Baby's first x-ray

Well first I gotta tell y'all that I saw Harry Potter over the weekend. So good! I can't wait to see the final one in April! It was dubbed into French, which was a little annoying because the voice actors sounded different (I so associate Hermione, Ron and Harry with their respective voices) and Snape, for example, sounded like a regular french businessman as opposed to the creepy, scratchy-voiced slimy character that he is. But as far as comprehension goes I got it all; I may have missed a couple jokes along the way but I fully understood the plot even though I read the last book only once and remember approximately nothing of what happened in it. So that was fun!

Tomorrow morning I have to go to the doctor's office for an OFII appointment as part of my long-stay student visa. Even though I'm only here for not even another three weeks, I hafta let them make sure I'm safe and sound in health and that I don't have TB. (If I do, or if I have any other deadly infectious diseases... sorry, french population, for spreading it to you over these past three months...) They test for TB by giving you an x-ray, which I've never had before and would rather not have if I can avoid it, but I guess if the french government wants to make sure I'm not spreading diseases to her population 18 days before I leave for home, I'll just go along with it.

So that's what free time looks like... also defense against the bad guys

Meanwhile, with devoirs à la maison done and over with, my three best friends (Abigail, Amy and Preston) and I are gearing up to go to Barcelona this weekend to celebrate Abigail's 21st birthday. We leave on Friday morning and come back Sunday night. It will be interesting again to be in a place where I know about zero of the language, but again it's an international city so I have no doubt we'll have a blast. Just don't yell things in English... keep your friends close and your wallets closer... stay outta dark alleyways and agree on a price before accepting a service... I think we'll be fine.