This morning I slept in until 9:30 (*makes happy face*). Then I had to get the boys from school. When we got back to the house, Gillian was back from visiting Rachel. After the boys went for their nap, Gillian and I had a nice chat about work and stuff. Then, after a bit, I took the car to a road that I drive on to class that I've wanted to photograph since the day I first saw it. I took lots of pictures which are posted on my Facebook profile.
There is my road. It was nicer when there were lots of leaves and when they were all orange and red. There is something fairy-tale(ish) about a long old road canopied with fall leaves. :)
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When I got back to the house, The boys were awake, so we all went for a walk to the farm down the road to feed the horsies some apples! The horse liked the apple (there was only one, we thought that there'd be more). I took some more pictures.
For supper we had warm goat cheese salad (it has become one of my favorite meals here. I could eat it everyday becasue there is so many different things that you can put in it!), and soup.
After supper, I helped the boys clean up their toys, then I came upstairs to my room.
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Wednesday November 11 2009:
Rememberance Day
(also, the two month anniversary of me being in France)
Today is a national holiday, therefore Gillian and Fred were both off work. I however, was not. I worked from 8am till 10am, which was kind of ineffective, because the boys were awake at 7:30, and so I got them up and we ate breakfast, and then Gillian and Fred came down. So, i got off early, I suppose. Ohh well, I have the rest of the day off.
So, I showered and got dressed. This afternoon I am going to meet a German lady named Karen. She was a student of Sandrine's. She is living in Lunel, and so she is picking me up, and then we're going to chat about stuff, and have tea. Then I will take the train from Lunel to Montpellier and meet Laura there to go to Ted and Christina's for a study and dinner. It should be a good afternoon/evening. Then Fred or Gillian will come and pick me up at the tram stop after.
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I made a goals list. Thanks to Dad. I have completed one already, and feel supper good about it.
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Karen picked me up in Boisseron at the town center. Then we went back to her appartment (flat, as they call it here), and talked and had tea and some candies. It was really nice talking to her. And she had a cool German accent. We talked about everything from work, aupairs, school, the French culture, boys....everything..
Right now I am on the train headed for Montpellier. (from my handwriting, you can tell I was on a train, because it was so messy!)
(P.S: On&On&On by Joel Plaskett can be listened to on the train from point A(Lunel) to point B(Montpellier) EXACTALLY.
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When I got to Montpellier, I went shopping down some street. I found a pair of boots for 15euros at this store run by an Asian woman. I thought it was a pretty good deal tho. Hopefully they'll last me the winter. I also found something for my mommy. (but it's a suprise, so I can't tell you what it is, as she will be reading this.)
Then I got lost down a sketchy street. I just pretended to be on the phone with myself the whole time. Seriously, it works. When I found where I was, I met Laura and we walked to Ted and Christina's. It was nice there. We ate vegetabe soup, quiche, bread and cheese and cookies and chocolate. Then, Ted did the study. I really liked that, because he's American, so he speaks slowly in French, which I can understand. (Bonus!)
(Oh, and FUNNY moment: Joakim leaned down to kiss Christina goodbye (like the French do), and got her boob instead. He didn't act like he knew what he had just done, but after he left, the rest of us had quite the laugh over it! )
After the study, we had a chatting time, and I organized a competition for everyone to guess when Christina will have her baby girl. Who ever wins gets to babysit for free and gets a homemade batch of cookies from me. I thought that that'd be a nice prize. Then, I had no money for a tram ticket, so I just hopped on and pretended that I had a monthly pass, and people looked at me funny, but I didn't get cought, so that's good. no 50eruo fine for me! (Next time I WILL have money one me, tho). Gillian picked me up at Odysseum.
So, overall, my afternoon/evening was nice and eventful!
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Tuesday November 10 2009:This morning I had off, so I slept in...I guess :P
Then I had to pick the boys up from school. Ben and I had leftover pasta and Alex had a peanut butter sandwich. Ben got to have a nap early because he wasn't behaving, and so that was like his punishment. I had 2-6pm off, which was perfect because I went to class. I got there but couldn't concentrate on my work. Sandrine and I just ended up talking about stuff and she helped me out with some questions that I had. I got back at 6, and then I had the boys from 6-8...
I phoned Dad, and talked to him for a while. I like talking to him on the phone...
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I'll post about my Wednesday once I finish it...
Laaarrrra <3 (P.S: Today embarks the day that I have survived two-months here!)
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your dad loves talking to you on the phone too.
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