Food
Back to the grind.....
Well, the weekend is officially over. I can only imagine what this shortened week will bring. Pleth is going to be busy I'm sure, and pre-registration for Summer I at UACCB, which should be interesting. I'm teaching Intro to Computers and Macroeconomics in June, and it looks like both classes will have enough students to meet. Anyway, today I spent all day today cleaning on my apartment and then helping Candy with hers. She came over this morning and I cooked the typical eggs/sausage/biscuits (yes, homemade)/hash browns (yes, homemade). More cleaning! Sweeping/mopping/vacuuming/dusting/etc... LAUNDRY galore! Being gone for a week put me behind...I hate housework. Discovery has been playing Deadliest Catch all weekend, so caught bits and pieces of that whilst pushing a broom. For dinner, I cooked an awesome Boeuf à la mode (aka French-style pot roast) from a nice Sirloin Tip Roast and some Herb Roasted Potatoes. Roast beef sandwiches tomorrow anyone? I love french food....
Paris, Day 2 - Lessons Learned
This morning, we all got some much needed rest. We were going to get up pretty early but due to some bad alarm programming we actually slept in until about 9:30. After milling around the apartment for an hour or so, everyone else left and I got my stuff around. There's a really cool top-loading drum-style washing machine in the apartment, but no dryer. I did a load of laundry and dropped them off to dry at the local laundrymat to dry while I sat off to find lunch. After another sandwich kebab (lol) I picked up the laundry and went back to the apartment. After deciding a nap was the order of the day, I crashed for a couple of hours and then set off on my own private adventure. I took off walking, and had no real idea where I was heading except that at 4:30 I was to be at Notre Dame. Today, I became a true frenchman as I was caught up in a protest over education spending (or something like that). I came out of a street and as I attempted to pass some people I was met by about 50 others joining a crowd of thousands protesting. There were cops everywhere and Canal TV was there also.