An Update.

February is supposed to be the worst month. No real holidays, cold weather, New Year bliss wearing off, and the name just sounds like a tease because it sounds spring-y and light. But February brought some great things: Italy, museums, a lot of reading ( I finished Gulliver's Travels and The Picture of Dorian Gray ). But March is already shaping up to be that much better. The weather has been sunny but not warm, people have come out of hiding. I went to the park with Anatole and had to stay standing to watch him because the benches were full. The boys have been so great  and friendly, the sun is up when I wake up at 7:30 and still up when I pick up the boys at 16:00. It's only the seventh but I feel like I have been doing so much.

My First Strike

Last night was Siobhan's 23rd birthday party so we went bowling with a Grease 2 theme and had a lot of fun. After two games of bowling we went to a pub where the girls we were with had won a quiz bowl the previous week so we all had free Rum and Cokes, and their friend Phillip came over and gave us a short magic show complete with cards and quick hands.

The night before I went to 59 Rue de Rivoli to help set up a small concert and listened to a great Italian instrumental band, Guappecarto, Video Below.

Moving backwards to Friday night, ignoring the fact I had to babysit the next day from 9am-4pm (for two different families) I went out for drinks with the girls and then went out dancing. But about twenty minutes we arrived at the club someone/something happened and the whole club evacuated because we were gassed out. At first I thought I was having a coughing fit and embarrassed, I backed into a corner. It took me thirty seconds to realize everyone was running out in a panic. It was a way for people to steal things and my friend's coat was taken. In the confusion that followed we decided to just go home, but it took us at least an hour to find the night bus and another hour to get home so we weren't in bed until 4:30.

Things to look forward to in March: college decisions and a trip to Amsterdam on the bus. Cheers!