ate raclette, which is kind of like fondue except you pour the cheese over your potatoes or meat instead of dipping into the fondue pot. after lunch i tried true pralines for the first time-- i'd of course had them before in america in ice cream but these were roasted and toasted and sugar coated fresh at a store and they were divine. i think i could eat them all day.
i think now i may head to town and try on some pea coats.