Let’s start with MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

I celebrated my 19th birthday on October 8th, and I have an amazing day planned. But when I woke up, my stomach didn’t feel right. I met up with some friends for the flea market, and I remember that I kept saying how my stomach was bothering me. I would be walking and then get the overwhelming urge to puke everywhere. I thought it could have been food poisoning, but now since 2 of my friends have gotten the same thing, I now know that it was just a stomach bug. I was so bummed out because my friend spent a lot of time and money baking me a beautiful birthday cake, so I owe her one for th

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I mean, look how wonderful that cake is!!!! I absolutely love my friends here. More on that later! I spent my birthday puking in my friend’s room, but I still had a great time because they were taking care of me. I also got to go vintage shopping, and finding these 3 second hand stores has really helped my wardrobe :) One of the highlights of my day was running errands with my host mom that morning. We stopped by her friend’s new office (she’s a therapist), they were doing light renovations and the building had this amazing feel to it. That’s when I noticed the plaque on the wall that read- “voici la première maison à Paris de Picasso- 1901”. I was standing in the first studio in Paris that Picasso ever lived in. A room that was in a private apartment building on one of the steep Montmartre streets. A room that only a few people have really been in. I was so honored. I spent the first few hours of my birthday just smiling about that. 

I did finally get around to celebrating my birthday this friday with a few awesome friends. It started out kind of bad, but by the middle/end of the night, I loved it. I had so much fun dancing and drinking with my friends. It was a wonderful evening and I can’t wait to have many more of those in the upcoming months! I adore them, it’ll be hard to leave when the year is up!!

I will be making a separate post tonight about actual au pairing :) A bientot!