They say that good things come in threees.

(You may want to read from the bottom, up, so that you're not confused...)

Sunday, November 15th 2009:

We didn't go to sleep until after 3m. We woke up (well, I woke up at 10) and showered and such. Then Laura got ready and we ate some of Jill's bread from the bread machine. Then we went to Lunel to the Sunday market. It is a really nice market! I bought 3 pashminas for 6 euros! (I got a blue one for Laura becuase I owed her 2 euros for the tramway one time...) One of mine is a burnt orange and caramel color (very nice!), and the other is a silver and gold and cream color (also very nice!). They both have sparkly bits in them too. And cool patterns. Laura's was blue and navy with sparkly bits. I also found a yarn guy at the market, but he didn't have many packages with the same colors. So, I would have had to buy all random colors for my next banket... which I do not want. I need purple or something...

After we finished at the market, I gave Laura a tour of Lunel. I showed her where the good bakeries are and my school and the little yarn shop (which was closed). Then I went to the little produce place beside my school and bought some avocados. ( :D )

On the way back to Boisseron, we stopped in Sommieres so that Laura could see the old little town and the scenery and stuff. We went back to Gillian and Fred's and I made some chicken nachos and guacamole. After we finished eating, I took Laura back to the train station and she went back to her dorm, and I drove back to the house again. I talked to Mom for a bit and watched The Proposal again, and laughed as hard as I had the first time. Fred and Gillian and the boys got back at around 8:30, and Jill and I are going to make my weekly schedule later.

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Saturday, November 14th 2009:

(on Friday night, I decided I'd go to Nimes with the University fellowship group, AGAPE.)

This morning I arose shortly after 9am, got ready, ate some breakfast... You know, the usual. Then Gillian drove me to Restinclaires so that I could catch the bus to Montpellier. I got on the bus and only had a 10euro bill, and the driver didn't have change. So, then he dropped me off at some grocery store so that I could get change back. (humph...) I just bought a water bottle, then paid for my tram ticket. I got to Corum, where I was meeting Laura. Whithin minutes of being there, some old drunk man came stumbling my way, of course, and sat down beside me. He smelled horrible, and I was scared for my precious life, so I quietly got up and walked over to the next bench. I could still see him, though. He downed a 1.5L bottle of some alcoholic beverage (I think it was vodka) in about 5 minutes, then got onto the tramway.

Laura arrived after, and we went to a sandwich place and got chicken paninis. They were really good. Then, we walked to the train station and met up with the AGAPE people, bought our tickets and headed to Nimes! A lady there gave us a very detailed tour of the city. We went to see the Roman Arena, the Maison Carree, and the gardens and La Tour. Pretty much the same thing that I did the last time I was there, except I got to enjoy myself a lot more and didin't spend so much time looking at the attractions (since I'd already seen them all), but on other smaller things, and fun things.

I met some great people, there were 3 Americans, and some more French people from church, and two other guys from Nimes, who didn't really talk to anyone. The lady giving the tour invited us all back to her house for snacks, but Laura and I just took the train back to Lunel, where Gillian picked us up, because she was preparing a nice dinner for us. It was a cheese fondue of sorts, and it was really good. (SO MUCH CHEESE!). Gillian also invited Azna ad Michel and little Elise.

Oh, and before dinner, Laura and I went to Sommieres to the Intermarchet and bought some chicken and tortilla chips and salsa and chocolate. Then, we rented The Proposal from iTunes. After dinner, we added pics to the computer and Facebook, and then we watched the movie. Oh it was so good. I laughed my face off (not literally)....

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Friday, November 13th 2009:

(oohhh... Friday the 13th....)

Last night was terrible. I fell asleep by 12:15am, but had a series of horrible dreams within the first few moments of my light sleep. When I woke up, it was onlt 12:32am. I really couldn't fall back to sleep. I don't think that I truly fell back to sleep until 4:30. This was not good for me becasue I had to be up at 7:30 in the morning to help with the boys. So, I got them up, ready, fed and then went back to bed until shortly after 10. But right now, my bones feel weak and I feel so disoriented and I can't think straight.

I went to get the boys from school, and Ben was crying because he didn't want to walk. So, I took them to the little park with the train and let them play for a bit. I texted Gillian saying that we were there,so she came on her way back from work. We chatted and the boys played, and then all drove back to the house. I have to do some French homework before I go to class.

I had a nice class today. I got to do lots of work.

When I got back, I had a cup of decaf and some tea crackers to tie me down for supper. Fred brought home pizza, which was really good. Then, Gillian and I went to a worship service in Montpellier. Poor Laura White went to the wrong place and ended up at some Musulman meeting with people smoking everywhere. Gillian and I found her walking back to the tramway, and so we picked her up and took her to the right place. It ended up being really good. It was a well organized event, but it wasn't really advertised well, so there weren't many people there. After we got back to the house, Fred was having a dilema with the kitchen cabinets. One of the doors didn't fit, so he ended up working something out that made it look good.

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