Roundup

Here's the snaps:

1. I got back into the swing of things today. In my morning classes, I met two random guys who are both very silly (said as a compromise between the other two adjectives I considered - "awkward" and "cute") and I kept finding myself trying to restrain my tendancy to over-giggle.

2. Started Arabic again on Tuesday and have re-learned as much in two days as I learned in my first six months the first time around. In other words: Lovin' it. I got a little high in class today, when I actually followed the insane, totally random path our professor took us down. I can tell this is going to be absolutely NUTTY, but I am already sad it's Friday, because it means I won't have class again for FOUR more days. And that, my friends, is exhibit A, proving me completely guilty of dorkiness.

3. Opted out of a party for this evening because things have been too insane lately for me to handle the overwhelmingness of lots of people and loud music. Preferring not to do the drunken galvanising so typical of those in my circle, I came home to my man and am about to set to reading. He opened a bottle of wine (VERY rare occurence around these parts since 2003) and it's so nice to sit and chat, or to sit in silence and not care. I made the right decision, for sure.

4. Went to buy a cheap dinner at the kebab joint, where they know me in a neighborhood-y way. We joked about getting a frequent customer card for The Boy, as he eats there whenever I am not around to cook dinner (read: 3-4 times per week). It was all cute and fun, but then the workers all smiled, got a little serious, and said, "Really though, he's a nice guy... we like having him around," and I got a little teary at knowing these people in my neighborhood and them offering me free tea. When I stepped out of the kebab joint, the guy at the pizza place up the street yelled out "You are adorable!" as he does every time I walk by (it's his thing - not sure why that particular phrase) and I giggled the whole way home at my neighbors and their cuteness. My apartment drives me crazy, but I love my 'hood.

5. Got an ipod as a present from my parents to celebrate my achievement at The Sorbonne, and I have already set it up to get NPR podcasts. That would be exhibit B.