Live, Laugh, Lyon: "Give me my month"

I must admit that my arrondissement isn't as photogenic as I'd like. There are a few areas that look beautiful with the right lighting from the sky but overall...there isn't much on a grand scale. Of course, I could always find the little things worth snapping like a side angle of a rustic looking apartment building with pots of brightly colored flowers on the window sill or a mangy dog with clumped fur lifting his leg near a fire hydrant. Oh, the little things in life. I should bring my camera around with me more often.
Since my iron levels have been acting funny causing me to feel like life has been slowly fleeing my nostrils each time I exhale, the team doctor instructed me to not only start on iron supplements, but to try a special Lyonnais dish...Boudin aux Pommes or Boudin Noir which is Black Pudding, aka cooked blood!! It's a delicacy out here that's rich in iron and they take pride in slow cooking pig/cow blood with apples and other trinkets until it's sweet. I will try it and let you know...

Hilton's last preseason tournament earned him 3 awards and 2 trophies! He was awarded for M.V.P., Best Center and Best Scorer. He left at 3:30 this morning to travel to Lithuania (or is it Latvia...?) for the beginning of the official tournament/season and won't be back until Monday.

"Bye mommy! Give me kiss!" Those words are like honey to my ears. She's finally settling down in school and developing a stronger sense of self. You should hear her growing french vocab! She comes home singing all these cute french songs and she's so proud of herself that it melts my heart.

I'm so proud of myself for writing today. Lots of things (and sleep) to catch up on and until the next time, I'll leave you with some pictures! Don't forget to click on them to make them bigger.

My sleepy vision at nights