Harlan's Here!!!

(What do you suppose this post will about? Hmm...)
So for those of you who don't know, my good friend Harlan from high school has planned to visit me in Paris from March 6th-16th. She was supposed to get in to Charles de Gaulle airport at 10 am Thursday, and getting to my school around 12 pm/1 pm. When I got up Thursday morning, I got an email from her dad, saying that Harlan's flight had been delayed and she'd be in more likely around 1 pm, having her get to my school at 2:30-3 pm.
I went to class, and Liz and Ashley asked if I was excited that Harlan was coming. We had Flat Pattern and Draping with Anne, and we continued working on our pants/skirt patterns. We who were doing pants were told to add some width to the bottom hem (to make it more straight), and to "draw a line up". Up to where? Sharon and I both assumed she meant the waist. So we cut our fabric, and began sewing up a prototype. I was noticing that mine looked strangely large, and thought that something must've been off. But what? I got the pants prototype made, and I looked like Jared Fogle with his before-Subway large pair of pants. (I even did the thing where I held out the waistband in front of me.) I asked Anne about it, and it turns out that we were just supposed to draw a line up to where the hip curve would become straight. I redrew my pattern pieces, and then it was time for lunch. Before I left, I let Jean-Michel know that Harlan was coming, probably to the office.
The afternoon class was technically supposed to be Costume Research, but a lot of us hadn't finished our patterns, so we were allowed to do that. I sewed up my one leg, tried it on, and it fit perfectly! (As it turns out, I am about a perfect six 36 over here. Sharon and Liz were also using me as a fit model, and have said I might have to be their models for the end-of-semester jury/fashion show.)
After class, I was really excited, hoping that Harlan had gotten here. Ashley wanted to meet her, so we went to the office to see if she was there. Sure enough, she was! (Apparently, she had only gotten in about 30 seconds beforehand.) We went to my apartment, dropped our stuff, and then met up with Nisa and Ashley to go to Fil 2000 (fill-de-mille) for supplies.
First, we stopped so that a few of us could get a carnet (10 bus/metro tickets all at once), and then took the bus. Unfortunately, the bus ended its route early, so we had to walk to Fil 2000. (Incidentally, I, the one with the bad sense of direction, recognized the street that it was on and led the way!) Once at Fil 2000, I realized that I didn't really need anything (and could get things cheaper at BHV), so Harlan and I walked a couple of blocks to the nearest Monoprix, so that she could get whatever she wanted to eat. Ashley and Nisa met us there, and we took the bus back.
At our apartment, Harlan and I had dinner and discussed the week. It was decided that she would take my keys for the days she'd be exploring (except for the day trips to Chartres and Reims), and come back for my lunch break. After she went to bed, I looked up some origami for Jen's class.
Friday morning, Jen had us all working on our draped pieces for the Yohji project. I was doing something origami-like, and practiced with making boxes out of paper by folding them. (Who knew that that sweet-potato-box project in Design Fundamentals would come back to me in another form?) I showed Jen what I had done, and she suggested that I make the bases spread out. I initially decided to do about 10 boxes, but I settled on 7. Returning to class, after lunch with Harlan, we did the same thing. Jen suggested putting pleats in the corners of the boxes so that the insides wouldn't show through, and that later I could glue them down in a random pattern on a piece of paper.
Coming back after class, I met Harlan on the apartment staircase. I needed to go to BHV (again) to get supplies, so we looked up the route and off we went. We got a little lost in the metro station, but made it there soon after. After I got what I needed, we decided to walk to the Saint-Michel metro station so that we could take the RER B directly back, closer to the apartment. We walked right past Notre Dame (I LOVE doing that), and stopped at a boulangerie/patisserie, where Harlan got a baguette and I got a raspberry macaroon (which put the previous raspberry macaroons to shame, because it had real jelly). We boarded the RER B, and walked back. We each made our own dinner, ate and relaxed a little. Then, I did some work on my bra (i.e. started embroidering it), and it turned out well (although I practically have identical holes in the pads of my thumbs from pushing the needle through). After that, we discussed the plans for tomorrow (shopping! and later, my birthday dinner).
Should be a great day tomorrow!