Wednesday Thursday Friday (Ocober 7-9)

07-10-09: I've put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right...

My missions for today: Find a coffee shop that has take-out mugs!!!

Today, I was walking to school and I could SMELL the coffee from all of the shops. All I wanted was to be able to take one with me instead of having to stay and drink from their miniature cups.

.... I did not find the coffee shop with the take-out mugs, nor did I remember to ask anyone tonight.... oops. :S

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So, I met Laura at La Place de La Comédie. Then I bought some new shoes for 8 euros. ...

I also found a 1965 Pentax Asahi SLR S1 camera in a camera shop today, and nearly died. I wanted it so bad...(I know, Dad, you've told me to shut up, but I just can't!)

Laura and I sat at a cafe in La Place de La Comédie and drank Coca Cola's while listening to the busy hum of the city. In the background, there were two men playing French music on an accordion and a violin....Typical French city setting, I suppose.

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The young people's group was fun. I got to meet new people, and I understood most of the message but the discussions, I was completely lost in. the supper provided was very good. There were an assortment of quiche. There was a chicken and broccoli quiche, an eggplant and red pepper quiche and a ham and onion quiche. There was also garden salad, baguette, cheese and grapes. A very typical French meal...

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08-10-09: Rain Rain Go Away...

Typical Thursday, here. I took the boys to school (well drove them, actually). Alex had forgotten his little kit bag, so I had to go return it to him...

I would have liked to go to Sommieres, and there was something very appealing about the thought of walking through an old French town in the rain, but the reality was...it was raining...

So I got back here and studied and talked to mom. (Yes, it was 4:30am there. I told her to get to sleep, right now, missy!)

Then, I got the boys from school, and we had an indoor fun day(afternoon). We watched movies, and read books and colored Veggie Tales print-outs, and ate snacks. It was fun!

I made chicken curry and rice and homemade pitas for supper. It was good, except I didn't let the curry sauce heat up enough and it went kind of clumpy....(still, not as good as Churchill's..)

It is now pouring buckets and thundering and the lights keep flickering...

I need to do laundry...yepp...I need clean clothes...

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09-10-09: I have nothing clever to write for the title of today's entry...

This morning I slept till 10:50, when Gillian came into my room to make sure that I was still alive...I could have slept longer. All I've wanted since I woke up were mom's cinnamon rolls and french toast. Gillian hasn't made bread yet today, so I have to make cinnamon rolls...

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The cinnamon rolls weren't ready on time for me to eat before I left for school, so I took two (very gooey) buns with me to eat. They were really good. Didn't taste quite like mom's, but Gillian and the boys and Fred enjoyed them.

When I got home from school, I rested (because I was TIRED) and then drank some coffee and had a slice of the boy's pizza, then went to LIVE. It was a worship service. It was a very neat experience! Gillian went to the movies with her American friend while I was there, so she picked me up after it was over. On the way home, we were both discussing our hunger issues, so Gillian called Fred to fire up the oven and put the other pizza in. Fred's reply was, "I have eaten all of the pizza, cinnamon rolls and watermelon." ... then Gillian shot back with, "We didn't HAVE watermelon." ... It was quite funny, but you had to have been there. When we got home, I looked at Fred, and with a shocking expression said, "WOW! I'm surprised you're not this huge (and made gestures with my arms to express the hugeness), from eating all of those cinnamon buns!" He had a good chuckle over that...

The pizza was good.

I called Grampy and talked to him for all of 4 minutes...