11/11/11

Hello everyone!
Here is just a little blog update on the momentous day of 11/11/11.

This weekend was not very eventful. I basically just worked and went to class. Exciting life, I know.
But today was a nice day, despite the more-than-irritating events of last night*

*Last night I was actually able to get to sleep with minimal trouble. However, I was awakened by LOUD THUMPING TECHNO music coming from the apartment next to me. It was 2:50 AM, and this seriously loud (AKA extra pillow on my head AND headphones playing music louder than it should go at 3 AM didn't manage to drown it out) music played on for more than 2 hours. Around 5 AM it finally stopped. Thank God that the family was going out of town on Friday (today) morning because it is the celebration of the end of WWI. This meant I didnt have to wake up at 7 like normal, and I got to sleep in.

ANYway, today was nice. I hung out with the family and helped get the girls ready to go in the morning. They left around 11:30, and then I went up to my room and relaxed a bit. I then went 30 ft down the street and bought a pizza to help cover my meals for the weekend. It was yummy. Then I wrote a response to a letter from the OFII (immigration people. Things like this in France take freaking forEVER) and ran some errands. Then I just walked around. This little tea place/used book store that I like was closed, so I walked some more through the very busy tourist-y streets. I stopped at a cafe, and then decided I wanted to check out the Joan of Arc museum. And tonight I made plans with the other au pair in Rouen to go see "The Artist" at a nearby cinema.
Things in France are really really cool when you are able to do what you want.