Alright so it is becoming harder and harder to drag my butt to my computer to blog as I keep meeting more and more people.  So lets recap the last few days shall we.

Day 7
-First day of orientation at The American Business School (ABS)... it was dry, oh so dry and not informative... but I did get a chance to meet a great number of my classmates.  So far it looks that in large our US class is comprised mostly of those from SFSU and USC (university of South Carolina...I know it bugs me too).  After a brain sucking 7 hours of listening to lectures of learning about____ couldn't even tell you, we headed off to a boat tour on the Siene that the school organized for us.  It was a cool perspective to see famous monuments such as the Notre Dame and Eiffel Tower.  OH and I learned that the French have their own Statue of Liberty that the US gave them.... only it is about 1/7 the size.  Fun fact, they face each other.
-After a long tiring day of orientation some of us were obviously in need of a drink so we wondered over to our local pubs happy hour and had a drink.  There was a soccer game on and we made friends with some of the locals who were there for the game.  I even had someone surprise me with a rose from one of the flower peddlers, made my night.

Day 9
-Orientation day two... dull, but better because they had us mix among each other for group work so we got to know new people.  So far I have yet to encounter a person who I do not enjoy their company.  All the students I have met are so eager to meet you, learn about where you are from, and go adventure and conquer this city.  It is refreshing.
-ABS's student council held a club event where we were all invited with free admission.  Needless to say we all decided it was on our to do list.  As a house we decided to have people over prior to the club event and have a good time... well there ended up being about 20 people in the little apartment and all three of us are very thankful that we gave our neighbors a headsup earlier in the evening.  The night was a major success and getting out of the confines of our orientation room helped us to all get to know each other in a way that the school can't help us with.

Day 10
-Needless to say no one was feeling their best at our morning orientation and when we were released at 12 all scrambled home to go back to sleep.
-Unfortunately I started to get sick and in an attempt to be able to go out the next day I stayed in on a Friday....It was a tough decision.

Day 11
-Woke up still sick but decided that I can not let that stop me from exploring.  My roommate and our friend Ashley decided to go check out the local thrift stores..... let me tell you in Paris thrift stores are EPIC!  for only 8 euros I got two gorgeous shirts, one I am thinking is from the 70s and the other is a modern shirt but on clearance.... SCORE.  It is so hard not to walk out of these stores with a thousand leather bags, there are dozens of them, all authentic real leather, gorgeous with great craftsmanship... I dont know if i'll be able to help myself next time I go.
-Once again I stayed in to fight this sickness, however people were over at the house until about 11 so I was still able to be somewhat social.

Day 12
-I FEEL BETTER!
-ok so here is the thing about Sundays in Paris.... nothing is open.  By law each business is required to be fully shut down for one day during the week.  Given that the country's main religion is Catholicism the day most decided to shut down in the past is Sunday.  We we American's being unaware of this did not grocery shop, which led us to adventure.
-Olivia and I took it upon ourselves to adventure to find an open grocery store... in 30 degree weather... at last we were able to find one with french onion soup mix (we have been craving french onion soup, but refuse to pay 8e for a bowl at a cafe) for only .68e! I also found a box of snicker ice-cream bars for only 2.5e for a box of six.... it was a good find this little shop.
-We had been home for maybe about 30 minutes when we got invited to a party by a DJ that Olivia had met previously in the week.  We decided to check it out, and I can honestly say we were there for maybe 10 minutes before we decided it was not something that we wanted to be apart of.  I have never judged people for taking part in any illegal activities, it is their choice, their body... I just prefer not to surround myself with those who view it as a normal coffee table addition, right next to their stack of magazines.
-after we abandoned ship we met up with some people we met during our 49ers sports bar adventure for a beer at a local haunt down the street from our place.  They all go to a different school, so it was nice to hear about their program and the information they have been told, and in general just to meet more personalities.
-Olivia and I decided to walk home and face the cold.....even with my scarf wrapped three times around my neck it was still blistering cold and I was so happy to be back in the apartment with a bowl of soup boiling on the stove.  It was an early night as two had classes the next morning.

-Day 13
-I woke up rather late, but given that I have no class today I feel that it is just my bodies way of kicking the last bits of this cold.
-My to do list for today
-- go to Monoprix (french target) and get school supplies
-- go to the bank
--meet with my landlord to get my keys for my studio (I MOVE IN TOMORROW!!!)
--blowdry dry my jeans that have been hanging dry for two days :(
-- pick out an outfit for my first day of school
-- pack up my suitcases and clean my room in prep to move out!

ok so now I am officially blogged out... i'll try to be better about it I promise