A Little Taste of Home

I love Paris! I couldn't have asked for a better first two and a half weeks! Yesterday I had a  great day in Marais with Brenna! We went an got falafel! It was the favorite thing I have eaten since being here! Crepes and gelato are in a time for a close second though! Falafel is fried smooshed up chick peas (aka my favorite food EVER!) and in a pita with slided tomotos and cucumbers with a special sause! Mmmm my mouth is watering just thinking about it!! The guy who worked there told me I was very pretty and asked if I was married. As flattering as that is, and as much as I love falafel, I have to think about that offer before eloping!  So the weekend was great..... But today it hit me. I'm at school and I have homework. Ick. Today I had to do a presentation on Hinduism and I've been spending my night writing a four page paper on Henri Regnault's painting "Summary Execution Under the Moorish Kings of Granada". It was as fun as it looks...

So as I was sitting here trying to depict the life out of this painting, I came up with a list of the top ten things I miss about home and America! And so here it is!

10. My big comfy bed with lots of pillows!
9. Regular notebooks! As silly as this sounds all of the notebooks here have paper that looks like graphing paper with a bunch of lines; I get so dizzy writing my notes!
8. Glee!! I watched the episode from two weeks ago online today (Fynn proposed to Rachel at the end!!!) I'm DYING to know what happened! The next episode was (well is going to be in a couple hours) tonight! But American shows don't go on at the same times as they do back home. So I have to wait! The suspense is literally driving me nuts! (But no one tell me! I want to wait and see!!)
7. Eating things other than bread! I love my jam and baguette for breakfast, but I would love some bacon and pancakes any day now!
6. Being able to understand people around me! Thank goodness we're going to London this weekend and Ireland the next weekend so hear some English, even if it's with an accent! (We've been practicing our English accent. I'm getting pretty good!)
5. My iced white chocolate mocha from Starbucks! Mmmm... It's too cold here for anything besides a cappuccino!
4. Knowing how much money I'm spending! I try to keep track, but math isn't my thing, so converting euros to dollars is frustrating!
3. Being able to talk to my family and friends whenever I want! I love not having a cell phone; as most of you know I didn't have the best luck holding on to them last year (I only went through five.. in six months..) but there's nothing more frustrating when you just want to catch up with someone but you have no one of getting to them unless it's through email or Facebook, and then that's just a game of tag back and forth! Ahhh!
2. Knowing where I'm going! All the buildings look the same around us, so I'm doomed to get lost if I were to go some place on my own!

and last but not least....

1. My family!! <3 I miss you Bouchie Bunch! It bums me out knowing that I'm missing Brett and Emma's basketball games (Brett had 21 points in his game last week, and Em's team is undefeated! Wooo!!), or that can't meet up with Ry for a Starbucks date on her lunch break (but the long emails she sends me makes up for it! Sorry I haven't answered back yet Ry, I'm working on answering your 20 questions ;)!!)  But before you know it I'll be home and Brett will be driving me around (he's turning 16 the week I get back, what?!) and Em will be yelling at me for wearing some of her clothes!

I guess the saying really is true.. Distance makes the heart grow fonder!