Let's be positive!

Well, well. Things are going rather well, I must say. First of all in snowed in Paris today. So it only lasted 5 minutes but it was snow nonetheless and that makes me a happy camper.

I have my travel plans somewhat finalized for February. I was going to go to Budapest and Vienna with Krystal and Purwa but that was getting too complicated and was going to be over a week. That is a bit much for me. So instead Tom and I will be going to Budapest and Romania. I am not sure where in Romania but we will cross the border and I will leave the EU. This is SO exciting for me as I have been wanting to go to Romania since seeing a "may I ask you a few question?" Romania edition RDK movie. This is just the year to do things I have always wanted to do. So from the 20th to 27th of February I will be in Eastern Europe and then classes start on the 28th.

Finals are coming up. I really don't know what to expect from my philo final. I have been focusing more on my history final when I probably should pay more attention to philo. C'est la vie. I just hope to God I pass all my classes. Really I am just ready for this semester to be over with. So very close. A nice 3 week break is definitely in order. This school just takes it out of you sometimes.

I may have found a job in Paris this summer. We'll see how that goes. The EU internship in DC would be cool but the issue is that I only have 6 weeks that I can really do anything and who wants someone for 6 weeks? I am still hopeful.

I have found a hipster dance party to attend this weekend. Judith and Tom are coming with and I am very much looking forward to a bit of dancing and just having a nice night out with good people and speaking French. I have been feeling pretty good about my French as of late.

Dad finally got his passport so he can come visit but things are still up in the air. It all depends on what the neurologists says and how he feels. If he has constant migraines all the time it would be best for him not to come to Paris I think. We'll see how that goes.

Things with Phil are good. I miss him but I don't have this dying need to be with him. I think this is a sign of a nice healthy relationship. It will be really weird to actually be together again come August. God, that is still 7 months away. But that is also 7 months I get to spend in Paris which I think is the greatest city ever. It is really nice have something so stable when a lot of things in life aren't.

I have been thinking recently about the eminent return to Pittsburgh. It will be good, I know but it will also be really weird. I left this place for a year and then come back and I know things will be different. I know I am different. I have no desire to ever be in MD again, but that is old news. I am looking forward to Pgh but I just have no idea what things are really going to be like. I know who I am living with and I know it will be nice and cozy. Chris decided that cozy will be the word for next year and I very much agree with him.

Enough rambling. More reading about Vichy!