Some days...

... are better than others !

Yesterday was a very smooth and nice day, but today was really crappy...
Does it happen to you that sometimes, when you wake up in the morning, you have this deep inside feeling that this is not going to be your day ? It happens to me, and usually, I'm quite right ! And today I was absolutely right !!

Some annoying news, grey sky, lots of work, a stupid boy at the post office... It feels like everything was done to make me angry. And as if it was not enough, when I left work and put my iPod on, the only music that was coming into my ears (I'm always on shuffle mode), was very sad music. So I guess now the best I have to do is just to go to bed with a book, fall asleep and wait for tomorrow.

Because tomorrow is gonna be a good day, I know it :)
As yesterday, when it was sunny and I could have this quality time, sun tanning and relaxing by the water during my lunch break...

Update ?

I know I really should do some update, especially since quite a lot of things happened lately (Tiphaine's wedding, Midsommar, news about my upcoming journey to New York...).

But I don't know, I just don't feel like writing these days. Just wanna enjoy them :)

But I'll try to come back with a report before leaving for vacations, next week then.

Hope you're all doing good !

25 days before...

Can't stop thinking about it :)

Next week-end...

My friend Tiphaine is getting married.


As she is one of my best friends, I am going back to France and will of course attend. :)

For many reasons I am very excited.
Well, first of all, Tiphaine is getting married and I'm very happy for her. (I already know that I'm going to cry when I'll see her at the Church with her white wedding dress lol). Also, this is my first friend that is getting married and that's inviting me ! Then, it is going to be the occasion to see my friends from "prepa" that I haven't seen for a very long time now ! And last but not least, I'll be back in France and I'll see my mum, even though it is for a very short time :)

Just to give you some context, I met Tiphaine when I arrived in Blois, for a 2 year course preparation to the competitive exam to enter business schools. She was in 2nd year while I was in first year, and I've always been like the "early protected" of the 2nd year girls that were staying at the residential school (like me). I've been quite close to Tiphaine since the beginning and she has been really important to me during all this year, and after also of course, even though we haven't had that much contact due to the distance. However, I've always considered her as one of my closest friends.

Here are the 2 of us. I think this picture has been taken during the first semester of 2004... 6 years ago then ! Wow, time flies !


Anyway. Next Saturday is going to be a big day for her, THE big day, and I am really happy and proud to be part of the event ! :)

Them...

I talked about friendship a few days ago.

But here are the ones that are even more essential in my life and whom I would DIE for... Miss them like HELL..

My brothers and sisters.


Colin (21 years old), Justine (6 years old), Me, Noemie (10 years old), Alexandre and Cyril (12 years old).

I love you !!

Friendship...

I wish week-ends would last for ever... especially THIS kind of week-end.
On Friday night, 6 of my friends arrived in Stockholm to spend the week-end and visit me of course. These are friends from Keolis in Paris, where I was doing my final internship one and a half year ago.
It was the first time I had so many visitors at the same time, so even though I was really happy and excited, I was a bit anxious. But as usual, everything went perfectly :)

It was such a pleasure to have them here. Everything was so easy, everybody always agreed on what to do, we laughed a lot, and it was like I had never left them... And now they have left, it feels so empty here. I feel kind of empty. Thank you all for coming, you are GREAT people.


I think I can say that I really have wonderful friends. And of course I'm not only talking about the ones from Keolis, but also the ones from Bordeaux, from prepa, from Atlanta, Hong Kong, Stockholm, high/middle/primary school, dance and the ones that I've always had or that I just met randomly...
They have always been here in the bad times of my life, been happy with me in the good times, they have always supported me in my choices, and everytime I see them, whoever they are and even though I'm living far away since quite a long time now, it's like we've seen each other the day before.

Here are some pictures of some of them... because they deserve a place here :) Not everybody is represented of course, but they are SOME of my "essentials" :)

My friends from Bordeaux



My friends from prepa



My friends from Atlanta


And the best for the end... :) Nathalie (on the left), my friend since we were born basically...


Miss you and love you ALL...

Kidney stone

Last night was one of my worst night ever...
I woke up around 4.00, with an extreme pain in my lower left abdomen. Tried to take some pills, but first of all, I could barely walk, and then, the pills didn't work at all.
So I finally decided to call the emergency number. I'm usually not the kind of person that goes to the doctor for small things but this time, I really didn't see what else I could do.
The ambulance came about 20 min later and took me to the hospital. I swear, I've NEVER EVER have so much pain, this was really awful...
I did a few exams, then I finally got a shot of pain killer and around 9.00, I new I had what is called a "kidney stone" (calcul renal pour les francais).
So now I just have to wait that it goes away... and in 2-3 weeks I'll do some X-rays to see if there is some stone left. But apparently there is not much more to do.
However the doctor told me that I'll probably have another crisis when the stone moves... It already makes me sick just by the idea of it...

In this type of situation I really would like to be in France, close to my family and especially my parents of course. But I have wonderful friends here who are so sweet, helpful and present... And also at work, my bosses are very comprehensive.
Tack snälla !

Well, now I just have to wait I guess... !