anxiety is overrated

i'm having trouble starting this one. might be because i just rolled out of bed finally. might be because it's saturday. so regardless of how choppy or nonsensical this entry is, i am determined to write one.

yesterday: met up with some people from the program that i'd never met. there were a few that we ended up hanging out with. werner (chicago), natalie (norwich, england), kathleen (halifax...so she's awesome). one of the prime moments of the day was when emily, sarah and i all blurted at once to kathleen, 'SARAH MCLACHLAN IS FROM HALIFAX!' whatever divine intervention brought the three of us to the same house in france, i will never know.

we went to this cafe near the eiffel tower and got to know each other by being completely ridiculous and giggling like obnoxious anglophones. i think we might have broken natalie's ribs because by the end, every time she laughed she had a look of pain on her face. (and riddle me this: why in the world did this cafe stop serving ice cream because it is cold outside? i demand chocolat liégeois all year round!)

after overstaying our welcome at this lovely little cafe, we walked down to the american church in search of housing for emily, werner and kathleen. it's a strange little place, that american church. just stuck right in the middle of the quai d'orsay. it's not really much of a church either...more of a community center. and it isn't all americans by any means. nor is it even all english speaking residents of paris. it's pretty much anyone who wants to hang out. i like that.

finally, at the end of the day, sarah and i had an audition for a choir in paris. it was one of the easiest auditions i've ever been on. all i did was explain my musical background, sing a little tune and give the accompanist a handshake. i NAILED my song by the way ('gravity' - sara bareilles). it's the newest addition to my repertoire. dad's going to love it when i play it for him.

today we plan on sticking around st germain. there's a chateau we all want to check out. and i could use a day outside of paris. it's so fast pace sometimes that i forget what i'm really doing here. so until i write again, peace out.