scandinavia is QUICKLY losing points....

OK. so i have quite the bone to pick with scandinavia right now. mainly iceland, with its dumb dumb volcano ruining all my friends travel plans, and subsequently making them very sad (luckily i am toooo lame to be going anywhere). i also have a fight to start with norway at the moment, but that is a WHOLE OTHER STORY. interestingly enough i am actually half scandinavian (1/4 icelandic, 1/4 norwegian, as it were...haha), and total sweden lover (thanks largely to my totally amazing swedish friend julia....), but seriously, get it together, or feel the wrath.....ok. so there probably wont be any wrath, not from me at least (seeing as i am more of a lover than a fighter...haha), but somebody might really get uber-annoyed.

on a sunnier note, literally, the weather here in paris as AT LAST reached the 'acceptable' level...and today, despite the 'massive ash cloud' that is apparently surrounding us, it reached a full-on 'fantastic' level. i plan on protesting the ash by remaining outside as much as possible and tanning through the pain.....hahahahah.

Blog title and weather

I personally feel, as an expert blogger with more than 45 minutes of experience behind me, that no two subjects are better suited for each other than blog title explanations and weather reports. I know, you re thinking 'duh, why didn't somebody think of that sooner? it makes perfect sense!' And you re right, it does make perfect sense, however, as I am clearly light years ahead of the majority of bloggers, I cant give you an explanation as to why it wasn't previously paired, because its evident that my brain cannot fathom the thought processes of such simple creatures. haha. totally joking. obviously.

but anyways, here it is:
croissants and caca.
well, to me it seems clear, but i suppose to some, the second part is perhaps the more confusing. "Croissants" is simply representative of France (aka where I am), and coincidentally the base of my food pyramid since arriving. "Caca", is, quite honestly, the French word children (or parents while speaking with children) use to mean 'poop'. Glamorous, I know. Please try not to be jealous. And, believe it or not, the latter is by far more prevalent in my daily conversations as an au pair than the former. Lovely. Welcome to my life.

Weather (such a smooth transition, I know.)
Today, like yesterday, has been a sh#tshow of snow. Ok, so not quite that bad, but nonstop nonetheless. Its mainly just annoying, as we are housebound. However, I must admit that while the 2.5 inches of perilous white fluff is restricting, if I'm being honest, its probably more to do with the 3 year old being housebound with the chickenpox. I personally find it more fun to blame the weather. It makes me feel like a true snow-storm gangster. well, kinda.