Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Chocolate Wasted

So I clicked on my blogger dashboard today to see what everyone has been posting and realized my last post to the world was last friday, sooo I suppose I can let you all in on what I've been up to (not much)

Saturday, Liana and I spent the day not doing tons until early afternoon, when Chantal and Dominique invited us to the Chocolate Show with them. Basically it's a rotary sponsered event that is all about chocolate, they had different chocolatiers with booths set up, they had fruit kebabs dipped in chocolate, and a fashion show. Liana and I roamed around admiring and sampling different things, and everytime we turned around someone new was talking to Chantal n Dom. Man, our host parents are like the popular kids in high school. Does that make us cool by proxy?
After we had finished exploring and admiring, and getting slightly chocolate wasted, Chantal and Dom took us to the top of the building we were in, which had a really sweet view of Angers (and we were across the river, so you could see beaucoup )
Once we were home, Leah, Megan and Nikki came over to plan some spring break stuff, and we managed to get a game plan, and our flights booked. We have a 2 week spring break starting the second weekend of april, and our plan is to go to Marseille, Cagliari, Rome, and Brussels. We will be arriving in Rome on Easter sunday, and Idk if im more worried or excited about being near the Vatican on Easter. crowds?!

Nothing much has happened since then, until today.
about halfway through my shower this morning I hear Chantal say my name but obv. I'm showering so I'm not about to reply...As soon as I turn the water off, I hear the doorbell ring, and immediately think "she left and my package is here" Well, I didn't dry off fast enough, but that was exactly what it was...I now have to pick up my package tomorrow from the post office. Oh and about halfway back up the stairs I realized the house alarm was going off, and getting louder by the second. (wtf!) so I turned it off and went upstairs. Chantal and I passed eachother on my way to meet the girls, and she told me the alarm company called her saying it was going off, but that someone shut if off with the right code. Uhm yep, that was me. I guess when she called my name, and I didn't reply she thought I was gone, even though she mentioned hearing the shower running...weirdo. so she left and set the alarm. When I came downstairs it triggered it to go off..n well you know the rest. She thought it was hilarious, and I still don't fully understand french humor. (Liana has a suspicion that Chantal likes embarrassing us)
We have been having some pretty nice weather so far this week, so today Nikki, Leah, Liana and I had a picnic in a small park we found. The sky was clear and blue, for once the wind was laying low, so it felt about 60 or more degrees out. We all layed in the grass talking and eating (and drinking some champagne ) for literally hours. about 20 minutes before class we got up, and made it to class, but Liana and I were feeling very lethargic and well..slightly buzzed so class was horrible. It was only an hour but oh mon dieu, It felt like 4. (the class was lit) she has a habit of making us read aloud, which honestly is a pet peeve of mine. like...give us reading for homework, and use class to discuss/explain said reading, but nope. and guess who got stuck reading about a page of this stupid book out loud? yup. me. I don't think there was anything harder to focus on than reading french aloud off of a page when I was sun-drunk (and maybe a little champagne drunk) but I made it thru, and managed to pronounce it all at lease 90% right.
after this I met up with my traduction partner, where we finished our hw of translating (i kid you not) Hakuna Matata lyrics. Then I came home to find that Liana had been sleeping since class got out. (lol no more day-drinking for us) I did some homework, we made a very healthy meal of boxed mac n cheese and I came upstairs, only to have Mozart bark n moan downstairs...so we opened the door n he followed us upstairs, and slept outside my bedroom door for about an hour. Right now he has moved down the hall, to the top of the stairs and seems to be waiting for Chantal and Dom to get home. (they went out, and she looked fancy lol)

I can't wait to get the package tomorrow from my parents, and am very thankful for the few emails I've received from various people telling me what they're up to. I miss little connections with everyone and it means a lot to know you all still care and remember I still exist ;)

Sidenote: I've become very attached to Angers and while I miss home, I can already tell it's going to be hard for me to adjust to life back home in June. I love my cute, historical, and beautiful city, and am very blessed to be here, and cannot believe the time is passing as quickly as it is.

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