Among other things

I've definitely been neglecting the blog. Don't doubt that I've been growing culturally (as well as physically. French cooking uses more butter than any other culture I can think of- it's lovely). The only thing is, it's very difficult to find the time-not to mention the free internet- in order to post regularly. However, we are online in the home and today is a solid day of rest. Therefore, it's time to hop back on the blog-wagon.
France is still full of French people. I still feel compelled to light up every ten minutes because of the thick haze of cigarette smoke around the college. Among other things, I miss a very large cup of coffee. There are no mugs in our house. The coffee that they make us is surprisingly weak, although it's probably a good thing; I feel as if my host father would be very scary all hyped up on caffeine. In the restaurants, the cup of coffee is so small that I feel compelled to drink it before it gets cold due to lack of insulation. Hm. I don't even care if it comes in styrofoam anymore; I just want access to an espresso machine so I can make my own coffee.
That's probably good for the complaining for now. I have all day, so perhaps I'll think of some anecdote later on to make up for the lack of posting in the last three months.