So busy!

Sorry to keep anyone in suspense. I'm sure it was very hard to find other things to do since you did not have my blog to read :-D We've been incredibly busy this week. We started out Monday with 3 tests- oral comprehension, reading comprehension, and writing. It was over 2 hours long. It wasn't that terrible except that since I had missed the first few days of class, I had missed a lot of the important vocab that I was supposed to be using when I wrote the essay. So the comprehension parts went pretty well but the writing portion did not. She luckily gave us tonight to rewrite our essay, correct it, and turn it back in. They've really been piling on the work this week- probably to make up for the holiday on Tuesday. Just for tomorrow I have a 5-7 minute oral presentation (no notes), my essay rewrite, and an outline for the big final project we have to do. It doesn't seem like a lot, but when you're in school for about 6 hours a day and I am walking just to and from school or dinner or something for nearly two hours a day, well that doesn't leave a lot of time to get work done.

I got to celebrate Bastille Day in France (French independence day), which was pretty cool. I went with Anne-Do and Annaelle to see Ice Age 3 (l'age de glace 3) in French. I think it was more amusing because it was in French and I actually had to pay attention to what was going on. Then we met up with some of Anne-Do's work friends, including Joelle from the other night, to have a picnic on the river bank before the fireworks. It doesn't get dark here until literally 10:30 so we had plenty of time to enjoy the night. And though it doesn't get dark until late, it gets super cold very early. If you go anywhere after 7pm, it is imperative that you bring a jacket. The fireworks were enjoyable. They did some cool light displays with the château. Afterward, some people were going out, but I was ready to fall asleep so I just went back home.

On the 14th, some of the girls and I met up for a picnic lunch. Unfortunately, it started raining right as we all met. Luckily, one of the girls, Katie, lives in the foyer (the dorms) and there was a dinning room/living area that we ended up having our picnic in. We still had a ton of fun eating baguettes and cheese and sandwiches. And tons of dessert! Kinder chocolat, mousse au chocolat, compote d'apricots (an applesauce-like thing only with apricots). French dessert, even from the supermarket is vastly superior. Afterward, it was finally looking nice out so we took a bottle of wine and sat on the bank of the river. Overall, it was a very relaxing day.

School has been quite long this week. Every day gets almost longer. I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday. And I'm going to Paris!!!!! I'm so excited to see Catherine and go somewhere else for a few days! Well, I'm going to go prepare some dinner- I've got a pizza and there's salad and fruit and chocolate for dessert!