no. 30

Well, it's my 30th post. Congrats me...? Hahah.
Anyway, I have been super upbeat since I had all the weekend to relax and revitalize myself.
Tonight I had my first French lesson in Switzerland. It went pretty well... except our teacher goes really fast and I kept trying to fill in answers and because I was doing that I wasn't paying attention and I would get confused. But next time I'll be uber focused. I'm pretty excited about it. Practically everyone in my class is from Germany or Austria except for one girl who is Portuguese. Maybe I can learn some basic German while I perfect my French? Hahah. I can dream.
I feel pretty at home here in my little studio. I am getting used to everything and finally have everything where I want it. It also helps that I have my ukulele and food and water and wine. You know, life's essentials (that does include the uke.) I don't understand how anyone could NOT like the ukulele. It's so small, and cute, and you can make it sound either really happy and fun or utterly depressing. It's awesome. I've been getting a lot better at it, too. I want to have someone to make music with. Viet said that he has a piano and a guitar at his place, so I might have to hang with him one weekend in Genève.
Anyway, my weekend trip to Toulouse is a go ahead. I am pretty much going out of my skin to see Gogol Bordello and rage so hard. It should be absolutely life changingly fun. So pumped!
Um, I don't have much else to say I suppose. I still miss the people I've been missing. I've been here for a full four months and I've got nine left. I can't wait to see my brothers again (and this includes the one from anotha motha brother E) and I can't wait to see Eron and ride bikes around Madison with Michaela again and go to Escape and drink so much Bike Fuel and listen to jazz on the loudspeakers and watch the crazies come and go... but I am really glad I'm here and able to experience everything.
Jacob Borshard has a new album out called A Glow in the Dark and it's seriously pretty incredible. You should all go download it (it's free!) It's also filled with ukulele goodness and cute lyrics that will make you go, "awww." Click here, dudes. Scroll all the way to the right. You can also download his two previous albums (I highly recommend doing so)