I feel like I'm living in the Arctic
It's so cold here. And that's coming from my Indiana self, not even my Charleston self. We had a big snow storm a couple of days ago, and now there are six inches on the ground, with temperatures dropping...meaning little hope of melting the "winter wonderland."
I went to Lyon yesterday and did a little bit of shopping at the mall right next to the train station. Unfortunatly, the mall seemed to serve as a haven for those like myself, who did not wish to spend the day wading through the snow. It was crowded. So I didn't stay long, but I got the shoes I had been eyeing (Merry Christmas to me!) and I got some socks, and a shirt.
A funny thing about socks: I seem to be wearing out socks here like it's my job. I have never in my life had to throw away so many pairs of socks because of holes in them. I mean, in the States, my biggest sock problem was losing one of a pair, making it a necessity to get rid of the other. I have probably lost five to seven pairs of socks here, and it's not even January. I'm worried that I'm actually going to end up with no socks. But, more importantly, my socks dictate when I have to do laundry. If I only have 14 pairs, instead of the 21 I started out with, I'm going to have to do laundry a lot more often, and that is neither easy nor cheap. I don't care what anyone says 3.80 euros to wash ONE load, and 1.70 euros to dry for 25 minutes is expensive. And people complain about laundromats in the States.
Anyways...nothing here is really going on besides the socks and weather. I'm kind of ready for school to start back, to at least give me a little more structure.
Oh yeah, and our heat in the high school got shut of last night. It's being worked on, but below freezing temps plus a drafty high school equals me being really cold in there. Not that it's much warmer here in the internet cafe, because I think my feet are still kind of numb from the walk. Oh well, I guess that's life. Or at least, life as I know it.
I went to Lyon yesterday and did a little bit of shopping at the mall right next to the train station. Unfortunatly, the mall seemed to serve as a haven for those like myself, who did not wish to spend the day wading through the snow. It was crowded. So I didn't stay long, but I got the shoes I had been eyeing (Merry Christmas to me!) and I got some socks, and a shirt.
A funny thing about socks: I seem to be wearing out socks here like it's my job. I have never in my life had to throw away so many pairs of socks because of holes in them. I mean, in the States, my biggest sock problem was losing one of a pair, making it a necessity to get rid of the other. I have probably lost five to seven pairs of socks here, and it's not even January. I'm worried that I'm actually going to end up with no socks. But, more importantly, my socks dictate when I have to do laundry. If I only have 14 pairs, instead of the 21 I started out with, I'm going to have to do laundry a lot more often, and that is neither easy nor cheap. I don't care what anyone says 3.80 euros to wash ONE load, and 1.70 euros to dry for 25 minutes is expensive. And people complain about laundromats in the States.
Anyways...nothing here is really going on besides the socks and weather. I'm kind of ready for school to start back, to at least give me a little more structure.
Oh yeah, and our heat in the high school got shut of last night. It's being worked on, but below freezing temps plus a drafty high school equals me being really cold in there. Not that it's much warmer here in the internet cafe, because I think my feet are still kind of numb from the walk. Oh well, I guess that's life. Or at least, life as I know it.
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