So I'll start today and work backwards...backwards usually works best for me :)
One word can only describe how I feel at the moment...exhausted. Classes finished today and I have slept a total of three nights out of the last 7 days...so you should feel honored I am cutting into my nap time to write you...
I finished my corset...I'm not sure my figures will recover...or stop bleeding...I guess beauty really is pain.
Ok sorry I didn't last... I went ice skating and then fell asleep...but I'm back. Thanksgiving was good...I ate Domino's pizza and spaghetti. I spent the day working on Costumes for a pantomime theatre for Peter Pan. One of my profs asked Cailin and I to come in and help her, so we went to her house and made animal costumes. I left covered in fur but had a fun day. :)
(Who knew there was a pink Monkey in Peter Pan..there was..)Then I headed to Connect Group for church with Jita and Lauren. It was a lot of fun and good to finally meet people from church my own age. Crazy small world too because I met a girl that goes to WSU and even attended Resonate (my church at school). It was funny we couldn't believe we had sat next to each other the entire night in London and then found out we live 7 miles apart in the States! I really enjoyed being in fellowship again...I had missed it. So Thanksgiving Dinner at connect group was spaghetti and I brought some Thanksgiving decor, but it just wasn't quite the same as being home...:(
Then Friday we had graduation. I had to model my corset and display my draping work. I still can't believe the course is over. I've learned so much, grown and changed so much, and now it is over. A couple of my friends leave in the morning and it's sad to think I may never see them again...but thank goodness for facebook!
(My Final for Draping...it was inspired by an Artichoke)I feel so behind on my blog that I can't even put any personality in it b/c I have so much to say and no time for the fun little stories :( So I'm sorry if this isn't quite as entertaining. Ok so the last few weeks have been great but so stressful...so much work. I felt as if nothing was expected all semester and then wham your entire grade is your final project, but you're out of the mode of working b/c nothing has been due...so I was a little upset and it was hard to get back in the swing of things...I did probably an entire semester's worth of work in 3 weeks. But I survived :). So now back to what you've all been asking for..PARIS!
It was freezing...rainy...gray...and all the buildings matched the sky...It was quite strange. But still beautiful in only a way that Paris could be in these conditions. I really want to go back and discover it myself...it was hard going with a group of 26 b/c we spent a lot of time waiting and moved really fast through everything. I couldn't just stop and look at things...it was as if everything was blurred. I did have fun in the evenings though when we had free time. Jita and I spent a lot of time at the Louvre and exploring cafes and other museums. I even went to Vespers at Notre Dame. It was beautiful...so incredible...I had never seen anything like it. Some other highlights were:
1. Forgetting my coat and umbrella one day and freezing until one of the girls bought a sweater and then had bought so much she couldn't carry it so she was nice enough to lend it to me. I looked real fab... a nortic sweater with my floral skirt...
2. Pretending to speak french.
3. Getting use to having no idea what people were saying and then being afraid they couldn't understand me when I ordered. It was the strangest thing to be back in England...for the longest time I got nervous before I ordered anything! :)
4. The Eiffel Tower...so amazing but too windy so the top was closed :( but it was beautiful and lit up like the European Union flag.
5. Crepes, Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame, and baguette with jambon et fromage...all day everyday...:)
6. And I developed a taste for wine as well...even the 3 euro Rose was yummy! lol
7. I learned all about perfume and learned how to identify the different ingredients in them...that was quite interesting.
8. I got to go to the top of the Louis Vuitton Headquarters. They have an art gallery up top and we had a private tour of it.
9. I got to see Marine, if only for an hour. We were suppose to meet up earlier but we missed each other :(. But she came over to our apt. and I was able to see her and take a picture :) Hopefully if I go back I can spend more time with her. She's hilarious and I miss her.
10. I went and saw Chanel's original shop!
So now I head home in a few days...I'm packing and getting ready for Idaho...I'm not sure if it's ready for me but we will find out! I'm so excited to see you all and get my hair cut...the water has trashed it. I'm going to eat my last fish and chips for the semester, do some last minute shopping, and then say goodbye to London for a little while...but don't worry I will be back...:)
Love you! -KL
