Hey guys, I'm Katie! Welcome to my blog, where I ramble on about anything and everything. I'm 21 years old, a rising senior at Boston College and am pursuing a major in International Studies and a minor in French. I just returned from studying abroad at Sciences Po in Paris, so most of the entries from the past five months consist of my cultural experiences, my passionate love affair with French food, my close encounters of the third wine, and my ramblings about crazy French people. I love photography, traveling, reading, and cooking. I love all kinds of music; check out what I'm listening to at last.fm. I also enjoy a good tweet now and again. Check out some more random facts about me, if you're so inclined...
Trop de…tout: les changements du corps
I did it. I finally went for a run, if one could even call the pace at which I was going a “run.”
I woke up around 9:30, got myself psyched up, and walked over to the Jardin du Luxembourg. As I stood by the nearest entrance to the park, I was astonished by the number of people swooshing by me. There was a constant flow of runners moving past the entrance, so many in fact, that I had to wait until there was a lull in the crowd for me to enter.
As my feet started to move beneath me, I couldn’t help but think back to the last time I had exercised. A month? Two months? FOUR MONTHS?! That’s right, ladies and gents, this formerly fit bod has not seen any physical exertion since December 2009. The only exercise I’ve been getting is, in fact, walking to the nearest pastry shop, opening my mouth and chewing (sometimes).
Sad.
I felt parts of my body that I haven’t felt in months. I think they’re called muscles.
I noticed some new additions, too…a little (okay the use of ‘little’ here is debatable) baguette belly, less-than-firm macaron-ed thighs, and some new junk in my trunk courtesy of the sticks of butter I have most likely been consuming in my restaurant explorations.
Okay, so my body has changed a bit, and I have certainly lost a considerable amount of muscle mass. Truthfully, though, I’ve never been happier, and so I will continue to consume my crêpes, pâtisseries, and baguettes.
In other news, I went food shopping today and noticed that the WHOLE WORLD is in Paris (except thankfully not in Monoprix). The nice weather has brought swarms of tourists, and I can see why; everything is absolutely beautiful in the springtime sunshine.
I went back to the Jardin du Luxembourg around 5 to enjoy some sun myself, and as I was sitting there, attempting to catch up on my blogs (it’s a neverending process, really), I saw two familiar faces: Mike and Erica! It was a nice surprise, and I was glad to see that Erica hadn’t already left for Strasbourg. We had a nice little life chat before they went off to dinner and before I continued my lame attempts at blogging.
One has a difficult time getting much of anything accomplished in this fabulous city, what with there being SO many things to do and see. And with that, off I go…à bientôt, mes amis!