Halfway

Well...it was a pretty eventful week for me and I've not been very good at writing often, so this entry may get rather long, so I hope you'll stick it out!

I am officially halfway through my time in France, which is crazy! I have several days off until the next session starts which is nice. This week was filled with events, some of which were unexpected others were just sad or difficult... I talked to with Amy and we decided that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger...we're smart people. Let me see here...Monday was so long ago! It was just an ordinary day though. Katie and I got to hang out a bit in the afternoon getting to know each other more. It was nice. Tuesday I took my 2nd exam of the month. The afternoon was stressful for me however. Alex, Sandra and I went to buy train tickets to go to Italy, and struck out. There was no train tickets to get us to Florence, we could get to Milan and then MAYBE get to Florence. So we decided to go back Wednesday with a plan B. Tuesday night my host parents daughter and her family arrived...2 little screaming children in tow. It was fun seeing them and watching the little kids run around and play. That brings me to Wednesday. Wednesday was not a happy day...probably one of the worst I've had here. I got up and went to go meet Alex and Sandra at the train station to look into other tickets. They were supposed to meet me there after their class. I got there a little earlier to start looking. I wasn't finding much. By the time they got there I had to leave to rush to class, so I left ticket finding in their hands. I was running late, so I had to walk fast, and it was hot, so I got sweaty haha. Then I thought I'd try a new way which I thought might be shorter...I nearly got really lost...it was not shorter! So I arrived to school a little late, hot, sweaty, upset, and annoyed. Alex and Sandra told me later they bought tickets to Milan for Mon-Thurs. I told them we have class on Thursday so we can't do that, and it wasn't going to be worth going Monday, and coming back Wednesday, so they took the tickets back. Needless to say, I'm not going to Italy any time soon haha. It was a really disappointing and stressful day, I was pretty sad when we couldn't get tickets to anywhere in Italy, but I thought there must be a reason!

Thursday was a long day...I ended up having to take a proficiency test all morning, which was SOO hard!!! My head literally hurt after. It was lots of listening and reading French and answering questions. Then I had lunch and had to sit in class for 4 hours...blah! I got my presentation grade back and got a good grade so that was happy! Yesterday was another long day, and sad. I had morning class which was nice, we watched a movie and then had a little party. Katie and I did some shopping after class, then went back to school for a little "graduation" ceremony. We all got certificates! yay! then there was refreshments. Then it was sad to say bye to some of the people I've met here this month...including Katie. It was weird having these people leave, and yet I'm staying. It's almost like I'm starting all over again, which is good and bad. Once classes start back up again on Thursday, I know July will fly by and I'll be home before I know it.

Today, I went paddle boating which was fun, with some girls I've not really had the chance to hang out with...3 of them being Mormon. I enjoyed being able to be open about Christian things. I got sunburned pretty badly, which is a little sad, but oh well. The Japenese girl that has been living here leaves Tuesday I think, and then the new student comes that same day. It'll be crazy. I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the next few days, so we shall see I guess!