"A great big party every night, that doesn't sound too bad!"

Woohoo, what a weekend!  Started off Friday with my lovely British friend's birthday celebration.  We started in the kitchens of the residence halls and then headed over to a club.  It was my first time clubbing, and it was pretty fun =)  And, exciting thing I tasted - mint flavored rum!  Highly recommended, particularly to mix with hot chocolate.  Of course, I only had a sip…not recommending you drink as much as everyone else did haha, otherwise your morning is going to majorly suck.  As the only sober person (all I had was a sip of wine and a sip of the rum - I know, mixing alcohols, but I only had a sip of each to taste them), it was super amusing, particularly on the walk home.  I won't embarrass anyone by actually posting what happened, but suffice to say it was quite a night that only I will remember haha =)  I think I can safely post one thing that was awesome: the other Sooner and I sang Boomer Sooner as loud as possible at about midnight in the center of Limoges right by city hall :)  School spirit woohoo!!!

Then, Saturday was yet another birthday celebration!!  My American friend turned 20, so we went to the delicious Indian restaurant where I had an amazing chocolate mousse and gorged on delicious Indian food (which I'm starting to fall in love with haha).  We then went to a bar, but I didn't drink.  I had a kir with dinner since it was cheap, and I like to remain level-headed, so that was it for me.  I went home shortly afterward, but I know some clubbing ensued after the bar.  I was tired - lame, I know haha, but I'm not a super huge party animal.  After all, Friday was the first time I've ever been clubbing.  Including in the US.  So give me a break haha :)  At least I managed to go clubbing while I was a teenager - I'm running out of time to be all rebellious and whatever else teenagers are supposed to be!  Only a little more than 1 month woohoo!

Sunday was pretty relaxing - the third American and I baked a cake to surprise the birthday American.  It was quite an adventure, and it tasted delicious!!  We sort of had an issue getting the cake out of the pan…so the top of the cake became the bottom of the cake while the bottom of the cake stayed stuck in the pan haha.  We covered the destroyed "bottom" of the cake that made it out of the pan in Nutella and then crumbled up the stuff left in the pan on top of the cake as decoration =)  Put a couple of meringues on top and tada!  Delicious chocolate cake with Nutella frosting =)  Success!!!  Culinary experiments are going quite well.  I also made a "chicken marsala" - the quotes are because I just sort of dumped mushroom soup and Merlot into a pot with chicken and crossed my fingers that it would be edible and somewhat delicious.  It was also a success =)  Happiness in the kitchen!!

And this will probably be the last, if not second to last, blog post for a while, because I'M GOING TO ITALY!!!!!!!!!!  So I'm not going to worry about finding internet and posting blogs while there…expect a super epic long blog when I get back though haha =)