Je ne donne pas une merde! (I love literal translations that don't make sense!)

Hey y'all! I feel bad because I haven't been keeping as up-to-date with my blog lately as I should be, but things in France are starting to get into a routine, which is a good thing. I feel as though now I have the basic understanding of how things work here in general. I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with things and I'm feeling a lot less lost (except for the other day when I went to the library for the first time and everything just turned into a huge fiasco with me leaving without any books and extremely pissed off) BUT yes, other than that, much less lost!

Aix is sorta/trying to turn into fall! Leaves have gotten more colorful and the weather has been steadily getting colder (and by that I mean it is usually somewhere in the low 50s during the day, which isn't bad at all!). It does get quite cold at night though and when that mistral (famous, cold, northerly wind) comes flying through, it can be quite freezing!

This last weekend was fairly nice though, which worked out perfectly for when my Ingy boo came to visit! We had such a good time together this weekend and I can't wait to see her at Christmas! Her and I sat down and made travel plans for our Christmas holidays. I booked train tickets to go to Paris, where I will spend Christmas with her and her family! Then her and I decided to be random and we booked very cheap train tickets to spend 5 days in Brussels, Belgium, where we will spend the New Year! I have then decided that (since I don't yet know my exam dates) if I have some extra time, I may change my return train ticket back to Aix and do a little traveling somewhere by myself. If possible, I'd love to go to London for a few days to see my friend Sarah, who will be doing a winter study abroad session there for a few weeks or maybe go somewhere with my roomie if we both don't have exams the week right after! Either way, should be fun!

So in other exciting news, I have officially checked off one of the things on my bucket list! (I don't actually have one, but if I did, this would be on it!) Yes, I climbed a MOUNTAIN! Mte Sainte Victoire, to be exact. The mountain which many of you would recognize either from my pictures of it from my apartment or from some of Paul Cézanne's famous paintings! But yes, I managed to reach the summit of that 900 meter beast! And I only came out with several blisters and two large open wounds on the backs of both my feet, thanks to my wonderful boots that rubbed the skin completely off. And then some. But it was totally worth it! The views were amazing! Check out some of my pics on my facebook if you haven't already by clicking this link: On top of the Sainte Victoire!

Anyways, that's all I got for now folks!

Deuces.

-THE "Doog"