La Voleuse

Today's Tuesday, so I had a late start at school. It's nice to be able to sleep in a little and then take my time getting ready in the morning. Then I don't have to powerwalk to class...I can just walk like a normal person. On the way to school today, I made good on my plan to nick one of the cardboard posters. There are a couple more I have my eye on. There are more and more everyday, and they're always falling off or getting knocked down by the Mistral wind (which is starting to really whip up again), so hey, will they really miss a couple? I think not.

Classes were fine...we're coming to just about the middle of the "semester," so I have several projects and assignments to do. I have to memorize a poem for Phonetics for Thursday, and I'll have a mid-term in History the same day. Then in the week after I have projects due for both classes. None of these things should really be too complicated, it's just that when the weather is so nice and there's so much to do...shoes to buy, pastries to eat...who wants to do homework? Not me.

On that note, the Festival starts tomorrow. Friday night I'll be going to see one of the shows, the Center got some free tickets that I'm going to take advantage of. Hopefully I'll be able to see a few more...I went through the programs and picked out a few that looked interesting. There are two program books: one for the more formal festival shows (called "In"), and the other for the hundreds upon hundreds of more informal shows (called "Off"), for which the program is definitely over an inch thick. They take this theatre stuff seriously!

Corine and Enzo have gone someplace for the evening, I think it's Corine's father's house, and they actually still aren't back and it's half past ten. But it's the summer so it's not like the little one has to go to bed early. But basically this means that I have the house to myself tonight. I got to make and eat dinner alone tonight, which was sort of a nice break. She already had some wild rice prepared, so I ate that and I made a salad, some fromage blanc, and my first attempt at an omellette. It turned out pretty well, but I think my next try will be better. It ended up a little dry, for which I think the high heat was to blame. Next time I'll try a lower heat and it should preserve some of the moisture. We'll see.

Anyhow, I'd better get back to reviewing for my history exam. I feel like I'm learning more French political history than an American ever really needs to know. Ah well. It might come in handy someday.

Love,
Nat