Started out bof...then got way better!

This morning at the gym, I did what I told myself I would never do - I locked my keys to my lock inside the locker!  I had finished working out and was locking up my locker on my way to the showers.  This meant I was in my towel!  What a great start to my day.  I asked a woman who I see every morning if she would mind going to the front desk and asking them to cut open my lock - she kindly did so.  Would have been très sympa going to the front desk in my towel!

My day could only get better from then.  Luckily I bought a vintage lock at the Marché au Puces last time I went with Sophie, so I have one for tomorrow morning!  I got to work and immediately began bossé-ing.  I have been working since last week on researching for an Arts & Crafts company who is about to introduce a new brand to their portfolio and we were hired to come up with the name and logo for the company.  This research has involved looking up their competitors and also going to loisirs créatifs stores and taking photos of already existing products - what I did yesterday afternoon.  I had to take photos very discretely as I couldn't get caught.  I was able to get over 200 photos from three different stores and after telling Emilie this morning, she gave me the name "the new Bond girl" !

This afternoon we had a meeting with Nathalie to discuss what I had discovered in my research.  Until the meeting I worked hard on creating a spiral bound book with over 200 pages of photos of products, divided by brand and store.  I even added dividers I created to make it easier to look through.  If I do say so myself, it looked damn good!  Emilie, Cyril and Nathalie were blown away!  They were shocked that I was able to put this book together in a little over a day.  Nathalie said that for most stagiaires it take them a week to learn where to put the garbage.  This work ethic comes straight from my mother and also the cut throat mentality in New York.

I was also asked during the meeting, at least three times, if it is absolutely necessary I leave on August 15th - CAN'T I EXTEND MY STAY???  My response was unfortunately I must return to school.  Cyril asked me if I plan on returning to Paris.  I have come to the conclusion that this is a place where I can definitely see myself living.  I truly love it here.  I love the joie de vivre and the city is incredible.  I love how people work to live and not live to work, like they do in New York.  I guess I could say, my plan is to graduate NYU next year and then use the free year the US Government is giving me for being international which is supposed to be the year you apply for your green card or other visa and work in New York and then hopefully head back here!

I think it is more than j'aime Paris for me - its j'adore Paris!