Lucky Charms

Sorry for not posting. The internet is not working consistently so I can only post at certain times.

My second and third days of classes are complete. Yesterday I had two electives. The first being Provence dans le literature (Provence in literature). Super duper boring...and it seems like a hard class so I was thinking I would drop that one since I have to choose three out of the four electives.

After that class I met with Grace and Sarah (the other girl from Gordon who finally arrived) at the cafe across the street. Next I had English to French translation a class that would have been extremely enjoyable had it not been for the group of girls next to me talking the entire time in English. I wanted to kill them! I couldn't hear the professor at all. But I think I will like that elective and it's definitely going to be useful.

After class I headed back to the seminary for a while until it was time to go to dinner.  Sarah's host mother, Simone, invited us for dinner. Now, you see, Simone is a vegetarian, so I knew going in that there were going to be cooked vegetables on the menu. Unfortunately, said vegetable was broccoli...of all the vegetables...I ate it anyway so as not to be rude. We also had crepes filled with cheese which were pretty good. Then we had cheese and bread. Followed by pear flan. I really wasn't a huge fan of any of the food, but the table conversation was very good. We talked about everything from guns and politics to our families, to the prices of college in the US versus in France. French college costs maybe one thousand Euros a year.

After dinner Grace, Sarah, and I went into Sarah's room (which is infinitely better than mine!) and just chatted for about 3 hours or so. It was really nice.

Fast forward to today. Today I had class starting at 8. Now this may not seem very early, but considering class starts before the sun comes up, it sure feels early. Class was good, I talked to some of the other students, so it's progress. After class I met briefly with Sarah for lunch. We have the same schedule so it works out well. Then I had my Le Mot et L'image (words and images) class. I thought literature was boring...HAH! However, I think I might take it because I like its time slot better and I just really don't want to take the literature class.

But that class was actually a blessing in disguise. Remember those two girls that I said I hoped would be in my class, the ones I met the day of the test? Well I forgot to tell you that I saw them at the English speaking church and I sat next to one of them today in class. Her name is Essie and her friend's name is Naomi. Essie actually went with me and Sarah to a cafe for a pain au chocolat (basically bread with chocolate baked into the middle). I think I'm going to like her and Naomi. Essie even told me about a Bible study I can join! So I am pretty excited. Only said thing is she isn't staying in my class, but that's okay.

Finally I took Sarah a bit more of a tour of the town and showed her where some places were. But most importantly I bought Lucky Charms and Aunt Jemimah pancake mix! It was expensive, but it was worth it! Then I came back to the seminary and made dinner. I was planning on making chicken, but unfortunately the chicken was bad. So I made pasta salad with tuna instead. Oh well...you live and you learn. I don't know when I will post next but I am hoping it will be soon.