I got up at 1pm with no desire to go out, but I had to! Being in this tiny studio makes me stir crazy! I got ready and went on a wifi quest, but not before I went to my old church in the 16th. I got there and asked what time church was. It's not far from the Champs Elysées so i went to MacDo for wifi...I ordered and guess what? The internet wasn't working! GREAT!
I went back to the MacDo next to my church, but decided to try Starbucks out. Their wifi wasn't working either! WTF is with this country and their wifi! We're in Paris for crying out loud!!!!!
So I dragged myself back to MacDo...or should I say McCafé! lol The barista took forever! I grabbed a seat and spent the entire time on FB and Gmail...argh! I had a chocolat viennois...bad idea...the milk was too much...=/ lactose intolerant!
I went to mass and i felt an immediate inner peace and calm when I walked in. It was so surreal to be back. It felt so good. It was about time I came back and gave thanks. I'm not very religious, but I'm a believer and I try to make it to church and if I don't I at least say my Our father every night ^^ I'm not a perfect Catholic...but who is? I didn't recognize any of the parishoners except for the guitar player, an older woman who always came to mass by herself, and a young woman who walked in super late. I recognized all the nuns, but the youngest one wasn't around. Hermana Pilar was a sweetheart. She always made me feel welcome and I was hoping to see her...After mass I asked the woman I recognized if she remembered me. She said no, lol. No worries, i asked her about Hermana Pilar and she told me she had passed away a year ago from Cancer....WHAT? NO WAY! NO! She was so young, so sweet, always smiling, very welcoming, and never ever ever showed a sign of illness. It made me very sad...I wanted to shed a tear. She passed away while I had been in Paris on vacation, had I taken the time to stop, I would've been able to say goodbye...T_T I will always hold the sweetest memories of her in my heart. May she rest in peace. <3
I met up with Eliana at her place in the 20th. She found housing at her Lycée. Its pretty sweet, she has free internet and laundry mat! The lycée is HUGE! We went out to Rue des Rosiers. It was raining, but our spirits were up. We had falafels at L'As du Falafel. It was good, but now my favorite are in SF at Sunrise Deli...=) We called it a night because it was coming down hard.
I feel what you are saying here. About two years ago I learned that one of my best friends from High School, who was MY AGE, and who I hadn't seen for years, had died a few months earlier from cancer. I was shocked, and really regretted that I hadn't tried to find her after I came back to Cali in 2001. We think everyone is eternal...
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