Out of hybernation

SALUT GAMINS!!!!!!!







So i'm back from the dead...yes yes, it's been a good 4 months since my last posting. I have been slacking due to such a busy/exciting life here in Paris.

So it is now May, and time for some update.....so Bref, (to make a long long long story short) here it goes:

1. My sister got engaged, pregnant AND married. My parents flew me home in the beginning of March for their Las Vegas wedding. Luckily I ran into Elise and got to see her there for a few hours. It was my first trip to the Sin City, and a quick one too....I had a 9 hour décallage (jet-lag) and I did 1 slot machine, BUT i did get to see the Cirque du Soleil "Zumanity" show which was super fun and sexy.

2. Stephi came to visit for a week before she left for her 2 year Peace Corps stunt in Senegal. We had a blast and caught up on old times. We even did a hommage to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen and had a baguette fight in front of the Eiffel Tower.

3. Caroline's BFF from home, Jackie, came to visit with her adorable son Julian for 2 whole weeks. I had so much fun and made some new friends...and started to become addicted to organic peanut butter:):) Julian got to spend his 3rd birthday here in Paris at the top of the Eiffel Tower....LUCKY BOY!....all in all....2 great people who I would enjoy to keep in touch with.

4. I sent in my application for the École du Louvre (one of the most prestigious Art History schools in the world) and I am crossing my fingers to get into their Master's program. If that is the case then it's another 2 years here in the city of light!
**As a side note** I may also have a job nannying 2 BEAUTIFUl little french boys in the 16th. On verra.

5. Jérôme got a tattoo!!! It is the same star that I have on my inner thigh, but his is on the right side of his rib cage. It's his declaration of love for me...bwa haha.

6. Caroline got a tattoo TOOOO!!! Her's is a naked picture of me doing yoga covering her entire back. ALSO to declare her undying love.





**haha JK** It's a naked woman sitting in the Lotus position, on top of a Lotus flower, with the 7 shakras going through her body. It's because she's a big huge Yogi.

7. Caroline and I figured out how to make raw food bars similar to the "LARA BARS" in the states. You just need a food processor and a love for dates. We spent all of Wednesday making them and we even invented 10 new flavors!

8. We just discovered the wonders of couchsurfing. Over spring break Caroline spent 4 days couchsurfing in Berlin and this weekend we are going to Brugges, Belgium to couchsurf some more! I'm hoping to indulge in some yummy waffles and chocolate.

9. I just returned from a long weekend in the countryside with Jérôme, Pat and Véronique. It was sunny and beautiful the whole weekend and I got a nice tan. We went horse back riding for 2 hours on Saturday and went bike riding yesterday. It's so green and beautiful out there, I feel so close to the Earth!

10. IF i don't get accepted into the Master's program that I applied for nor the internship at the MoMA, then Jérôme and I are thinking about moving to Mayotte for a year. Mayotte is a French department...so technically part of France, but it was once a colony. It's an island located off the coast of Madagascar...and supposedely very beautiful. So I'm definitely ready for some more adventure if the door opens!

Voilà....I am planning on coming home this summer...(home as in San Antonio) to visit my family and so on, but the dates aren't set yet. most likely all of August and maybe July.

à la prochaine!

xo Hillarey