getting tan in france.

Today was my first laundry day. I asked Veronique if I could do laundry, and she put all of my clothes in the washer for a grand total of one load. These French people don't joke around when it comes to conserving energy. My host mom caught me keeping the light on all night once. The light was helping me sleep better that night because everything was so unfamiliar at that point (like the spiders in my kitchen..), but she told me that electricity and water are more expensive here in France than in the states. Personally, I think it's partially so people will try and conserve energy. Anyway, I had to put my clothes on a line to dry outside, and hopefully I won't get any surprises when I put them on tomorrow!

It's amazing how environmentally friendly the French are. My host mom rides her bike to work every day. At the university there are signs every where about keeping the lights off when one can, and there was even a sign in one of the bathrooms to only use 2 sheets of paper towels for drying hands.

For dinner tonight, my host mom made couscous with veggies with a little cilantro and a salad with vinaigrette. She made this super yummy pudding-like desert again even though we just had it on Tuesday. The point has been made that I LOVE desert. A comment may have been directed to me on Tuesday about conserving calories by not eating too many deserts.. But they're every where! How can I not devour them?

Two days ago I woke up to about twenty little spiders scurrying above my kitchen window. Needless to say I was completely horrified (I have a mild phobia). I couldn't eat and get food while my kitchen was in that state, which gave me the perfect excuse to visit a patisserie on the way to school! Chocolate croissants are amazing in the morning, and the one I had that morning was still warm!!! Yum.

Today, I had two alarms set to wake up on time, and neither of them went off. I don't think my host mom quite understands my "dans la lune tout le temps." I arose at 8:30 with a half an hour walk ahead of me, and I managed to make it to class on time.