T minus one day...

So one day left, well, 21 hours to be exact before I'll be flying off over the Atlantic on my way to the land of crepes, wine, baguettes, cheese, and hopefully gorgeous and not too stereotypically smelly Frenchmen... Bags are (mostly) packed and (mostly) under the 50-lb weight limit. I am DREADING the trek from the Lyon airport to the random apartment I'll be staying in since I'll be doing it at rush hour, but maybe rush hour in Lyon isn't the same as rush hour in Boston--riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Everyone think good, helpful thoughts at approximately 5pm Lyon time, which is 11am EST. :)

Had a lovely last two weeks stateside. Being unemployed definitely has its perks, lots of free time being the best one. Saw tons of family and friends and did a minimal amount of freaking out (to be expected, of course). Even managed to find time to move/organize boxes from my room that had been there since I graduated from college and clean off my bulletin board from 7th grade--suffice it to say, my mom was thrilled to rid the "guest room" of those magazine cut-outs of Brad Pitt and Jared Leto...

Am still in a bit of denial and disbelief that this is all happening, but I'm feeling excited and relatively prepared. We'll see how long that lasts! Am going to bed deliciously full from the AMAZING coq au vin "Last Supper" that my roommate made for me. As a new omnivore

after 16 years of vegetarianism (but only free-range, local, grass-fed meat), she can already cook meat a million times better than I will ever be able to. Sigh. Unless, of course, I become Julia Child reincarnate while in France. Highly likely, I think. Ha! Anyway, I took pictures of the mouthwatering spread, but they just don't do the meal justice upon further review so I'm just going to include the picture of the dessert she made: raspberry whipped cream meringue.  Was very French and was delicious served with a side of strawberry-rhubarb pie from my local Maine farm. And champagne from France, of course. :)

Hope this first post wasn't too brutal. A little long for not having left the U.S. yet, but I'm new to blogging so deal with it. Bonne nuit!