cobblestones beneath my feet

Today, when I was walking home from a oh-so-pleasant day of class and friends and sunshine, I couldn't help but smile about life right now. Really, how lucky am I?

I guess I've done a lot of walking over the last year because through my Topsiders I could feel the grooves of the cobblestones in one of the nearby, newly redone cafe areas. It's just so nice to be able to be walking around a place where I can focus on all the little nicities like the ground beneath me. Corny as it may be, that's what happiness really does to you!

I've been feeling a bit under the weather the last couple days, but it's hard not to be happy when you can go to the marché and minimart for a box of strawberries, an apple & a tomato, and then to the boulangerie (Joesph, of course) for a baguette to eat with some spreadable, delicious goat cheese. Not bad! Creatures of habit we are, a couple of the same friends of mine met up at the Belle Epoque for a "rhum raisin" scoop of ice cream. Later, we explored the Target of Aix, Monoprix, which even has an icey-cold supermarket in the basement! I went to the Tabac to refill my phone and also slip in a couple post cards and a "Marie France" magazine with Julia Roberts on the cover. Eat, Pray, Love, anyone?

I'm going to relax for a little bit more and then go for a "yog." You know, like Rob Burgandy says it. Later I'm going to meet up with friends at Happy Days–since it's not as easily to have friends over to our houses, it works out to meet up at cafés instead.

Don't know what will be "à table ce soir," but if it's as good as the big salad & pasta I had last night, I'm sure to be happy. I thought of my brother, Billy, since it was my first time having pasta here, and a pound of pasta at home is a daily necessity on the table for our accomplished athlete:)

Remember to smile today!
xoxo, c