Katie Doyle, Girl About Town

Thursday, Jul. 27, 2006 - 5:41 a.m.

I didn't actually mean that last entry as a complaint, just as a "wow, this is what happened today" thing. Sorry. Someone sent me mail saying it sounds like my trip has gone bad. It hasn't. I'm sorry I made it sound like it has. I'm just really not good at isolation and not being able to do things for myself, so I'm a little frustrated right now. It will pass. Things like rainstorms are nothing to get upset about...unless a tornado rips my building to shreds, and then that would have varying degrees of suckage, depending on whether I or Pete were in it at the time. Or, you know, if the Seine rose and I couldn't get out of my building and I were starving or had no water.

I'm glad to be here. It's awesome, even when I can't freaking ask for change or the cable guy doesn't show up. Those are just part of life, and dude: I'm having life in PARIS. I'm not going out every day to do something extraordinary right now, but I am getting all my ducks in a row and making this place into a home for what could turn out to be more than 3 months, which would be AWESOME. More importantly, I'm finding out about *living* here. I didn't want to just come and do touristy things. I wanted to find out about living here. And dealing with the cable guy and getting caught in the rain (which was actually rather amusing to me, despite being uncomfortable and a little scary with the wind and breaking things and worry that my carpet will mold) and trying to get change are part of life here.

I hadn't realized I sounded so negative. I'm a little depressed, a little frustrated, fighting off a bug, and yes, really uncomfortable when it's hot, and that colors my entries, I'm sure, but I'm still really happy to be here. I'm sorry I made it sound otherwise. I shall endeavor to do better.

Katie

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