October 27th

"Mom my laundry, help!" -Jenna Marbles

Unfortunately my mother is a few thousand miles away from my pile of dirty laundry, thus I have to do it all myself. Damn, I hate being an adult-child! Especially an adult-child without laundry tokens for her dorm's washing machines. Sink time! One good perk to washing your laundry by hand in your kitchen sink is that your arms endure a decent workout. All the kneading and wringing really do the triceps justice. After scrubbing shirts and jeans for what seemed like hours, hey wait it was hours, I left my little room for some Docks down time. Apparently my down time is practicing my typing speed skills. Saturday afternoons in France are often spent online chatting with friends from back home. Due to the seven hour time difference weekends are ideal for catching up since agendas are relatively free. The only issue is that I often chat with five or more people at once. Of course this is all optional; I could just tell everyone to shut-it or just not log onto to facebook, but somehow neither of those options ever happen. Huh, strange how that works. After the facebook chat overload, Kate I and returned to the dorm for some actual relaxation. Hey, responding to five different conversations simultaneously is stressful on the brain. Back at St. Nicolas residence hall we enjoyed some pomelo slices. Kate loves this fruit, I've never had it before, and offered to share some with me. I have to say it was delicious. The flesh is citrus styled but it isn't exactly tart. We munched on that while I put the finishing touches on my Halloween mask. This year for the jack-o’-lantern holiday my costume is simply a masquerade mask. I would love to dress in actual costume garm but cannot for two reasons; first France doesn't celebrate Halloween State style, and second I have limited travel space in my freshman backpack. I think the mask will go over well; it's classic but not flashy. Well I'm going to grab some early snooze hours tonight and finish packing tomorrow. Later audience!