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answers to questions i've been asked more than twice

so apparently i'm not very good at explaining what i'm doing here cause i keep answering the same questions over and over again. but lo and behold i can put the answers here and still answer them but only when people who dont' read this ask (by the way, i'm very flatterd and astounded by how many people do read this regularly).

so about my living situation:
i am a demi au pair. this means i work twelve hours a week babysitting in exchange for free housing. but i don't live with the family. i live in the same building, but in an old maid's room. which means that i am completely independent. i have my own keys, my own makeshift kitchen (minifridge and hotplate). really it's just like what i do in new york, except they pay me with housing. good situation. the family themselves are really nice. mom, dad, one son. he's a good kid, but i've realized recently that he's never been disciplined i think. he doesn't know the words "consequences for your behavior". which i'm not at all used to. i want to send him to his room, but they don't do that. he also has an attitude that would never be allowed in the states (or at least in my house). sometimes i'm amazed by it. but i'm very lucky in my situation. i really love it. particularly today cause i dont' have to work for two weeks. they're going on an african safari.

so about my school situation:
i'm attending the university of paris seven. i chose this school becase they have an anglophone studies section. which means i can take litterature courses in english. i'm taking three of those. then i have three classes in french. well, two and a half. i'm taking one course through my program (the people who essentially organized the trip). it's a francophone cinema course and the prof is nice and explains complicated things in english. my other two french courses are another cinema course, which is all in french and i don't understand at all, and my french course, which i haven't been to yet.

so beyond that my life here is pretty much updated well in the blog. the rest is all meeting people and hanging out and exploring paris. i try and spend a lot of time walking but i spend a lot of time sleeping. i go out a decent amount, stay in a decent amount. this week i've really begun to feel settled. it's helped that i've met a lot of people this week that aren't in my program to be friends with. that's good cause now i don't feel trapped in a set group of people, which i don't like becuase i like to have choices. but now i have many choices, and i'm feeling really lucky in the people i have around me. ok, i have to say something. i had the best date last night, it was wonderful. but i dont want to jinx it. so i'm not saying anything else. (it's all starting again...)

posted by lindsey @ 8:57 PM