Elze invited me over to her quaint apartment for dinner and I was more than happy to oblige. We sat on the floor and ate picnic style and it was wonderful to catch up with her about my trip and hear about how wonderful her internship is going. I can't help but be a bit jealous of her but life just isn't always fair.
Because we talked until two in the morning I had to sleep on her trundle since the metro stops running at 1:15 am. I had no problems falling asleep but when four o'clock rolled around I practically sprung out of bed, bright eyed, bushy tailed, and ready to start the day! WTF? Luckily I only had to lay in bed and fail to fall back asleep for an hour because at five Elze had to wake up at go to work. I took the metro home, walked into my apartment, and went back to messing around on the internet until about nine thirty in the morning. Then I went back to bed and woke up, eight hours later, when the sun was setting and my roommate was making dinner. I'm just hoping that a long relaxing bath will help lull me back to a state of sleepiness so that I can fall asleep before five am this following morning.
How am I supposed to carpe diem and eat when I'm asleep during the peak diem carpe-ing and eating hours of Paris? Hopefully it'll only be a day or two more before I'm back on track and then let MISSION: PARIS commence! So take your party pants out of the closet and get them pressed in preparation for the next four months.
I think flying has just become more of an ordeal these days, so it's very rough on the body and psyche. Having to arrive so early for the flight, coupled with being squished into a tiny seat for hours, well, that will wreck havoc with anyone. You'll feel good as new in another day or so. But then, it's hard not to feel pretty great when you're in Paris. ;)
ReplyDeleteVery true! Hopefully I'll fall asleep before sunrise tonight and wake up before sunset tomorrow!
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