Paris from my bedroom

It's so GOOD to be out of bed for more than 10 minutes!

I'm finally sitting in the accueil using the computer, after 3 days of hurriedly checking my email in the little spot outside that gets internet. (I'm not quite as terrible to look at today) The chicken pox. Who gets the chicken pox at age 20, in a foreign country, on their spring break? Yup, me. No marathon either- it's totally shot my immune system and this was a big run week. Seeing as someone else is getting my groceries, I guess I can't do my 15 miles. Oh well, another one will come! 

Not much to report of the French life as my spring break has so far been spent with a high fever, some strange nightmares (including one with eggs exploding out of my refridgerator) and getting to experience the life of a teenage boy with terrible acne problems. I've watched all of season two of the Gilmore Girls, Scrubs and finally finished Sex and the City! (The last 2 episodes take place in Paris, so I guess that counts for something!) Today Katie was back and we ate jelly beans and watched Grease. Fun day. :) 

Besides staying in bed and out of Paris, I've realized that the week of solitude has also minimized my speaking time. I think it has given my brain a little rest too- it's the first week where I haven't had to always search for words to express myself. I wasn't really thinking about that when I was lying in bed debating on where to put my arms because any place was painful (ugh), but looking back (and feeling a little bit better, with some food and lots of meds in me) I guess the communication break was nice. Besides my roommate the only person I said any French to was my doctor, who (in English) kept telling me I would be contagious until all of my "buttons" are gone. Trust me, these things do NOT deserve a name as cute as "buttons." 

New topic. I'm ready to not be miserable for a few minutes! Or maybe even the rest of the day... (here's hoping).

It is so beautiful out! I still don't have much energy so I've been opening up my windows completely and it almost feels like I'm outside. My room is so nice in the afternoon- the sun comes in at the perfect angle and despite the terrible construction racket they seem to cause

 from 8am until dusk, there's not much other noise. Yesterday I heard a band playing though.. I totally knew the song too! No idea of the name. I can't wait to go back out and explore all the rest of the parks... I found an excellent coffee shop that's good for sit-in and take-out: it's got an amazing little atmosphere with great food (even for vegetarians!).. and it's not too far from the

 Hotel-de-Ville. 

Since it's finally nice all the time I want to go eat lunch on the Pont des Arts- a bridge just past the Pont Neuf, right on the Seine before the Louvre. It's an old wooden bridge that seems to always be full of people- couples, friends eating lunch, artists, bikers, runners (usually me) and lots of kids. It's also (recently discovered, but is not my purpose for loving the bridge) the bridge Carrie is standing on at the end of Sex and the City. So I kind of visited it today, right?