Rainy and windy here today. Hang on, isn't that the same forecast I've been reporting for weeks now...::checks previous Blogs::...wait, it is! Isn't that FASCINATING
Ok, bitter moment over. How are all of you?!
Here, well let's see. No turkey, but did find some boneless skinless turkey breasts, but somehow not quite the same. Cannot find a sweet potato to save my soul (Not even canned). They have words for Yam and Sweet Potato, just not the actual tubers. This is really depressing since they are my favorite Thanksgiving fair. (To be served alongside a heaping serving of potato salad just as my Aunt Becky taught me.) Not a cranberry product in sight, no juice or sauce or berries but I know they have them because at a restaurant the other day my dessert was garnished with a cranberry. Thought I had brought a can of cranberry sauce with me, but it's MIA. And stuffing well, forget about it. I never made my own anyway and there's no boxed stuff here. Asked for a recipe from LaVerne but never heard back.
Not that it really matters anyway as it is obviously not a holiday here. S is off to work at his regular hour and I'm here, talking to you all. We will do a nice dinner out tonight though, or tomorrow depending on how late S is getting back from the coast tonight.
S is getting ready to leave me alone for two weeks. He leaves Monday 12/1 for Lyon and returns for a few hours on Friday 12/5 only to leave for South Africa that evening and not return until 12/15. Good news is I'll have the car, so who's coming out to keep me company? Have I mentioned that Johnny Depp lives in the south of France? Any takers? Fine be that way.
(For those who have expressed concern, please know that the U.S. and M'Co. have issued travel restrictions to Turkey so S will not be returning to Istanbul any time in the near future.)
Because of S's frequent travel I'm seriously considering getting a dog, a nice big dog. The French love their dogs as I've mentioned before, so it could go to restaurants and shopping with me. It could leave its own little sidewalk deposits all over town! How fun would that be! I'd get a cat but let's face it, they're only company when they want to be. And in the middle of the night when you are in need of a good menacing, rumbling growl and some sharp, saliva-dripping, long white fangs, cats are hiding under the bed hoping you'll do the honors.
I've mentioned this to S and we are currently in negotiations. In the past when I've wanted a dog, the question is always, "Who has time, and dogs need lots of attention, space and time". Well, I suddenly have lots of time and we have plenty of space and I can pay attention, I really can. The AIT Guidbook's section on pets says that they are not too difficult to bring over or take back. Of course the cost of transporting your pet is not mentioned and there is no way I would leave a pet behind after two years. So it's a dilemma. And then of course who'll watch it when we go places. And when I spend a month away this summer who will feed it and walk it during the day when S is at work. Etc..etc.. Ok, thanks, just needed to talk my way through that and now I'm done. (Until next time the puppy urge strikes me) If I mention wanting a dog again someone please direct me back to this entry. Thanks.
P.S. Someone please tell Shannon B. that I lied, there are Pepsi products in France, she can come on over any time. You have to look for them in the store because for some bizarre reason that I'll never understand they are not as popular as Coke products, but they are there. Diet Pepsi is called Pepsi Max. Thanks.
That is all.
