Week 13

Monday: I woke up around 10a and had a fairly normal breakfast; I wasn't brave enough to try coffee yet, though. But I did go American and smear peanut AND preserves on my slices of bread... duh! PB&J! :) And this was sooo sooooo good too: I poured the rest of the peach preserves on one slice and slathered raspberry/pear on the other. Yum yum yum.
I worked on my Weekend 12 blog post after that until lunch time. I was feeling okay to eat lunch this afternoon but not too much because we were having pasta. After our julienned carrot salad, I wasn't feeling a huge plate of plain spaghetti happening. So I had a small serving, smeared a little pesto sauce on it, and drizzled on some olive oil. I ate that with a half slice of ham and ended up having to put back my demi-tranche (half slice) of bread. After lunch, I had another apple "compote" that was mixed with pear and actually turned down an afternoon drink. Hey, my stomach had enough to work with at that point! Although, I did take a small piece of chocolate... but of course, that goes without saying. :) I read a book while Lionel and Christine had their coffee, and Lionel ended up falling asleep on the couch next to me. He snored too, and that made me miss my dad.
Christine took Guilhem back to school soon after that and also took her shopping bag, so I knew she wouldn't be back for a little while. I hung my laundry up in the bathroom to dry and then decided to go back to my room and finish my blog post or read for Business in the EU or something. By the way, now that french classes are done, here's my new weekly schedule:
~3/29-3/31: Business in the EU 1:30p to 3:30p
~3/5-3/7: Business in the EU 1:30p to 3:30p
~3/11, /12, /14: Business in the EU 1:30p to 3:30p
~3/18-3/20: Business in the EU 1:30p to 3:30p
And that's all she wrote! We're closing in on the home stretch now, and I just can't believe it.
I killed a few hours just relaxing in my bed on the computer until dinner. If it seems like I wasted a bunch of time this weekend in my bed, it's not true: my body got really tired after being sick, to the point that going up and down the stairs was a struggle. Plus, the weather took a terrible turn yesterday and it has been stormy, rainy, and windy here all day. =(
I finally had a real meal tonight and even took seconds! We finished off the rest of the zucchini soup and then got to the oh so delicious main course: shredded crab, herbs, and cheese quiche. HALLELUJAH! With this we ate another tasty lightly-salted vinegar spinach salad, and had "Salted Caramel Cream" mousses for dessert. If it sounds good, that's because it was. And it was also as light as cotton candy. After dinner, Lionel finally sat down and sent me all of his recipes. That's right folks- I now have the recipes for the preserves, bread, fish loaf, sweet breakfast bread, and so much more. I am as happy as can be about this. =)
There was a fire going tonight, and with Christine working with Vittorio quietly at the dinner table, I felt like I should try to read my chapter for Business in the EU downstairs. I got about a page in and realized it wasn't going to happen. I felt too comfy and soothed by the fireplace, listening to them talk quietly, watching Guilhem on facebook, and hearing Lionel bang around in the bedroom upstairs. So I had a small cup of vervain, worked on my blog a little, and eventually went up to bed as everyone said goodnight. And now here I am, writing to you for the first time in forever about a day that is not yet over- and certainly did not occur two or three weeks ago!
I hope you're enjoying my stories still... thank you so much for reading!