OK guys, I guess I am finally less bitter enough about being back to write again on my website. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will be redesigning my site to also hold my portfolio ( I know I have made these promises before, but this time I have actually started my portfolio). Atlanta isn’t so bad, thanks to my boyfriend, CBQ, for taking such good care of me, and James for letting me stay in his great condo. Oh yeah, and the rest of my family and friends have been spoiling the crap out of me as well. This is the best Jodi Appreciation Month ever! So now that my resting place is on this side of the world, I am living vicariously through a few of my friends who left to go to Europe a week after I got back. Kristin is attending the same study abroad program in Barcelona that CBQ did last year. She is staying in the same hostel and probably trying out all the same restaurants and venues since I sent her way too much info on the stuff that CBQ and I like to do there. Her website is www.kristinvadas.com if you would like to live vicariously through her too. CBQ just got it up for her, so hopefully she will update it soon. Also my friends Kevin and Omar are travelling through Europe for a little over two months. I am sure they are also having a blast, even though I haven’t heard from them or seen any updates on Omar’s website (www.omarzaki.com), but I am sure there will be news from them soon.

My friend Carl, who stayed in Paris after our trip, is doing well from what I heard. He went to the Greek Isles last week, and he said it was gorgeous. I guess since I don’t really have the opportunity to make a weekend trip over there to see it for myself anymore, I will have to bookmark it until the next time I am in Europe.

As for me, I am job-hunting today. Wes is job-hunting at Commune, where CBQ works. They seem to like him, so maybe I will get to see him more if he is working with my boyfriend. Also, I had to mail my keys to my Parisian apartment back to Anja a couple of weeks ago, and they still haven’t arrived! The French postal service was on strike last week, so maybe that has something to do with it, or maybe they are just generally slow. I guess that is one reason to appreciate the US. You can count on companies executing what you paid them to do. I better not speak too soon, though, because I haven’t talked to the US postal service to learn the real reasons for the delay. Since this is the most exciting thing going on in my life right now, I will keep you updated. A Bientot - Jodi