It's been a while since my last post, I've been quite busy, or maybe just too lazy, to write anything, but I will try to catch up from now, even if it's not much.

So, what did I do since last time ?

As scheduled, I went to the Gold's Gym to do my usual program : 30 minutes running, stretching, abs, pull-up. The place it's really nice, full of different people, very kind :). It is really better than the small Fitness Center at Avalon and just for $30 a month, less than $1 per day.

During the last week end, all of the French guys went to Boston to visit the city. They took off on Friday and stayed there for the whole week end. I didn't follow them because I wanted to use the week end to have some rest ; it was a wise decision since the weather at Boston was really bad ... It was raining all day long, and not small rain.

Since my bedroom was quite a mess, I decided to go to Ikea to buy a desk and a chair ; thanks to the cashier, I didn't pay the chair :). I was afraid not to be able to hold everything to the car, but there was some free locker (25 refundable cents) so that I could put my cart in it while getting the car near the deposit area.

On the way back, I stopped by the Target to buy an Ice-shaver machine :D ! Thanks to that, we can now do awesome cocktails !

Back at the apartment, I mounted my new furniture and the result looks great, my bedroom is way much tidy now :).

Desk

Last Sunday was a lazy day : I slept quite a lot, do some clean-up, and spent the entire day with my love Celine. I wanted to go to the Gold's Gym in the evening, but it closes at 7pm during the week end ... Seems like most people in the area are from the morning : the first lesson there, like Fitness, Body Pump ... starts around 5am, and the last one finishes at 8:30pm. So, I spent the evening eating a sandwich while catching up with some TV shows like Dexter :).

Last week wasn't much different from the previous week, especially because I can't talk about what I am working on. Nevertheless, each evening was quite busy.

On Monday night, we invited some friends for a "Cocktail tasting", so that we could try our new machine :D. It was nice to be at the apartment, talking to friends without having to be scared of someone spill its drink on the carpet. Since I hasn't been able to go to the Gym the previous day, I left them around 9pm to do some sport.

On Tuesday night, I went to the Gold's Gym again to attend to the RPM class, or most commonly known as "Biking". The class room is really nice, well ventilated, a lot of bike, black lights ... But there wasn't much people, less than 10 I think. Nevertheless, the class was great, since you control your own difficulty, I could do as I used to do in France : give my best. I think I will go there every Tuesday evening. After the class, as usual : stretching, abs, pull-up and some running to flush-out my legs.

On Wednesday night, we went to Vincent's apartment for a Poker. Even though I didn't play, I don't have the patience, it was nice to be there talking :).

On Thursday night, I went to the Gold's Gym again to attend to the "Body Combat" class. I didn't go all-out because of my knee, but it was great to move again, to "shake" my body :). And I had the opportunity to speak to some of the people in the class :D. I felt some tiredness on my right leg, especially the knee but I think I will go to this class again.

Friday night was Gloria's Farewell Party, she is an au-pair who was friend with the 2007 guys. Before the party, we had diner at the Hooter near Avalon. The place looks much more like a sport bar than a restaurant but it is nice. I had a chili-cheese dog and shared a plate of "quite oily" chicken wings with some friends. The party was a hat party, so we had to buy some. Couldn't find anything nice, and since we wouldn't wear them anymore, we set our choice on this one :

Hat

And it was quite a success :D ! The party was great, in a big American house, and without too much people.

I slept a lot on Saturday morning-afternoon and talked with my love Celine when I woke up. I did some laundry and around 5:30pm, we went to New York for the Saint Patrick's week-end. Unfortunately, we were stuck in some traffic jam at the exit of the Turnpike ... So we arrived at NYC around 8:30 ...

We went to the Greenwich Village area in the south of Manhattan. This area is really nice, with a lot of restaurants and pubs and is really different than Time Square and the place we used to go. Since some of my friends and I didn't want to spend to much time and money in diner, we went to a place America is well-known for : McDonald's. After that, we walked around enjoying the place and stopped by an Irish pub to have a drink.

Back at the apartment around 2am, I took a quick shower and went to sleep :).