January 30

I babysat for the cutest kids last night! Their mom is a professor at UGA and is doing research here for the year. Max, 8, and Isabel, 5, were totally adorable and cooperative. We spent like an hour making aluminum foil aliens and having battles with them and then we read stories before bed. Too bad this is just an as-needed thing... these kids are fantastic. Their dad, Michael, walked me back to the métro when I was done; he's a professor of 18th cenutry French history, so we talked a lot about my thesis and the research I was going to do. Very helpful... he offered to read over my proposal before I submit it.

I love making new contacts.