Ah, I realized tonight that I had not updated my post about saying "I'm full" for a girl in France or in French company. It's not due to the un-lady-likeness of the statement. Well, not directly, anyway. Trust me, ladies, just don't say it. I finally got a direct answer about why exactly it's so taboo or shocking. Just don't say it.

This weekend was interesting. I had some pretty significant cultural encounters with my international friends. I worked a lot. I listened to Shelley each evening, and I tried to give her some food and water, but I think she's still sticking in that back corner.... hopefully she gets unscared soon. And I went down to see that weird boat sitting in the low-tide area which has been featured in photos I've posted here... so now I have new pictures, some of which I'll post soon, probably tomorrow.

And I might even be off tomorrow. I'm on cleaner watch this week but I was told that even though it's not a local holiday, they won't be coming in (though they didn't know that as of today, so I'm not sure it's true just yet) and I also have department watch tomorrow but have been told I should just be turning over sometime in the afternoon in between our two houses rather than having to go in... this will be really nice if it proves true. It has already been a very, very long week. By this morning I felt like Sunday (our workweek start) was two or three days ago (have I mentioned we don't get paid overtime?) .... so after tomorrow (whether or not I have to go in) just two more days and then hopefully a weekend of not working.... that would be nice.

Eight more months, so I'm really trying to get to college applications and such, but it's so darn hard to get to that.. I need to just set aside an hour or few one day and knock it out to say I'm done... I at least did that this past weekend with some of the housecleaning I haven't gotten to in a bit, and this week I'm working on knocking out mailing back videos I borrowed during my leave back in May. Think folks would be glad to have them back? (Mom?)

It's bedtime so that I can think straight whether to work or to address boxes... hope you've had a lovely day!