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Today is the last day of our vacation... Tomorrow we get on a plane. and in 12 hours, we will be back in the United States. This trip, if you have been reading, has been FULL of new adventures for Courtney and I. When we get home, our adventures will continue! We have a new place to live in, new jobs to find, and we have acquired on this trip new hobbies and desires that we will be bringing with us back to America! I have rekindled my love of drawing and reading, and Court has become a master needle-pointer! Im pretty sure that next time I cut my finger, Court will be able to stitch it up with a selection of fancy colored yarns.
Today we spent packing and cleaning. I THINK we are going to make it out of here in the same amount of suitcases that we came in! Bonus! That normally doesnt seem like a huge task, however, if you go back about 3 weeks, you will remember that we have a deer-head carry on this time. (wine related purchase)
Last days dont always have to sad, in fact, I don't think I would have felt right leaving France, without one last trip to the laundrymat! Every time I go, the craziness level builds just a little.. Today was no acceptation. When I went there today, I walked in and could SWEAR that I heard someone watching "THE EXORCIST" on a portable TV... I was close.. it was infact a homeless woman on the ground, smoking cigarettes, drinking some kind of liquor (or detergent, who knows... same effect) yelling at people who were doing their laundry around her. I am not exaggerating when I say her stale, smoke stained voice sounded just like Linda Blair in the Exorcist.. Only a french dubbed version.
People were just walking around her... ignoring her... So I figured, "Im here," and I have to get this done, so Ill just go for it. I sat there for 2 hours doing laundry, listening to a woman who was possessed by an apparently highly pissed off french Demon. Sometimes she was quiet. If someone walked to close to her, she started screaming. If you walked to close and looked at her, she would scream then spit on you. And sometimes, just for no reason, she would just start screaming and spiting at nothing at all. Its nice when someone is an equal opportunity swear-spitter like that.
Anyways... To make my day even better, about 45 minutes before my laundry was done, ANOTHER crazy delinquent walks in, and the two of them start talking, and share a beer and cigarette. Obviously, this newcomber didnt fear catching crazy (or tetanus) and the two of them talk-spit-yelled for a good 15 minutes.
I was going to take a video of this little vixen for everyone to see, but I was afraid that if she caught me, she would put a gypsy curse on me (and I dont mess around with those!) so I just snuck a camera phone photo. What you cant see if the big bottle of booze behind her, or the stale pile of extinguished cigarettes next to her...
Ahhh... what a catch.. If only I were single....
We still have a few hours left in the day to enjoy Paris (Like it could get any better than this morning!) so unless we post again later tonight, we will be spending time with you all the the States really soon!!
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