Sorry for the giant delay-- I will try to stay more punctual with weekly posts :)
I am getting really used to reading temperatures in Celcius- the system makes sense actually because when you're taking the bus to school and you see that it is 1 degree outside, it's really cold! Yes... we have already entered the scarf, hat, and coat wearing weather- I can say that one item of clothing that I have yet to touch are my shorts and flip flops... oh well- it's a good thing I know how to layer from years of backpacking trips (thanks Dad)!
We have had some very important anniversaries around the house this last week. Oct 13th was my sister Pauline's 16th birthday so we had Chinese food (her request) the night of and that weekend we went out to a restaurant with family and friends. Although she can now legally drink and work, sixteen is not that big of a celebration here like it is in America. The 14th was Margaret the Cow's one month mark-- my how she's grown! And I'm pretty sure she'll be an award winning cow if she has the chance to compete... but I suppose I'm bias... Finally- Benoit and Nicole celebrated 22 years of marriage and I think that they are just as in love as the day they met. They are such loving couple- it's really sweet.
I don't think I would ever call myself a shy person, but getting in front of the whole class to speak- in a foreign language- wracks up some nerves... Well I've done that a lot lately. I am taking a drama class here and we are doing improv so not only do I speak in front of everyone, but I don't have time to plan!!! (In retrospect this is probably a good lesson for me in letting go of control once in awhile). Then last Tuesday I did a presentation to my whole class of the USA and my life- everything from family and school to government. It took 25 PowerPoint slides and 2 hours, but the class loved it and my teacher wants me to present to other classes as well!
I love going to the pre-school every Monday morning! Some of the kids even know my name by now and know that I will be the one to read lots of stories to them! One little girl even cried when I left- so that's a good sign I guess :)
In school here there aren't substitutes really, so when a teacher isn't there for a week, like this past week, and you have her for 10 hours of classes a week, you get a lot of free time! One day I didn't have school at all! And then of course I spent the day working on the farm with Benoit which I love, but it was a hard day, my back was so sore from shoveling, not to mention that it was so cold AND there was a major hail storm!!! Hey- at least now I know the word for hail!
The best moment of these past days was going to the Natasha St Pier, a Canadian-French singer's, concert-- for free! My Rotary club offered me and the two other girls in the club free 50 Euro tickets! It was so fun! And I had recently bought her CD while I was searching for French music I liked so I was singing along with the rest of the Belgians :)
Well I am off to run a race this afternoon with my Track club, apparently the newspaper is going to be there to interview me- Yikes! The pressure!! Hopefully all goes well, although I am sure it will, this country never lets me down :)
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