Keeps Gettin' Better

Today, I didn't start school until 11. There are tests from 8-10 every tuesday and today there were not any because it's only the second week of school. After the tests, I have a free period..So I don't have an actual core until 11 on Tuesdays. So today, I didn't go in until 11 :) Then, I was done by 230. My host parents work so it is really hard for them with my odd schedule. I went to work with my host mother, Odile, this morning. It was fine, I brought my computer and watched Avatar. Then she showed me the way to get from school back to her work. It's a straight shot. It's simple. Since I ended at 230 today and Heloise ended at 445, I had two hours to kill before we would go home. My host parents did not want me to walk into CentreVille alone, which is understandable. So we planned on me going back to Odile's work after school. I would just walk there and hang out until we had to get Heloise. It was better than waiting at school in a classroom of silence.
On the way to school, Eric, my host father, mentioned today would be a eventful day in France because of the protests against the raising of the retirement age, and taxes. I just was like oh cool. And didn't think anything of it.
When I got to school I went to class and during lunch saw my friend Martina! She is an exchange student from Canada and doesn't speak very much French either. I love being with her because we understand each other completely and we're experiencing the sam emotions.
We were talking and realized we both ended at the same time today. I said I had to go back to my host mom's work and Martina asked if I wanted to go to CentreVille with her! :) Of course I did. My last period did not pass by quick enough! After school ended Martina and I headed towards CentreVille to go to Odile's work. We were going to ask if I could go with Martina in town. (In town is a block from Odile's work)
She said yes luckily and we went shopping..well window shopping mostly. Martina and I got a lot of funny looks because we would be blabbering in English and the people around us were very confused. I had to be back at Odile's work at 445 and Martina didn't have to be at school until 530. So at 430, we went separate ways.

For the first time I was alone in the city.


I successfully bought a coca cola light :)

I Heard Chickens When I Woke Up Today.

So the last couple days have been going really well. I haven't cried in three days and things are slowly getting better and more enjoyable! :) I've made friends at school in my classes and they're a huge help. Only two of them really can communicate in English with me but it's fun trying to figure out what they're saying. I've also made a friend who is Canadian (Kiera if you're reading this every time I talk to her i think about you!). She speaks English and only a little more French than me. It's nice knowing someone else at my school is going through the exact same thing. It's funny, we will be walking somewhere and pass by people and we're blabbering in our English and people stare at us. It's like "HA YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL!" :) Her name is Martina! It's so nice to be able to speak to someone and have them understand everything you say, haha.

I decided to drop Spanish. It was probably the equivalent of Spanish two at Jordan. Yeah, I already have taken Spanish but not in 3 years and when you haven't practiced and you're thrown into the situation..not good. Also, she would be talking in Spanish about something and would explain it in French..I didn't know what she was saying in either language. Not good.

History/Geography is extremely hard too. I love hearing about the history of Europe, which is my class. But I can't really understand what he is saying. I sit next to a girl who lets me copy her notes, luckily, but either I can't read her handwriting, or she doesn't take the notes, OR I just have no clue what it says.

Haven't had Physics/Chem yet but I am really nervous about it because...well, just because!

French class, HA...That's funny. It's french literature..:( I don't even know the past tenses!!!

English is good. My English teacher is making it so it's like a French class for me. It's helping a lot.

Math, I sometimes understand. Mostly I do but when she makes weird diagrams and I can't tell what they are I just sit and stare. But she is also VERY nice and helps me a lot trying to use visuals.

Anyways, now that I'm in france my computer thinks I'm fluent in French apparently. Because when I google a word or something it's the French internet google-thing. So when I'm trying to know how to spell something in English I google it and it comes up in french or doesn't recognize it. I don't know enough French to switch it to English. I just feel silly.

Something funny:

Today, in the canteen for lunch guess what we had?



Cheeseburgers and Fries. How refreshing to be reminded home is still there!


And it's not like I chose that! You chose your drink, your "side dish"-fruit, yogurt, weird stuff I don't know..
But the main dish, which today, was a cheeseburger and fries, is all you have!