Beziers

On an intuitive hunch, I went to my mom's house this afternoon to pick up some mail, and there, sitting demurely on the kitchen table was my contract for France! I've been waiting for this for weeks...the deets of my 7 month stay are all laid out in this little brown envelope.
Here they are:
I'll be in Beziers, a small city on the river Ong (or ang or something...whatever who cares-its a river--awesome) Beziers is 10 mins to the sea, home of wine and bullfighting, and close enough to the love of my life-- Barcelona--to visit on weekends.
Starting Oct 1 and ending April 30, I'll be teaching English in a french high school.
...high...school...
I repeat: high school.
And... that's all I know. This should be interesting.
See you in a few France.

Things I've been doing- An Update

1. Working at State Parks with my housemate...Preparing to lead 750 kids "into the woods" over the next couple months
2. Making smoothies...the magic of the magic bullet has made smoothy-making a daily thing
3. Watching Northern Exposure Re-runs....My roomate turned me on to this show. so good, and aiden from sex in the city is in it
4. Reading Shit...not "shit," just a lot of stuff...Actually one day I really did read "shit." We had a tracking training for work, and we learned how to read animal scat to tell what animal made it and what it ate. So let's change this to "Reading 'shit'"
5.Family Stuff- Both my cousins are in town and put on a party for my aunt's 60th birthday. This was the first time in years our whole side of the family got together in one place.
6. Trying to surf. Actually I only tried to surf twice. Brad took me out and I was such an amazing surfer he took me out again! Actually we just got super busy with work but I know that one day I WILL stand up on on a surfboard. Until then, I'm getting good at looking like I'm really trying to catch a wave, and no, I'm totally not mad at you Brad for taking me into the scary surf where you left me to go catch some waves..
7. getting yogurt at sir-tops-a-lot. This place is delish. You put together your own yogurt with any topping you want and they charge by weight. I spent almost 9 bucks the first time I came...Now I'm getting good---euro tart, strawberry, fruit, mochi...heaven for $2
8. Exercising? I don't know...kind of? trying.
9. Using sun screen. This is a good one, because i really have been using sunscreen every day. no lie.
10. Trying to learn French. I've been watching movies in French, reading magazines, blogs, and whatevs I can get my hands on...but when they really get speaking I still can't understand crap!!!!! Then I switch to perezhilton or facebook and practice my english.
11. Seabright Brewery. I've been finding myself here on occasion, and I'm always eating chicken wings. Very bizarre.

That's the jist of my life. Don't be jealous.

Coming into Summer

I sat out in my backyard this morning, eating watermelon, and noticing how our garden has suddenly launched into a green paradise of leaves, vines and buds. You can practically see our squash growing. My roomates started this garden last month, and, if you like to see quick return on hard work, this garden is starting to pay off. It made me realize that I've gone through some immense changes too these past few months, and...years...and wonder if they will be paying off too sometime. But for now, sitting in my garden, I use the growing plants as a tracker of my own internal clock...I often get caught in the every day and forget what I have gone through and the time it took to get to that day. So, I pay tribute to our bountiful garden....and maybe to myself and the people around me who've worked hard to plant their own seeds of spirit, truth, beauty, art and creation.