Dear world,

Things that are new in my life:

As of Friday:
- I got to see Sarah, a student from Smith who lived with my host family two years ago. She came over for dinner.
- We had a raclette!
- I tried to work on my research on this guy. No one knows who he is. Proving to be a difficult guy to track down. (Just trying to prove a point. The French know who he is, at least.)

As of Saturday:
- I learned how to make a chocolate cake with Elise and my host mom! We made it together, and Elise reminded me of me when I was little. And now. My mom still needs to get those last few stirs in, just to make sure everything's mixed. Hehe.
- I went to another dinner party! I love France.
- I met new people from Sciences Po.
- I came back home and left a note that said "Fur Elise" with a left over piece of cake.
- I did more research.

As of today:
- Went to the Louvre. Want to go back again all the time just to study. It was wonderful.
- Did more researching. Finally got a general "plan" together. Will finish tomorrow.


PLAN FOR MONDAY:
9:20: Leave for Spanish class
10:00 - 3:30: Class
4:00: Talk to Peebs
4:15: Lunch with Alix
5:00: Hit up La Bibliothèque Michelet to find that book
8:20: Leave for frisbee practice
10:45: Finish writing up presentation

PLAN FOR TUESDAY:
12:00: Go to Bibliotheque François Mitterand, if needed (if not, analyze painting. I'm pretty sure I have enough resources)
3:00: Practice like I've never practiced a presentation before
10:00: Do homework for Methodology
12:00: Practice one last time. Go to sleep

Guess what?

I bought a guitar! It is this one:

http://www.music123.com/Yamaha-JR1-Mini-Folk-Guitar-510692-i1146546.Music123

I love it muchly. I brought it to the Louvre today, which was a little bit of bad planning on my part. I had to check it with the coat guys, who were majorly hitting on us while we went to get our stuff afterward.

As neat as it was going to the Louvre for an art history lesson, it was kind of lame. Our professor was pretty condescending in a faux-sweet way. I'm glad I only have to see her once every two weeks.

Everything's going really well so far. The only thing that's bugging me is that I keep over-planning my days. I think that this has had a major impact on my sleeping schedules. Each night for the past 3 nights, I've dreamt about what I was going to do the next day, completely. Monday night, though, I remember dreaming that I went home for a day but I was trying to run around, get to frisbee practice on time, find the things in my room that I wanted to bring back to France, see everyone at Smith, and hang with the family. Somehow, my mom wound up at frisbee practice. It was really weird.

I think it might also have something to do with the fact that I've been using my computer in my bed. I think I should reserve my bed for only sleeptimes.

But it's hard! My desk is right by the window, and it gets so cold!

I'm going to try to go to sleep soon so I'm well rested for tomorrow. A bientot, tout le monde!