une semaine. c'est tout?

after one week in paris, four days at my job, i am exhausted. mentally, physically, everything. my body hurts. i am getting sick. it has been the craziest last few days. i've learned a lot - especially a lot about myself and what i value and what it is like to actually have a full-time job. i gotta say, it's kind of weird. i do feel like i have adapted to parisian life to some degree, but it's hard to say as i have not had much time to actually go out and enjoy it all. i havent gone to bed as early as i have this week since i was in middle school. i feel old. i feel responsible. yuck.

i was sitting down tonight, eating dinner, drinking my beaujolais, and i realized, 'mon dieu! i've been here a week!' i actually felt like the world stopped. it seems like i've been here for at least a month. i was in madison a little over a week ago, kickin it with the skeez, court, and leslie, flirting with a weirdo waiter at a gelato place. such good times. it feels like so long ago. and now i sit here, eating my pain au suisse (kind of like pain au chocolat, i haven't decided which i prefer), finishing the bottle of beauj, and being so happy that it is friday and that my work week is over. i have two whole days to fall in love with my city all over again! there is a market outside my apartment on saturdays and wednesdays, and as i have either slept through it or have already been at work, i plan on making it to this one. oh my god i am so excited to sleep in! i told my co-worker that i am used to going to bed at four and getting up at eleven - he just stared at me blankly. perhaps i will stay out until four tomorrow night. i need to get into some good, fun trouble. it's been awhile.

liesel, pumpkin, thank you for the card! i love it! i was so excited to open prunelle's mailbox and see something for me!!!!!!!!!!!

d'accord, mes amis, i am going to finish up my pain au suisse, drink this wine, and we'll see what happens from there. i am old. i will probably be asleep before ten.

mon fucking dieu.