Since the last post (1,000 years ago) quite a bit has happened. I don’t have enough time to dribble on about everything. However, here’s a bullet point list of the highlights of my life since we last spoke:
- Finished second semester of French grammar hell (with a pretty good grade – 15,8/20! I know it seems like a fairly mediocre grade to all my Americans out there but let me assure you that in the critically acclaimed French academic system anything about a 13 is pretty good).
- Spent May and June studying for the TCF (Test de Connaissance de Francias), writing grad school application letters, translating my CV into French, etc…
- Yelled, “PEACE OUT!!” to Europe and escaped stateside for about a month. DJ and I completed a whirlwind tour of the USA (friends, why do you all have to live in different states?! Seriously). Spent some time with the parents in CO before driving to Las Vegas and back. Then, on to my best friend’s place in New Orleans, to my sister’s apartment in DC, a bus ride to the other best friend in NYC, back to CO to see the rest of the fam, and finally back to the City of Lights. Whew! I’m still tired…
- Found out I didn’t get into any of the grad programs I applied to and had to scramble to find a language program in order to renew that precious visa.
- Had a MASSIVE problem with the prefecture (their fault!) and was nearly deported. Pithy was ready to egg the French embassy in DC for me! Good friends, I have. Good friends.
And that brings us just about up to the present. Biggest failure of the summer was without a doubt missing seeing everyone at Coffee’s barbecue. Damn it AirTran. I hope you read this!
Everything else is great. Work is fine. Lots of it! Friends are fine. Lots of big news lately (babies and weddings and whatnot). DJ’s birthday was yesterday. We celebrated today by trying to assemble balcony furniture together (=fight, per usual). As always, tomorrow should be better.
That is it! I miss you all!
Until the next time…
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