Still truckin'

It's going to be hard to keep you up to date with my life currently and my spring break still...but I will try very hard! I'll start with today. I got up early (much earlier than I am used to...8) and headed off to my first Mini Chemistry Project class. We got sorted into groups and my group is working on cadmium selenide nanoparticles (the size of the particle in question ranges from 1-20 nanometers long or so) and we are going to synthesize different sizes. The reason behind this is because at different sizes, the particles will luminesce when UV light is shined upon them. It sounds interesting and my group seems like a good group of people. We don't start in the lab til Wednesday, but we had to research literature and come up with some synthesis proposals today. We were there for a long time...after that, I went to Greek and got my test back from when Justine left. I got about an 85% in terms of points, but the UK system uses a 20 point scale and your score is very much up to the instuctor who can weigh different portions of the test to their liking or the department's liking. That being said, I got a 12/20. Yeah... I wasn't too happy but it definitely gave me motivation to do well on the next exam (next Tuesday). I still have to keep up studying with my other two chemistry courses as well. I feel like the next 4 weeks will be quite stressful, but hopefully will turn out well in the end. Anyway...I've been doing homework all night and putzing around my room...I don't have class til 10:30 tomorrow so I'm gonna try and get a haircut in the morning. We'll see how that goes...:S On to spring break...

2/4

I woke up today around 8 or 9 and ate an included breakfast. It included 2 bowls of cereal, a glass of OJ, a glass of water, coffee, a croissant, and I took a baguette for later. I gotta eat as much as I can while it's included! I hopped on the metro (with all of my stuff, again...) and headed for Notre Dame. Notre Dame is very beautiful! I was able to take pictures inside so I have a bunch! After walking around inside for awhile, I was told by Molly to find a world famous ice cream shop behind Notre Dame...I went and found a shop, but it was closed. I walked down to the Louvre but I opted out of going inside. Art isn't really my thing and I've heard disappointing things about the Mona Lisa. Instead, I walked through the gardens outside the Louvre and then headed to the metro to meet Molly for lunch. We went to her favorite cafe! I had a ham and cheese omelette which was amazing, and a petit creme, which is expresso and milk. So good! Molly also mentioned to me that the ice cream shop I went to was incorrect. Oh well. She gave me a tip to find some English books at FNAC so I said farewell to Molly and headed there. I didn't manage to find the books so I tried to find a new SIM card and also failed at that endevour. I walked to the Luxembourg Gardens when it started to sprinkle a little. I decided it would be best to find the train station. (I also had a crepe today...it was amazing!) I tried to find the metro and managed to walk the wrong way down the street, however I did manage to find a familiar stop and found my way to Gare de Bercy. I bought a phone card from a vending machine and was able to call Justine and talk to her for awhile! She had to leave before I did! It made me so happy to get to talk to my love! After talking to her, I called my parents. It was really good to talk to them as well! It was a good idea to get to the train station early so I could talk to them. So...storytime. I watched this guy put 2 euro in a vending machine where I was...and I watched him for 10 minutes trying to figure out how to work it. He ended up getting frustated and left. I waited for a little while, then went up to the machine, pushed a button, and got two free twix bars. Score! I am not sure what he was doing wrong...but it worked fine for me. I did feel a little bad...

The train is 45 minutes late. I really hope and pray that this train is better than the last.