mmmmmargaritas!

Ok, there are about a million thoughts swimming around in my head (partly because they get to swim around in tequila...that makes my thoughts more active and swimmy), so I'm going to go list style and hope I catch them all. Sorry if they aren't in a very understandable order. I'm going with whatever pops into my head first.

--It is SO much warmer in Lyon than in Clermont-Ferrand, where I was visiting my friend Dia this weekend. While I have said that I can handle pretty much any kind of weather that doesn't include wind, I think I will take Lyon's windiness over C-F's icy frozen death.

--It was really good for me, emotionally, to go to C-F and to visit Dia. Partially, it was good for me to get out of Lyon (and especially to get out of my room) and do something new, but it was also really good to see an old friend who knows me really well still. It's funny the way you can pick up with someone after two years of being apart and just be able to be great friends again.

--My dad called me today and it made me SOOO happy!!! And I got to talk to my sister, which is always quite an experience, because, while she is an avid talker, there aren't always full sentences, and it doesn't always make a ton of sense. My dad did say that she has been working on her three-syllable words, namely exercise (and jumping jacks, which she is a big fan of) and chocolate. Sounds to me like two important words. Especially chocolate, but I suppose if that is a word you are going to pick up at the age of 3, it's probably a good idea to do some jumping jacks too. I totally adore that kid, and I hate that I really only see her a couple weeks out of the year. But that was a really exciting thing to come home to this afternoon.

--I spent the weekend talking to Dia about how much we miss mexican food and margaritas, and then this morning I got a message from my friend Katie inviting me to dinner with her and some of our friends and her parents, who are visiting from California. And we went to a mexican restaurant (the same one I went to a while ago with Florence...only a different location) and drank margaritas and ate mexican food. I maintain that their salsa is terrible and there were no refried beans and it was not at all spicey, but the guacamole was decent, and the food itself is actually quite good. And it was just a fun night all around. Very homey. Although I do plan to hit up every good mexican restaurant I can come up with as soon as I get home.

--The French are still striking. I had to take buses to and from C-F this weekend (although I made it no matter what, just like I promised) because the rail workers are still on strike, and Lyon 2 (where I take capoeira and portuguese) is still blocked, at least until Wednesday, when there is going to be another meeting to decide what to do.

--In 4 days I will be in LONDON!

--I really need to buy some wintery clothes, namely leg warmers (yes mom, leg warmers...I know I always used to hate them, but my legs get cold under my jeans...and I need them for the crazy jumping down to our knees stuff that my jazz teacher has decided would be fun) and tights and more long-sleeved shirts and more scarves and hats and gloves and quite possibly some boots. I really am not prepared for this cold weather at all.

--3 margaritas makes me very sleepy, so I shall stop here. Goodnight!!

*bisous*