Day 48/49 - Cold Weather and Hot Water Bottles

Yesterday we had a short day for a change. It felt goooood! I had no UNSS (the optional basketball) because the teacher is in Germany for the week. As a result of that, we had no sports today! YAY.

I was about to take my sports kit with me, but I gave up on the idea right before we left.

School was pretty much the norm. Just a shorter version of Monday and Tuesday.

Today was FREEZING! I was wearing a long cardigan and a long hoodie, so I was ok. When we got to school everyone else waas freezing, while I changed out of my cardigan and just wore the hoodie for the rest of the day.

After a filling lunch of couscous and ratatouille (of which I ate half.. They hand out HUGE portions!), baguette and cheese, salad and a yoghurt, we played Tarot for a change. I haven't played it for a few days and I'm feeling deprived! I think I may be addicted to more than just Facebook! :S

Today I sat, for the last three lessons, at the back of the room, compared to the first row I usually sit at. I think I may sit there form now on. It's more fun! You hear more of what goes on during lessons when people aren't listening to the teacher! Plus I was asked by Chloé to sit with her tomorrow. I couldn't refuse as she sits by herself in the second to last row. She's not always alone, but a few people are absent and there are spare places.

I'm going to learn to juggle tomorrow! Antoine V. promiced to teach me. He's really good. I'm slightly jealous, but I promis€ed myself I'd learn soon. And I will! Now it's in writing I have to keep it! Unless I don't post this, in which case I don't have to. But evidently I felt like I needed to, so I will keep the promise!

Camille is here for tonight (and last night) with Pilou, her rabbit (see Facebook), while Daniéle's away to sort out the appartment she bought some weeks ago. And pick oput tiles. She'll be back tomorrow. Anyway. Back to Pilou. She's all hyper today, running and jumping around and being naughty. Eating the plants is ok, but going into the corners and chewing wires is, evidently, unacceptable. I got some very cute pictures of her. She's extremely cuddly, but jumpy!

Day 47 - I gotta stop counting days I've been here..

Today I woke up at 0800! It was heaven! I slept for eight hours for a change, which kind of made me feel tired.. :S The first class of teh day was cancelled and the second was a skip, so I got to stay in bed for an hour and a half longer than usual. It felt nice except I woke up when Marie got up.. But then I fell asleep again. Bliss.

I lunched with John, Antoine, Olivier, Clementine and Chloé today. We ahd bananas.. You can guess how that went down! John ate only 11 bananas at the table, but got two other babanas from someone a little later.

After lunch We played Tarot and listenend to music and took pictures. It was fun. There is a video of Antoine playing Tarot for eight minutes. It's not that interesting as nothing happens, but the music is good! :D IT's on Facebook.. Along with pictures and a few other random videos..

We've gotten some tests back and my scores have been.. better than I expected! I got 8.5/20 for Maths, 3.25/20 for Chemistry (and 8/15 for a smaller quiz), 7/20 for Biology (I was surprised as I hadn't had time to finish it! It was missing all the text and a big part of the drawing, but I got almost full points for it!). I think we may be getting our Agronomy tests back tomorrow.. I'm not sure what to expect. I'm not too bothered, though. I was a little nervous about the Biology, which went surprisingly well. We ahve another, written, exam for Biology next week.. :S I'll live but I won't pass (10 is a pass)! Normally I doubt I'd care but the teacher kind of scares me..! He's.. I dunno.. I want to do good but it's close to impossible with all the new vocabulary coming in every few seconds!

I realised I'm starting to get the hang of writing down what I'm supposed to if the teacher speaks slow enough.It's cool, really. Today in Biology I got some things when the teacher read out loud what we were supposed to write, and it helped when Olivier read out some of the stuff, slowly. I'm getting there!

Today we had step. It was torture, but the good kind! I feel refreshed and peaceful now, but very tired! And tomorrow (was gonna write demain!) my muscles will be killing me, but I think I may take an aspirin to school with me just in case!

Hitting the sack now, but more to come tomorrow!

Day 46 - Photos

I haven't ran in two weeks and my lungs are killing me as I jog on. I feel a striking pain in my side. A stitch. Fantastic. Now I get to walk the rest of the way, but my score will suck bad.

I'm almost at the finish line, last because of the stitch, when the teacher came to meet me. I told him I had a stich and couldn't finish. He was ok with it, thankfully. He's a bit nicer than our other sports teacher. Which is cool.

So I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to start taking pictures in school, but it turned out to be great fun! At first everyone was kind of "get away from me!" and "no pictures!", but in the end even Olivier warmed up to the camera. Kind of. I took pictures during Agronomy, being bored as I was. Plus we were outside, so I thought what the hey. The teacher didn't mind even though she caught me taking a picture. She actually suggested that we take a photo of the earth we were looking at.. So we did and we didn't have to draw it, which is always cool.

The guys (Antoine, Olivier and Vincent) ended up messing about taking videos. VERY entertaining. Some people (Joachim) refused to let me take his picture. He said on the last day of school, but tomorrow..!

We had an Agro test today, which went better than the other tests so far, excedpt for maths, which I got 8.5/20 in! I'm happy! I didn't understand two questions and I was sure I'd get five points maximum! I got full points for the first question, I'm proud to say. :D

Today I had Stretching. It was so nice and relaxing after this morning's torture and the half an hour intense muscle training right before it. I yawned about 20 times in an hour and a half! Insane I tell you! But extremely relaxing.

I haven't finished any homework for tomorrow, but I decided I don't care right now. I'm just going to brush my teeth, wash my face and hit the sack! J'adore!

Day 44/45 - Notes and Chestnuts

On Friday I decided I would sleep in, but I woke up at nine! I was annoyed. I got up, showered and had brakfast. I made notes for Agronomy, as we have the test tomorrow. I'm proud of them because they're all nice and colourful! Other than that it was a very uninteresting day.

Today I woke up at 20 to ten. I went back to sleep and finally got up at about 11, I guess, about the same time Daniéle and Marie left for the confirmation of a friend of Marie's, Blondine (she also happens to be blonde!). I know her too, but there was no space at the church, so I got to skip it. I'm relieved, as I'm not a fan of churches!

I stayed at home, on the computer. I think I may have facebook addiction..! :S I'm limiting it, somewhat, but At home alone there isn't much to do!I got bored in the end and took an hour's nap after lunch. I had leftovers. They were gooooood!

Today I decided to treat myself. I bought an iPod Touch! I've wanted one for a while, so I decided "I have money, why not?!" I'm so excited! It has a 64GB memory. It was under 400 € with free delivery, so I thought what the heck! I'll get more music anyway! And I can watch videos, surf the net (wi-fi), and a lot more stuff! The only thing is I gotta get iTunes now.. I'm not a fan, but I'll live.

The rest of the day was, just like yesterday, uneventful, but this evening we roasted chestnuts! In out fireplace! <3>

Tomorrow we may or may not have sports. Marie doesn't, but I'm not sure. Neither is Chloé, who asked me if we do on MSN. I hope we don't, but then again I could go to school for 10:30 if I knew for sure!

Today while taking a three hour drive to a business meeting, I stopped in a near-by gas station for a candy bar. Wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, a young boy came up to me, tugged on the bottom of my coat, and asked, "Mr., Are you in the C.I.A.?" I slyly responded with, "Son, I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." He ran and told his mother with the happiest, most surprised expression I have ever seen. MLIA

Today, I typed "if I ate" into google. It came up with "if I ate myself would I be twice as big or disappear completely". I didn't even bother to check yahoo. MLIA

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