The Weekend, Monday and Tuesday (again)

(Blogger tells me that I've used the title "The Weekend, Monday and Tuesday" before, hence the usage of "again".)
Saturday morning, I got up (relatively) early and began work on my embroidered bag. Of the 6 panels to do, 2 use a more time-consuming method. I wanted to get those done first, and so I began on one of those panels. I did that until later in the afternoon, when I needed a break and decided to go out and explore. I decided to go to the Place des Vosges, since I hadn't been there yet. (When Harlan was here, she had gone and really liked it, so I was excited to go.) It is REALLY pretty. It's this square surrounded on all sides by a connected building (that I think used to be a palace for one of the many Louis). The square itself is cut into 4 diamonds, and each has a fountain, as well as a larger fountain in the center of the square. The entire square is bordered by arborways, that were nice and cool to walk in. I took a lot of pictures there. After that, I decided to visit the Opera Bastille, which is the newer opera house with much more modern architecture (as in curved silver steel walls). (I'm going to the ballet there for Friday night, and wanted to see where exactly it was.) Next on my list was going to see the Hotel des Invalides, so I took some connecting metros there (and got excited about going on lines that I hadn't been on yet in the process). I got out at the metro stop, which faced Invalides, and walked across the grass towards it and took some pictures. I decided to stroll back (since I was feeling the weight of work undone on my mind), so that was really nice. I actually got asked by someone as I was leaving Invalides for directions (shocker), prefaced by asking if I spoke English. Ha, I'm being mistaken for a native (and it's awesome)! I decided to stop at Monoprix to pick up a few things, and about a block away, while waiting for the light to change, a lady turns to me and asks me where Monoprix was, in French. (Blending in twice in one day...nice.) Aside from a little more embroidery, I didn't do too much else.
Sunday, I did about the same: work, play, more work. I embroidered more, and then went out. Since the Orangerie museum is free the first Sunday of each month, I decided to go there. I took a metro there, and after taking some pictures of the Concorde obelisque (which has hieroglyphics on it), I went into the Tuileries gardens and got in line. I was only in line about 20-25 minutes before being allowed inside. I first saw Monet's "Nyphaes", where 8 very long paintings, curved around the walls, were displayed within 2 rooms. Then I went downstairs and looked at the rest of the collection, as well as hit the gift shop.
After I was done, I decided to walk back by way of the Tuileries gardens (an idea that half of Paris shared, it seemed). I did discover something really cool, though. At one point, I looked back towards the Concorde obelisque, and was surprised to see the Arc de Triomphe directly behind it. I didn't know that the obelisque was directly in line with the Arc, so that was cool. I remembered that La Grande Arche from La Defense is also right in line with the Arc, so I angled a little and saw part of it peeping out. I attempted to take some pictures of the 3 lined up, and when I downloaded them later onto my computer, I could certainly see all three. I also stopped by the Palais Royal since I hadn't seen them in bloom yet. Then I walked back nearly the same way, except on the other side of the Seine. When I got back, I embroidered more (and I'm sure you already guessed).
Monday, I worked more on my pattern pieces, placing, tracing and then cutting out the back pieces. Near the end of class, Muriel showed me how to sew a contrasting thread onto the seam line of a piece, and then pin it to another piece which has the same. I understood that I was supposed to do this with all of them, and then was overwhelmed, thinking that I'd never be able to finish the dress (along with everything else). In the midst of all this, Art History was starting, and we were visiting the Centre Georges Pompidou an hour after class started. I ran down to ask Agnes where I could meet them, saying that I was certain I could make it by 4 pm (the time our group had reservations).
I actually worked with Muriel until almost 3 :30 pm, so I booked it to the metro station, after dropping my stuff in the room. I got there at about 5 minutes before, and walked around the building. No Agnes, no group. On my second trip around, I ran into Josephine, another girl in our class who's in interior design, and we waited together, along with another interior design girl that she knew. Again no Agnes. We waited until 4:30 pm, and then left. I felt bad, since I had told Agnes I'd be there and then I couldn't find her.
Not much else happened that day, aside from even more embroidery and some sketching for Susan.
Oh, wait, no, something else DID happen! I had sent out more resumes and letters of motivation to a bunch of places through FashionJob.fr Sunday. Monday, I got a response from a place called The Fashion Factory (a place that makes jewelry and bags), from the designer herself, saying that she had looked at my documents and was interested in talking with me. We set a time for Wednesday at 12 pm to meet.
Tuesday was Susan day, as usual. And it was the usual, where we discussed out projects with her. She liked my embroidery, and told me to do more sketches for my beachwear.
After class ended at 1 pm, I went back and had lunch. The phone rang at around 1:40 pm. Andrea picked it up, and handed it to me (apparently the person had asked for me). It turned out to be Anne, telling us that we'd have class from 2-5 pm that day. So I quickly finished lunch, and headed over. We began more samples, and I quickly (and easily) finished three before I had to leave to go to French at 3 pm. In French, we talked about friendship and the differences between that and love. It was a pretty lively discussion. After class, I decided to go on a recon mission and find out exactly where the place I needed to go for Wednesday was. It's all the was up in the 19th arrondissement, but I didn't realize how far until after my 50-minute metro ride was over. I found that the address given was a residential apartment complex, so I started getting a bit apprehensive. Going back, I took a different combination of metros (this time, throwing in an RER ride, just for kicks), which reduced my time to 40 minutes.
I did some work that night. I'll update about the interview (which occurred today) tomorrow.