I'm sitting next to my window at my desk, watching the rain fall. It began about an hour ago and my host mom says it's here to stay. So long, sunshine. So long, blue skies. So long, dry shoes.
I thought this weekend would be a nice relaxing "do nothing" weekend... which it has been pretty much, but it definitely had things that I did not expect.
1. My friend and I walked into a health store on Friday afternoon when we were walking back from getting some tea at Place Plume... Apparently they don't sell nail files at health food stores. Wish I had known we were looking for that before we had walked in...
2. I went exploring a little bit yesterday with Abbey and we got some great errands accomplished. But we also saw a group of about 10 French teenagers, all dressed up like Joker in the scene when he's visiting Twoface in the hospital, uttering cries and mumbling as they stumbled down the main streets together, all chained together. That was disturbing. I almost crossed the street, but Abbey pointed out that we could just walk around them on the sidewalk.
3. So, After that episode, I realized that Halloween is celebrated among the young. Therefore, when we went to a pub for a free concert last night, I should have expected costumes. And I did... I just didn't expect to see dozens of Michael Jacksons wandering around. I had no idea that the free "concert" was "l'hommage" of MJ and that they were all cover songs. Looking around, I noticed that us Americans were dressed normally and all the French people were decked out in Halloween costumes. I felt a little silly.
4. I reaffirmed why I don't drink. While the band was taking a break, we were all standing outside and we saw a group of people huddled around this guy... Apparently they're all friends, but this one guy was obviously completely drunk. He couldn't stand up without help and then one of his friends stood in front of him, holding his shoulders. Abbey and I kind of winced whenever we glanced over at those two because the drunk one looked like he was going to throw up at any minute. I wanted to go over there and say, "Hey. I'm glad you're here for your friend, but why don't you be here for him BEHIND him so you don't get vomit in your mouth, ok?" But thankfully we didn't see any of that happen. There was also a small child running around. Why is there a small child in a bar full of drunk youths?
5. I went to church this morning and it took about 30 minutes to walk there. I left my house at 10:10am... service started at 10:30. Good planning, Bridget. So, I walk into the church and I have no idea how to get to the sanctuary, so I kind of meander around the foyer until two other people come and then, in order to avoid being embarrassed, I opened the door marked "temple" and found myself in the back of a very small sanctuary where a small congregation was singing praise songs. I was so thankful...because I was bracing myself for the worst... like popping out onto the stage during a baptism or something. The church was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be, but it was nice.
Halloween produced a freaky weekend... unexpected, but not all in negative ways. I did, however, miss watching "Arsenic and Old Lace" with my mom and talking about how great Cary Grant was... Oh well. Next time, maybe.
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