Denial and Frustration (Moving and Unemployment)
So, now that my contract is officially over, I've been out of the lycée for two weeks, my more than a month-long job search is turning around nothing but let-downs…
Posts that don’t fit in another category and relate to my life or life at all.
The Great Unknown! Cheers!
Apparently I haven't written in a while. I've been pretty caught up in real life actually... I was traveling from the end of February until mid-March, and when I came…
Officially a Freelance Writer
Back in the summer when I was essentially out of work, since Target was really unreliable and basically just pretending to want to give me hours, I started trying to…
Irony in Alsace
During my trip to Alsace (region of France in the north bordering Germany), I experienced an amusing ironic moment. I found myself having dinner at an Alsacien family's house with…
2011
Happy new year everyone, from the woods in the north of France! Much luck and success to those who've made resolutions. Personally I havent made any.
Snow + French people = Chaos
So the week before Christmas vacation, there were threats of a "big storm" that was said to yield about 10 cm of snow in the Loire. (10 cm is about…
Christmas cookies (re: Continued battle with convection oven part 2)
So, I decided instead of buying gifts for everyone in the French family that I was with for Christmas, that I would continue the cultural exchange and make something that…
The Continued Battle with the Convection Oven
Because I'm an American in France and there are certain American delicacies I just cannot live without, I have been putting my microwave convection oven to the test. The latest…
First Snowfall
Being that I'm from New York, I'm pretty used to snow. Also, I'm used to people that know how to deal with snow. Well, apparently that is different here in…
Thanksgiving Potluck
While in France there are a LOT of holidays, one of my favorites, Thanksgiving, does not exist here. So, you may be wondering what I did. Well, not only did…