solitary confinement

You know the home confinement thing is getting to you when you start making up "Whoop, There It Is" jokes about whooping cough. True...

a real winner

After yesterday's less-than-stellar chiropractor visit during which I was informed I shouldn't swim or walk or pretty much do anything...

glass half full

Obviously, I'm not in France anymore. I've been back for 10 days now. Well, technically eight if you subtract the two days I...

my left foot

I ran this morning. It started well. I made it to Les Parc des Buttes Chaumont, which was lovely. And I was truly...

le fantôme

Perhaps I've been away too long in a place where I can't readily communicate with others. Or perhaps I've gotten too involved in...

eating here

Recent victories: Conducting an entire tampon-buying transaction in French. Figuring out how to use the washing machine in this apartment...

the eiffel tower, etc.

Tonight's question: If I listen to enough Spotify commercials in French, will I wake up tomorrow and be totally fluent and awesome? Probably...

bonjour

Which is pretty much one of the few things I can say in French that people actually understand. Which has been interesting since...