Dinner over at the somewhat kookie neighbors house. Duck again! I can't seem to get away from it. I don't think that she is readign my blog so feel safe to say that it was not quite as yummy as the duck confit that Mai cooked. By the way, the duck fat is still in the fridge and they said I can use it for "everything"...this might be a cultural thing. Also I cut myself on the can that it is in today when I was moving stuff around in the fridge....maybe I will just leave it there for them to do "everything" with.
Didn't do much today....still not sleeping well. Last night drank a bottle of wine thinking that would help...oh, it sure did, I was in bed by 10 and fast asleep. The only prob was that I woke up at 1:30 and couldn't sleep at all. I was still happy though because I had 3.5 hours of sleep under my belt instead of the normal 2 a.m. when I haven't slept at all....so there is progress. Also, Laura, the neighbor, gave me some tea after dinner when I told her I wasn't sleeping and if I was understanding her correctly as soon as I start reading in bed I will konk out...hope she's right.
To entertain myself in the early hours I have been listening to podcasts and have a new fav..."the sound of young america"...so good, that's all I have to say. Podcasts are def one of my favorite inventions of the last 5 years....infinate amounts of entertainment...and free! "Stuff you should know" is great also and last night I listened (and watched) my first "stuff they don't want you to know" about how flouride in the water in the US is a big conspiracy to dumb us all down, turn us to sheep. We didn't have flouride in the H2O in Canyon, where I grew up....maybe that is all why we are such rebels....thoughts?
Tomorrow is market day and a friend of these guys called asking me to meet her there...that will be fun. I took pics at the market last week of all the great produce and soaps and stuff and somehow erased them on my computer. They are prob still there but I acn't find them...I will just have to go take the same pics tomorrow.
Got invited to Paris for Christmas (thank you Mary!) and I am so excited. On the phone today she was telling me all the fun stuff that goes on that week....free ice skating all around town, x-mas markets, lights, the works! I am going the weekend before x-mas to get some shopping in and mary has lived there for 2 years so I am sure she knows all the good spots. Yes, people, you might not be getting your presents on x-mas but I am working on it...
Okay, for some reason these 2 massive flies are hovering around my screena and it is grossing me out so i am going to take off, go read, and hopefully konk out.
Bisous-t