So. Of course the day after my birthday I get sick. I'm feeling super awful, super congested and with a sinus headache coming on. Which of course means I end up staying in bed as late as possible and just throwing on a long sweatshirt and leggings+boots to go to class. Normal class, a bit overwhelming especially since my brain is particularly sluggish.
But then after class, as I go to one of the main buildings at Cité U to get out some cash and look for the post office, a guy comes up and starts talking to me! This is the first time it has happened since I have been here. He just out of the blue comes up and starts talking to me. He was super nice and forced me to speak French, which was kinda cool. But he spoke English well enough that if I didnt know something in French he could understand when I said it in English. We talked for probably 15 minutes before I had to go. He also pointed out the post office plus another one near there that had better operating hours, so helpful! The bad thing was I was so paranoid the entire time we were talking that my nose was dripping and making my face all disgusting like. Of course I cant just go wipe my nose in the middle of a conversation and look even more disgusting.... So instead the entire time I just kept thinking "please, dont drip!! please please dont be dripping nose!!"
Since la poste was not yet open, I decided to head back to my dorm cause I was feeling pretty crappy. As I was walking back to the dorm a guy was running in the same area, then all the sudden he stopped and turned around and started talking to me! It was a much shorter conversation, and mostly spoken in English but I threw in French whenever I could. He asked me if I go running and I said yes, so he asked if we could go running together sometime. He said he had to stop and talk to me because he thought I had a very nice smile, though I didn't even realize I had smiled at him. Long story short he ended up giving me his e-mail address. I think I'll email him tomorrow since once I got back to my room, and got over the shock of the fact that sick Brittney, who hadn't showered and had no makeup except whatever didn't get wiped off with my Clean and Clear makeup wipes = sexy Brittney to these French men, I ended up sleeping for 3 hours then forced myself to wake up and do French homework since I have my first test tomorrow. Le sigh. But of course I spent more time talking to Sarabear and Nathan than I did studying... but c'est la vie!
Well, I certainly hope that this damn cold goes away by the weekend so I can see who else I can meet!
