It for some reason just dawned on me today that "bonjour" literally means good day. Five years of French and I'm just now figuring that out. Fail. Anyway, this dawned on me because today was a good day. Nothing exceptional happened, but compared with the last few days I've had, the simple fact that nothing bad happened was enough to make it a good day.
I spent yesterday cleaning up crap, quite literally. Someone was kind enough to drop off a rotting carcass of some large animal in the empty lot by our house, which of course, Duke found.. as if it wasn't bad enough cleaning him off and giving tomato juice baths, it gave him diarrhea. All over the house. Always on the carpet, of course. He actually went out of his way upstairs just to go on the carpet rather than tile. Lovely. Yesterday was the only day that the thought has ever gone through my mind to give Duke away. In my defense, I was upset about several things at the time, and the Duke incident was just icing on the cake. Fortunately, I've come to my senses and realize that Duke is one of the best things to ever happen to me.
In other news, let's talk about the lamb. It was delicious. As in, one of the best things I've ever cooked. The lamb chops were crusted with rosemary, bread crumbs, and mustard, and then roasted. It was super simple. I was very worried about overcooking the lamb, as it's supposed to be eaten medium-rare. However, medium-rare freaks me out a bit, so I went for medium. And they were perfect. With them I made Julia Child's version of potatoes au gratin. This consisted of scalloped potatoes, butter, swiss cheese, salt, and pepper layered in a casserole dish and then covered with beef broth (which she recommended instead of milk if serving with lamb). They ended up very liquidy, which I don't think was the intended result, but they were very good, nonetheless. Not so great leftover, however. I even went for presentation with this meal, which I'm not usually very good at. I felt kind of lame about it since I was just cooking for myself, but honestly, I can't afford to feed lamb to people. I would love to, but come on. I'm a poor college kid. And it does kind of suck cooking by myself, as I guess I'd gotten used to having someone equally passionate to cook with. But it seems that what's meant to be, will be, and right now, what's meant to be is for me to cook alone.
So tomorrow is kind of a big day for me. I'm going to talk to the guy who is in charge of the student exchange program that I want to do. Basically, if the credits all transfer and I will graduate on time, I'm going for it. I feel like things are really starting to fall into place for me to go. It's something that I've always wanted to do, but I've had my doubts. One of the main ones was JP, not that I wouldn't have gone because of him, but for some reason, I didn't want it as badly then. Also, finance was a major concern. But I found out that my scholarship will cover the program fees, and then my father informed me today that I have a couple thousand dollars in a fund that my grandparents set up years ago that has to be used while I'm in college. Why he waited until now to tell me this, I don't know. Anyway, it's looking quite probable right now. Which I'm super stoked about. It's nice to finally have something fall into place. (hopefully!)
But, it is getting late, and I have five (FIVE) classes tomorrow, so peace out!
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