Welcome Ladies to my blog site

Welcome, my "women over 30" group, to my blog site. Thank you for the wonderful dinner tonite. I can't express enough how much the group as a whole has helped me to become a better person. Also knowing each of you has inspired and brightened my life. I'm not going to say good bye. In French they say "au revoir" (until we re meet) , in other languages hello & goodbye are the same, so I'm just going to say I'll see you people soon and write you alot. Also just remember when you don't know what to do, I say "FUCK IT!!!!"

Countdown begins

Less than 2 weeks before Noname & I will be in Lyon. This week I mailed out my last boxes to GA and my first 2 boxes to Lyon. I have another 6 boxes to send to Lyon, and one box to send to Kev (aka Cubby). Then it's just packing my stuff to take on the plane. I have to call Stephanie to arrage for her to get the TV & stuff. Next week I'll work on figuring out how to send the computer.
This week's movie was not great. In "Inside Man" Jodie Foster does a great job playing a nasty bitch. That's about all I want to say about that typical heist movie.
My improv was okay this past weekend. I think I was nervous because some girls from my "Women over 30" group came to see me perform. As Jill my coach said, I kinda went dark and spent more time talking about relationships instead of being in them. That's my goal for this week (and in life in general, stop with the superficiality).
I did my last Zoo volunteer stint and had to say my goodbyes. I hate this part the most. I know I'll be back again to visit some people, but not in the near future.
Oh I almost forgot.....Pace is in Singapore right now. Wow, he's becoming "Mr. International" first Singapore, then this summer Rio and Poland. And don't forget our weekend hops to other neighboring countries. So now from where I am there is a 14 hour difference. That's weird.

So that's the story Jerry for this week.
Maria

Our House

This is a map of where I will be living. Check it out. I'm 1 hour from Geneva, Switz. About 4 hours from Germany. A few our to Italy, Spain, and England. What more could I want??
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Happy St Patrick's Day

Wow what a week! I've finally bought my tickets to France. Noname & I leave on April 5th. That's real soon. I was still in a funk with the sleep and cleaning, but then I received a call from the apartment complex on Tuesday night. They were showing the apartment Wed at 4:30. Well 4 big garbage bags and 3 laundries later, the apartment was okay to show. In the process of cleaning, I removed some plastic from the sliding glass window in the living room. Suddenly,out from behind the couch a mouse makes a dash for another spot. All I could think was how long it would take me to catch the mouse, but no fear....Noname's here. Before I could turn around, Noname already had caught the mouse and puncture perfect death blows into the mouse's neck. As Pace said,"Thank God we were able to keep 3 of her teeth in or she would have gummed it to death". I was very impressed with the speed, accuracy, and willingness to give it to me immediately. She's such a good girl.
So now I'm down to the packing and sending. This weekend I'm going to send my first batch of stuff to France via US Postal. I can't believe how fast things are going.
I still made time for my weekly movie. This week was "V for Vendetta". It was an okay movie with very obvious suggestions to 9/11, terrorists, torturing prisoners, and the whole premise as to what is a revolutionary vs. a terrorist. The FedEx guys had recommended the movie "The Hills have Eyes", which they said was "way" better than "Saw". So I caught that movie as well. Lots of good gore, my "Ewe, oh man!" Richter scale was pretty high.
This past week I performed improv for Emily Girl Scout badge( something like the Eagle Scout badge)on Saturday, then Improv-a-go-go on Sunday with my Tabula Rasa group. I was okay, but then on Tues night with my 6 ring group we were especially organic and good. I very happy that my "Women over 30" group is going to come see me perform this Sunday.
Pace is adjusting very well in Lyon. It seems that the more you are around the French, the more you can understand them. Also, now at some of the stores where he is a regular, the people who work there talk to him (in French)and greet him with smiles. I only hope I get to that point when I live there. Although my standards are that when I walk in a store, the people bow before me (just kidding).
So that's the story for this week. By next week I hope to be living on the clothes and this I will carry on the plane.

A bientot
Maria

Fixing my sleeping pattern

Okay. No more weird sleeping hours. With Pace away I've been going to bed at 4am and the getting up at noon. Or getting up in the morning, doing some chores, then taking an over extended nap. So this is it. Today I'm in bed no later than 1pm.
This week was rather uneventful. I missed a lot of activities due to my over sleeping. I did however catch my movie today. I saw “Failure to Launch”. It was cute. I also went to see Emily's improv thing tonight. I got up at 6:45pm not knowing that Jill had called at 6:30 to invite me to come play (I found that out later when I came back from the show). I forgot when the show was, but something made me remember that it may have started at 7pm, so I raced over and got there at 7:10. Halfway thru, Emily called me up on stage, she recognized my laugh in the audience and called me up to play. I was very happy to play with them for a set or two. Tomorrow my team goes on at 1pm for the Girl Scout show, then Sunday night we are doing Improv A-Go-Go. Our team is Tabula Rasa. We are doing show Sunday night for the next 3 weeks.

This week I get my airline ticket for Noname & me.

Great Apartment found!!!

Peeps

Pace has found a very great apartment. Hopefully he will sign the lease on Monday. Everyone cross their fingers. I will after I finish here.
The apartment's location is ideal to me, although Pace does have a point about the view not being the greatest (like looking out over a courtyard or river). The apartment is located in the heart(center) of Centerville (downtown) called Bellecour. If one looks at a map of Lyon you will see a strip of land between 2 rivers (Rhone & Seine). The narrowest part is where the apartment is, in the middle of the strip. It is being fixed up and should be ready by April. The place is not furnished, but the kitchen is equipped. That we found out means it has cabinets, a stove and a sink. They were going to throw out the frig and the dishwasher, but Pace will ask them to leave it. What makes it a kitchen if that stuff isn't there? Don't ask,it's a French thing. Anyhow, the apartment is on a corner so we have lots of windows. Also there are 4 bedrooms. Enough for anyone who has a sleeping bag for now. Just north of us is the Place de la Republique and south the Place Bellecour. I'm very excited. We are surrounded by very nice stores. In fact if I'm not mistaken one of the crossroads we are on is called Rue de Achetes (which I think means Street of Buys)Yeah Whoo lets charge it!!!!
This Thursday will be my last class in level beginners at the Alliance Francaise. So I must go to Patrick's French Bakery and pick up the usual treat for the class. In 2 weeks I'll take a intensive weekend class and then they said I can start the next classes (the first 2) at a prorata basis. That's really nice of them.
The movie this week was two of them. I'm escaping the reality of leaving the USA more often(But I did sent 5 boxes to GA this week). The both movies are indie types. The first is called "Why We Fight". It was about how capitalism is a driving force towards our imperial drive for world domination and stuff like that. I recommend it for you liberals out there. The second is the first in a trilogy from Russia. It is called "Night Watch". I,of course,loved this since its about Dark-watchers(good and go against vampires) and Day-watchers (evil who search out the shapechangers and seers who don't follow the Truce). There is one who is coming who will be stronger than all the rest and will cause the war against the balance of good and evil to arise again. Really bloody and gorey. I loved it.
So now I'm getting ready for the next week ahead. It's now March so the cancellations notices have to go out and I have to get my ticket. And pack.

Jusqu'a je écrire encore (Until I write again)
Maria