visitations

today....we went to the neighbors house for a "gouter" (snack)

they have twins...7th grade twins (however old that is). and they're HYSTERICAL!

especially their daughter. she's a bright one. very quick witted, and VERY VERY funny.

and their mom made me feel better. every time i come home, i enjoy it alot. but it saddens me how much harder i have to think to speak french. i wish i could go back to the days where it came easier than english. where it was so natural. BFA has deadened my poor francais. but today, she said my french was "impeccable" (uhh...perfect-ish. i suck at translating). no accent. no nothing. and it made me feel like maybe there is still some of that little french girl in me, the one i used to be.

i leave tomorrow. goodbye home, hello school.

AND JANET!!!!!!! ;) yay!

i think i need to go to bed!

bonne annee tout l'monde! (for you anglophones out there....happy new year!)

i wish...

i wish i could write
so i could describe for you
the sights and sounds
that are still
so familiar

i wish i could write
so i could describe for you
the lights, the traffic, the cathedrals
and the many, many people

i wish i could write
so i could explain to you
how i'm home
but not
belonging
but not

i wish i could write
so i could explain to you
the sigh in my heart
as i sit in my window
loving it
still longing for somewhere else
or even
somewhere else again

i wish i could write
so i could tell you
how much i miss you
and how much i wish
that we could
all of us
be together again

i wish i could write
so i could convince myself
that a life torn in three
or thousands
can be put back together
somehow

i wish i could write
so i could tell you
what's really up
cuz simple words
are insufficient

if only i could write...

it's christmastime in the city

for those of you that didn't see my facebook album (which is probably not very many people) i feel like putting pics on here too! :P


le bord de la seine (from the car)


some bridge. i luv this pic cuz of the lampposts and the cathedral in the background.


i'm in love with the moon. and the pretty city colors ;)


and of course..the good old champs elysees, all lighted up for christmas.

i LOVE my city! it's so good to see something other than corn!

break-ness

sooo....my roomie said i should blog.

so i am.

haven't been up to much. mostly on my computer watchin prison break with the bros. the church program on sunday went really well. we didn't have TOO many visitors but we had some so that was good.

yesterday we went out to the city to the christmas market. i'm a big fan of that market. lots of cool stuff. got lots of xmas shopping done. and took fun pictures. here's one of my faves from the train back.



alrighty. dinner time. swedish meatballs. yummy. luv to all. you know who you are.

christmas break

there are a lot of things that i'm going to miss about this place over christmas break.

i would list them all like usual...

...but what i'm going to miss the most...

...is the part that won't be here when i get back.

simple pleasures...

vanilla cinnamon coffee.

writing notes and laughing hysterically in.....well, yeah.

"falling in love with jesus" WITH harmonica.

"yeeee-hao", an asian cowboy happy bday.

friday singing in the car.

friday watching enchanted.

enchanted in general.

unlimited breadsticks.

friday's chipmunk, pimp.

david being freaked out at friday's chipmunk, pimp.

bringing a smile to a friend's face.

fake ID's as ice scrapers.

paul's confusion.
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but not everything is pleasurable....

i hate hurting for my friends.

specially when there's nothing i can do.