February 25th

Rough start to the day this morning audience. I won't say what sparked it but definitely was pissed off today due to communications across the pond. What a fantastic start!

The first objective of today was gathering various bus schedules for the week. Kate and I decided yesterday that we would spend this week long break (sweet no class!) visiting various areas of Normandy. The main transportation besides train in France is bus. Fortunately the bus fares are very cheap especially when travelling to towns nearish to Le Havre. We grabbed about four bus schedules since each day will be spent exploring a town. The man was nice enough to write down the platforms where each bus boards. The day was starting to become better.

After that Kate and I walked to the public library in order to return some DVDs. Annoyingly it wasn't open. Unbeknownst to us the library is closed on Mondays. Nevertheless the drop box was unlocked and both handfuls of discs were deposited without trouble. Next it was onto food.

Bakeries are France's greatest asset. Kate and I decided to try a new one on for size and it was decent. The scones were pretty shotty but the pain au chocolat was nice and smooth as it should be. In the States I test areas by trying their hometown burgers, in France it's pain au chocolat.

It was chilly outside, the wind was bitter and continuous, but we walked to the Carrefour supermarket anyways. Why? They sell better quality produce than our supermarket. Nothing is worse than opening a packet of apples (trust me the pick-your-owns were awful at the time) and finding two of the rotten. It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch, two to confirm it. Thus we buy our fruit from Carrefour because it's actually fresh and edible. Also their Smiths are bigger, it matters.

Finally we returned to the dorm ready to relax and thaw in our cozy rooms. I worked on some chapters as well as some mineral research before giving my big brother a call/chat. Pete and I hadn't gamed together in a lil while (over a week) and that needed to change. I had some spare time so we decided to co-op Maple Story together. The best part is that we started new characters and both chose the trade of piracy. My new character's name is Slashlass, a double pun as well. Hint (Cutlass, cut similar to slash, lass = girl). Peter's character looks intoxicated and has a flying monkey sidekick. He also has a pig companion named Madame Bacon. I have a ribbon pig companion named AmBween (nickname for my dog Amber) as well as a pig named Bacon. Seems like a cruel name but it's also hilarious to see pigs with the word "Bacon" over their heads running around. Maple Story you are adorable and hilarious, please never stop this.

Then I passed out, the end.