it's official in an unofficial way

thomas left this morning to return to the states.  so, essentially you only have 9 hours to rob us blind.

in the mean time, this makes me a "single" girl in paris.  not that i don't have anything to do.  it isn't like i am alone, ever.  i have students here and amazingly enough, they seem to be around, circulating in and out of my days here in paris.  it's like i birthed 11 kids without the pain and now i can't get rid of them.  ; )

so now, i have things to organize, grading to do, actual teaching (gah!), and the sales to finish out.  thomas is scared to death that i may come back home with more shoes.  although i promised after the pair i bought yesterday i wouldn't buy anymore... but seriously, i think that promise may only extend to yesterday... there is a time limit on certain promises... like shoes.  and when one is unofficially single in paris during the sales, shoes must be bought...