Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday!

Silly body clock woke me up at 9 and then Emma came home and we hung out a bit and she fell back asleep. I, on the other hand, am in the midst of trying to watch Memento (but it just keeps putting me to sleep) so I gave that a valid try and only have 50 minutes left in the movie! woot! Today I plan on calling loan places and dealing with that stuff...ugh... If you know me, you know I DETEST calling companies and official people and stuff like that. It especially helps when I don't know wtf is going on and such. Anyway, it'll be okay....and in the least....it'll be in English. If I can deal with the CAF and OFII paperwork in French then I can deal with this stupid stuff in English. Afterwards everything will be better.......hopefully.....

So far this week.....hmm...

Monday I woke up early, graded tests, did lesson plans, etc. Then I went and taught classes. One of the major problems with having a school really far away is that the bus ride there and back provides copious amounts of reflection time. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes I think about the conversations I've had with people in French, common mistakes I make in French, friends, good times, etc. Sometimes; however, I think about OU. And people. Very specific people. And things I miss (i.e. buffalo chicken sandwiches). Monday was one of those days where I was really really missing people and was just not super happy. This was fixed when I went home, decided to suck up my pride and make a phone call. Luckily, what I thought was going on was not going on (unless somebody is telling lies........which is highly improbable) and things are good again. Then I went over to David's to watch the second Star Wars dubbed in French (bwhahahahahaha). I stayed there and grabbed the bus in the morning to teach at Poulenc.

Tuesday was okay. I taught and then hung out with Grace. Then ran over to David's for some English learnin'. We went to Simply Market. The only thing that could make hanging out with David better would be hanging out with David in a grocery store (you know how much I love grocery shopping in France). So we had a lot of fun and learned some English at home and then ran over to Grace's for dinner with the girls. Julien showed up and made David uncomfortable. haha. And then Liz messed up the crepes (not that it was her fault) and I ended up making crepes (sometimes I'm proud of the weird things I know how to do).

You already know what's going on today, so how about some ramblings?

1. I have to rethink my tattoo. Turns out white tattoos have some major problems. Firstly, to inject enough white ink to make it show up they have to use a bigger needle (also because the ink is thicker). White ink is also prone to discoloration and extreme fading. And, finally, sometimes it can be mistaken for scaring as a body modification. I'm not into that. So...... I'm rethinking. err.... revising. I'm now thinking maybe, like, a light blue or an aquamarine or something. Your thoughts/opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

2. Ask me a story about revision for CM1s. It is far too good of a story to post here, so you should just ask me about it the next time we talk.

3. Thinking about heading to Paris for Valentine's Day.....even if I'm alone. It could be fun.

4. Decided, about an hour ago, to throw a party on Saturday. We've been having one party a month for the past couple of months, but we missed January!!!! (Oh noes!) So, we're throwing something super sweet this Saturday to celebrate February and all the awesome American holidays that go along with it. (P.S. 6 more weeks of winter.....whhhhhatttttt???!?!??!?!)

5. I taught all of the kids in one of my classes to spell February wrong. How does one correct a mistake such as this? FAIL.

Always,
Amanda