Hi Everybody! I haven't written anything in a while, because I'm back in the US for some work stuff. Also, because I went and caught COVID. :( I've been using…
Monday was my birthday! I don't feel 44, but apparently that's what it says on my driver's license. Monday was also a strike day, with most of the public transit…
The good news? We got a bank account! The bad news? We still haven't heard back about the apartment. I'm told that these things can take a few days, so…
Today was Lilian’s first day of classes! Wednesdays are a short day for French students, so they got to ease their way in with just three classes. I messed up…
(Rentrée scolaire is the French equivalent of back to school) Today was orientation at Lilian’s school. We were all pretty nervous, so it was a huge relief when Lilian met…
Today is my favorite husband's birthday! We took it pretty easy, but we did do a few special things for him. Saturday night, Lilian and I snuck the fixings for…
Today, we had our first run-in with bureaucracy. We showed up at the bank for our appointment to open an account, only to discover that they wanted us to have…
Remember in the early days of social media when everyone was like "nobody cares what you have for lunch?" And then literal nazis started posting the worst takes imaginable? And…