Practical business

So, after heading down to the 15th to try and sign up for the Bruges and Brussels trip, I found out they filled all their spots (I should have known that the price was way too good to have spots still open). I gave them my number and email address, though, and told them to let me know if something else opened up. I think that even if I don't go, it wont be that big of a deal. I can always go with Jay in the coming months or spend the money on something else -- like 10 EUR tickets to La Bohème and a nice dinner for my birthday.

In other news, I'm getting really excited for visits from some people:
1. Alicia is coming this weekend and I hope to eat French onion soup with her.
2. Jay is coming on the 23rd and then we are going to Venice for a week for vacation.
3. Sarah Quincy might be coming for the first week in November to visit for a couple days!

We've also made some progress on the apt hunt for Jay. We found a place literally a street down from me that looks really nice. We put in a request to the renting agency and are hoping to hear favorable news! It would be so convenient to have our 2 places so close together. Trying not to get my hopes up, but it would sure be nice to have this nailed down.

On the food end of things, I made myself quite the pasta dish -- grilled up a sausage, cut up 1/2 of a tomato, mixed in some canned spinach, topped it all off with some pasta and tomato basil sauce. Easy, delicious, and perfect with a cup of cab sav.


I finished off the night with a walk down to the Seine and pont neuf where I saw one of the largest rats I've ever seen.

To clear things up for my mother, and anyone else interested in my academic schedule, I am taking the following classes:

Français II (An advanced French language course that is required by the SLC program)
"La france multiculturelle" (Sociology class about, well, France's multicultural history)
"Les grands romans" (Lit class: we read balzac and flaubert)
Photography with P. Vermès at his atelier at bastille

Total damages today:
0,00 EUR!