I have been road tripping and have stories to share. Many stories. I realized that this blog was started well after the bulk of my road trip adventures, so I think I am going to start some sort of weekly thing where I rehash some of the better stories. Mostly, this is a way of […]
My spring-break-travel-buddy and I have a remarkable flair for encountering awkward situations in foreign countries. There have been several moments on this trip that made me think, “She would be so proud.” I still don’t entirely understand what happened today, but I’m currently spending my final night in Split in some random Croatian man’s spare […]
“And who are you going to stay with in Croatia?” my mom asked me, at around 1am, Paris time. I was supposed to be packing or cleaning. I left my apartment for the very last time, and set off for the airport at 4:30 on Monday morning. “Nobody. It’s just me.” Knowing her, knowing me, […]
As my departure from Europe is now imminent, and classes are finally over leaving me on several weeks of actual vacation (ZOMG WHAT IS THIS?) before I start writing my thesis (EW), I went out to Rennes, France this weekend. The Thursday vlogger for The Expat Chronicles lives near there, and since we know my […]
This morning I started to send an email to the other members of the Snark Squad about all the things that I was going to to do as soon as my life settled down and I stopped living like a transient. I realized two things (1) I have been living like this for a while […]
I have begun to experience my life in tweet form, and it makes blogging feel a tad impossible. I end up with a few dozen stories that I’d like to share, each in 140 characters or less. Forgive me if this lack of focus is evident. As my final project for the course I am […]
I have a whole hell of a lot of super blonde hair that I do approximately nothing with. It’s an accomplishment if I brush it. This hair calls attention to itself everywhere. Even back in Missouri, some of the middle school students in my classes (during my stint as a substitute teacher) called me Ms. […]
Moving out of my apartment and heading off to Morocco meant more time with one of my most despised activities: packing. I’m sure I have blogged about my hatred of packing a lot before. Or, at least, I am sure that I have thought to myself, “I should blog that,” many times while mentally drafting […]
Yesterday I moved out of my apartment. My apartment saga has been something of a character in my life in Paris, so it seems necessary to mention that here. I am actually a little sorry — regardless of what my last post says — for all of the introspective endings and beginnings and life in transition crap that is […]
Yesterday I woke up and decided, “I am leaving the 7th today. It’s time to be a real person.” To clarify: I had to leave my neighborhood regardless, I just decided that this meant that I should also be a real person. When a friend complimented my dress I was a little taken aback by […]