Harumph

I just called up the French social security people because I'm starting to freak a little about my paperwork and... surprise, surprise: there's a document missing! They need a photocopy of my birth certificate. Nobody thought to tell me this, and my entire file has been put on hold until I send it in, so GRRRRRR. On hold for three weeks when somebody could have let me know. I'm seriously beginning to wonder if any French administrative body can get something right the first time around. OR, I have another bizarre idea: they could call me to tell me when something is missing, instead of just waiting around for me to call them. I suppose they just want their 0,12 cts/minute.

So I am off to the s�cu -- again -- today.

Meanwhile, I have 50 euros left in my bank account because my 200 euros worth of health care reimbursements have, of course, also been put on hold. AWESOME! Why did I have to pay for them in advance, you ask? Because the s�cu has my carte vitale, of course. In my blocked file.

I swear, I am taking this all in stride. No bitterness whatsoever.

Otherwise, I have a make-up class for Arabic at school tonight, but I am thinking of skipping it. The class is from 6:30 to 8:30 and I am now officially lifeless 7:00 on. Something about painful wooden seats on this hot, annoying day is just not speaking to my inner student. Plus, I have the same class again at 9 tomorrow morning. I loves me some Arabic but I think I'd rather stay in tonight and do my homework for tomorrow rather than do the 45-minute trek to and fro for a 2-hr class we can't technically be required to go to. This is my favorite class of all my classes, and I get that giddy feeling of inspiration from the professor almost each class, but too much is too much.

I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I'm a grump. And I'm swelling! It's hot and humid and my body is pissed about it. And last night I got bit by some bug in my house, so I have a huge swollen thing on the top of my foot, making it impossible to wear anything but flip flops. AND! My cute spring/summer maternity dress has a big spot on it I wasn't aware of, or I absolutely would have washed it with the last load of laundry. So no mega comfy clothes for this hot weather just yet.

Right now I would really love to be in my parents' basement with the dog on my lap, a movie in the DVD player, and the remote control in my hand, lime-flavored sparkling water by my side. It's the ultimate in comfort zone in my head. Plus, they have air conditioning.

Maybe I'll go to the movies this afternoon. It's the closest I can get. :)

On a positive note, we are now safely in Gemini territory, by all accounts. This is good, as air signs get along with other air signs, so it looks like baby and I will be friends.