Busy Time Off

After such a go-go-go first week, I've been enjoying my second week of time off. I am finally caught up on sleep and trying very hard to fight off a cold that I think is creeping up on me. I have sent in the research paper I'm working on with a professor (yes, I am out of college, but somehow I'm still working on this thing to get it published, I thought it was a good idea at the time). I have made my pumpkin bread (yumz) and it's almost an acceptable time to make dinner.

I heard back from the French consulate contact and I need to go renew my visa 2 months before it expires (aka, this Saturday will be 2 months). She said that this was the fault of the consulate and usually I shouldn't have to go through these extra steps, but now I just have to suck it up and take care of it. So I am planning on going to the prefecture tomorrow afternoon, by myself this go around. Laurence said if I couldn't get it straitened out tomorrow, she'd help me on Friday. I also got an email from another admin... I'm not sure what this person's title is, but in any event, I also need to go to the Social Security office tomorrow (or Thursday) so that I have health care coverage.

And, on top of these 2 important errands, I need to go to the Lyon Transportation office to renew my monthly metro pass and then I'm meeting up with the British girls to buy mine and Lindsey's tickets to Colmar (don't worry, she's paying me back, she's just out of town right now with her dad). We're all going on December 4th to the Christmas markets in Colmar, France (near Strasbourg and the German border) for a day trip. We're getting tickets now before they're all gone and the prices go up because it's such a popular time to go!

But besides all this... I will continue to post more pictures on facebook, write a blog post about Tours since I never got around to doing so, and catch up on all the other household chores I've put off!

Hope you're having an excellent election day! Don't forget to vote!

Reste Cool:)