Peanut Butter

Instead of the restaurant, I went out with Justine last night and had a blast. I hadn’t seen her since August, so I am glad we reconnected. I got to meet her boyfriend of two months; I didn’t even know she had a new boyfriend, but he was really nice and funny. He gave us a ride to Justine’s friend’s place, but he made a wrong turn, so I got a grand tour of the city by night somehow. We drove down the Champs-Élysées, and I saw the Christmas markets they have set up, and there is also a big Ferris Wheel at one end. It was pretty seeing all the lights and the Christmas spirit in general. It is weird because it isn’t Thanksgiving yet, but since France doesn’t have that holiday, it makes sense I guess.

Anyway, Justine’s friend was really nice, and we pregamed a bit before going out to this music dj event, which I knew nothing about (I was just along for the ride), but it turned out to be so fun and cool. It was a cool venue with lights, stage, and a bar, and there were supposedly famous dj’s there, although I am not educated about that. Anyway we just danced to electronic music the whole night, which is a perfect night for me; drinking and dancing to electronic music! We stayed out until the metro re-opened, and I went to sleep at 6:30am.

I am feeling the repercussions of last night, and I have been a piece of crap all day. I had an awful headache, but it is gone now, so I just feel slightly tired. No idea the plan for tonight; I will just follow Jerome because I have no will to make plans for myself because last night was a lot. But I had a lot of fun last night, so glad I went!

Any other important updates…? Hmm. Well I showed the girl the peanut butter I bought, and she went crazy because she loves peanut butter and didn’t know you could buy it in France. She also was telling me a story in English the other day about a baby seal, but she used the word for seal in French (phoque), and I couldn’t help myself and started laughing. I really wanted to explain that one, but of course, I didn’t.

Oh I got a haircut on Friday by the au pair hairdresser. I just got a trim and cut my bangs. I wanna wash it and see what my bangs do because they just seem to be misbehaving, so I hope washing my hair will fix it. The au pair had such a cool apt in Paris; it was big and just so cute. Very jealous of her set-up, but there is always someone who has it better than you in life.

Oh my sore throat! It ended up getting worse and worse the whole day, and that night was so awful; I couldn’t sleep. The next morning, I could feel my throat was swollen a lot, so I felt like I had strep throat because it hurt so bad. The mom gave me the doctor’s number because I felt like I needed a doctor. After psyching myself up to call and use French; the lady just hung up on me after 30 seconds. Wtf. So I just let it go, and throughout the day, it got better and better until it just went away! Weird little 24 hour bug or something, but it was probably one of the worst sore throats I had ever had. Glad it fixed itself.