Sweet November

My weekend was quiet but very nice. On Saturday I had my first meetic date (or my first date of my second round, I suppose) with a very nice but very boring guy. It's one thing to be shy, and it's another to just have nothing to talk about. It's sad, really, when people are only interesting when they have time to think of the right thing to say, as in emails. But put them in a face-to-face conversation and it becomes very obvious when they just can't interact. I know that this sounds judgemental, and perhaps it is, but if you can't name one thing you're doing over the weekend, or one movie you liked, or one place you want to visit, or hell, just TALK, then I can't date you.

I also went food shopping for my Sunday dinner, and visited the fromager on Rue Daguerre for the first time. I picked up a Saint Marcelin and a very fresh little goat cheese surrounding a dab of fig jam. They were both excellent, and extremely reasonably priced, so I think I have a new go-to store!

Sunday was the first Sunday of the month, which means all public museums are free. I used the opportunity to visit the Musée D'Orsay, and see the pastel exhibit. If you are at all interested in pastels, I highly recommend it. I've always loved Degas' dancers, but it was the other, more detailed works that I found particularly beautiful. Notably Millet's Le Bouquet de Marguerites and Lévy's Mademoiselle Carlier, which I kept returning to. I briefly considered checking out the Picasso/Manet expo, but I had already waited on line for 40 minutes to get into the museum, and did not feel like waiting another 40. Also, I just don't like Picasso that much.

Pauline came over for dinner, and it was my first time making a "big" meal in this apartment. Along with our pasta and tomato-cream-spicy-pea sauce, we had the two cheeses (yum!), a flûte de gana, fresh salad with a lemon-mustard dressing, lots of red wine, and warm homemade apple sauce with yogurt.

I've now finished day eight of the Shred, and can't believe I've stuck with it this long. I have no idea if I've lost weight or inches or anything. I'll take measurements after day ten, I think, to see if there are any tangible results. Intangibly, I sweat my ass off each day, which can only be good, and I think my jeans are a bit looser, but that could also be cause they need to be washed. Regardless, I'm pretty proud of myself for not making any excuses and doing the workout every day. I'm still on Level 1, and will be for another two days. I have a feeling that Level 2 is going to kick my ass . . .

This week my tutoring hours will be back up to about 70%, which is good. Baby needs a new pair of shoes!