Is asking you to wear bubble wrap too much too ask?

Okay, so the first "trial" week of classes is over and I didn't change my mind, so the classes I listed b4 are the ones I'll b in all semester. The scheduling here is nuts and weird, oh you want an example? We have been attending courses for a week but don't sign up for them until Monday, and how you ask, do we sign up for them?Our langue teacher asks what we want to take, and its all done by hand. As if this isn't weird enough, the classes, are all over the place. French people need a lesson in ocd...oh, right another example. Hm, okay well you will have langue in the main building one day from 1-3 and then the next it will be in a different building at a different time. The only thing consistent is the teacher, and that no one else seems to know what the hell they're doing either.
So I'll break it down for you on the boring stats of my classes.
Monday I'm in class from 9am-12:15, then I have a lunch break(everyone does) until 1:30, and am back in class til 3:30. not horrible.
Tuesday starts at 10 am until 12:15, then again 1:30 until 4:45...or something like that.
Wednesday I only have one class, and it is 3:45-4:45
Thursday is retarded. but ironically was my favorite day of last week. I have a class from 9-11ish, then 1:30-3:30, then 5-5:55....breaks are lame, but I'll deal with it eventually.
Friday I have one class and brace yourselves. its at 8am. until 10. ugh.

So I suppose you want an update on what's been going on these past few days. D'accord. Thursday was a long day of classes.My phonetics prof is nuts, I mean this in the nicest way possible. She has a lot of speech tics which is odd because she teaches a phonetics course, oh the irony. She will prove to be quite entertaining though(I hope). Liana, Gabby and I grabbed some delish pasta on Bressigny at lunchtime, and will def. be making that place a regular.So after my langue class I had over an hour to kill before traduction, I ended up doing the langue homework and chatting with a few girls from class, and one french girl =) Traduction is going to be one of those difficult but worth it classes, plus it's a small class, the prof is tres tres cute (but also not straight) and I think it's going to be my favorite.
Thursday night, Liana, Gabby and I went to James Joyce, which is an irish pub in town. Liana and I ordered carribean drinks, and Gabby got what can only be described as Tequila with a hint of lime. We left feeling barely warm (except for Gabby) and decided to hit up a small store for more...Liana and I stuck with beer, and Gabby bought a smirnoff. Okay it's legal to drink walking down the streets here so thats what we did(Minus Gabby who couldn't get the smirnoff open.) and eventually made our way back home. I was up pretty late that night because I couldn't fall asleep due to the effects of our nights activities.
Friday morning was an immediate regret of the previous night, and when my alarm went off at 6:30 a.m. I wanted nothing more than to hit snooze, but I couldn't. I ended up back in bed at 11ish once I ventured home and ate a little something. That night we ended up having Leah, Gabby and Nikki over to try some cheeses and to much disappointment, they were all a fail. We drank sangria swapped some stories and eventually headed out for the night. This time we went to a few different places, and I had a shot that they lit on fire. It was delicious. The bars were pretty crowded and sketchy, so we ended up back at our petit market to buy some beer yet again. The night was overall quite fun and interesting and I'm glad I finally had a night out with some friends. I needed that.

Yesterday Liana and I walked in the pouring rain to SuperU, to look around, we bought some grocery items and on our way home we stopped at a patisserie for a beignet and a petite tarte. Then we spent a lot of the day watching glee and greys anatomy reruns and eventually had dinner with Chantal, Dominique, their daughter, son in law, and two grandchildren. We started with snacks and champagne, then had the main course: a north african dish consisting of couscous lamb, veggies, and spiceyness(THANK U!), next was a cheese course(I still just don't like cheese very much, other than laughing cow...sigh) and after we had this custardy dessert that we drizzled chocolate on, and Dominique made Liana and I try his concoction of raisins, cranberries and rhum...it was very strong but overall quite tasty. The whole time of dinner we drank Red Wine. The family was very nice and when they weren't talking directly to us, they talked really fast and it was difficult to comprehend most of what they were saying.

So after that my night got a little crappy. I signed online after dinner only to find out my sister had been in a car accident in Michigan, and it was a long scary process of me waiting for info while sitting online (because I have no cell phone) but in the end it was okay. She pulled out in front of someone, and they hit head on, her car is a goner, her airbags went off which scratched her all up and I'm sure shes full of bruises. I convinced her to go get checked out and Jon took her to the hospital where they concluded that she didn't have a concussion, and would be fine, just sore. That was the scariest moment I've had while here, all I could think was I'm 4,000 miles from home, without a cell phone, and getting home is less than easy(if I needed to). I talked with some friends and Liana for a while and eventually calmed down about it, but it was scary. All that matters is that she is okay.
but Pleaseeee guys be as careful as possible, always. That accident could have easily been much worse, and that is one of my biggest fears while I'm here. Every one please be cautious and safe. =)

                                                                                                      A few random tidbits:
-Dominique loves taunting Liana and I. He asks if we're going out ever, then when we do he says "amusez-vous" in a mocking tone. He always asks if we have friends, or are meeting them somewhere, and the other night he got to meet some of them. Saturday morning he asked Liana and I how our night was (we were out pretty late) and then asked if we had found a "french lover" yet...and he said "french lover" in english, so trust me, I didn't misunderstand him. Oh lord. He's quite funny, and I'm slowly getting accustomed to the fact that they want us to be going out on bar nights, and such.
-Chantals daughter brought her cat here, Lilu. She is adorable, and sweet, and purrs really loudly, and slept in Lianas bed for a while when we watched programs on our laptops. This morning she meowed n clawed and pushed until I let her in my room, then she crawled all over me purring n stepping on my books, sitting in my lap, anything she could to get me from completing my homework. Oh mon dieu! she loves attention, but she is cute and I love cats, so of course I didn't mind(too much).
-There is no place to buy ingredients for, or already made queso dip, or anything remotely mexican (food wise) We have also not seen cheddar cheese, but we haven't given up looking.

Feelings: I am mixed. I love exploring and being here, the food is different, the culture is interesting, the classes are a bit odd. but, I miss home, I miss friends and family, and when things happen at home and I have no way of contacting anyone or doing anything about it, it only makes it worse. There is quite a bit of time where I am not doing much of anything, and I think that is why I am frequently feeling down about things.

On that note, this post was way too long, I applaud those who read all of it, and Please be safe and make good choices, or maybe live like bubble boy until I get back. ;)