Body armour - check; laser shield - check; Damn, still need the prozac!

Sorry it's been a while since my last post, I haven't had much time recently. Now I'm working I find that after I've got up around 7:00, gone to work, left around 6:00, got home, eaten and lazed a bit, I'm too tired to be bothered to type. I'm getting used to it though so I'll start posting more soon.

We (nearly all the English people I know plus friends of the guy on my corridor form his uni) went out to Place Monge on Friday night. We stopped at Châtelet first but saw one place asking €9.00 for a pint and quickly moved on. Place Monge was a lot cheaper and we found a good bar. On the way there we were waiting at a Metro station for some more people to join us and it turns out one of them was a girl I knew from college. We were in the same French class and went on a French exchange. It was quite a shock to see her again but there have been quite a few coincidences so far.
I didn't do much on Saturday and ended up watching the first 2 series of Coupling after someone quoted it on Friday night.
Sunday I went to the Sacre Coeur for the Fête des Vendages where there were stalls selling dried sausages, wines, Pineau, cheese, wines, sweets and wines.

Tuesday was a big day at work. Once a month there is a big meeting where presentations are given about projects. I was acting as secretary which meant I was taking the minutes and sorting out the presentations on the projector. Despite having asked for people to send there slides to me the week before I still received an email 2 minutes before the meeting asking for a laptop with an internet connection. Luckily someone else had already requested one!
I've decided I like these meetings as we got a 3 course meal with wine (and coffee of course). The meetings are in English and I managed to take the minutes ok apart from one project where I got a little lost.

The rest of this week I've been trying to work but it's difficult as I find I'm often waiting for other people to respnd before I can continue. This wouldn't be so bad if they weren't in meetings or busy most of the time.

Tomorrow I'm going to hell. Ok, actually I'm going to the Social Security office to get a Social Security number so I can be paid. The receptionist (well she's more than that, PA maybe) at work and the guy training me were telling me to smile, stay calm, make sure to take a ticket even if I'm the only person there, be as nice as possible, don't expect them to do anything to help,....

Can it really be that bad?