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This week went by fast...I went to soccer all 3 times, and I hopefully sucessfully registered for it. On Monday we had to read Guy Môquet's letter from 1941 that he wrote to his family just before the French police killed him for being a Communist, on October 22. It was required that all classes all over France read it, as ordered by le President de la République, Sarkozy. It was kind of big deal, not really about the letter, just that he could order something like that, and why was it necessary for 6 year olds to hear it too. And why this letter?, as it was kind of morbid, a 17 year old saying that he's going to die. Wednesday I felt all grown-up because I opened a bank account all by myself, in French. There are banks everywhere, literally every corner, so I just picked BNP Parabis because it's by my school and it was open and looked friendly. This way I can have a Carte Bleue, a french debit card, b/c some machines only accept them. On thursday our english teachers weren't there, so we didn't have school between 10 and 3, so Liza and I went swimming. We got weird looks when we told our classmates later in the day, b/c noone really does sports (ok except the girls on my soccer team). Everyone is super skinny, smokes, eats tons of chocolate and cheese, and doesn't do sports. We haven't had PE for 3 weeks b/c the teacher had a meeting Wednesday mornings. Soccer this week was the biggest full body workout of my life. I was put with the 1st and 2nd teams because my team had a tournament this weekend, and I can't play in it b/c I'm not registered. So Friday was an hour of conditiong and sprints, and Thursday was a French version of the beep test, except you run in a circle. I finished (as in I felt like I was going to throw up and couldn't breathe) after 12 minutes, and 5th out of 10, so I was satisfied. Friday was slightly insane, I counted I swiped my metro card 13 times. I went to school, then rotary meeting, then home, then english class with 2 very hyperactive 12 year olds, then soccer, then home. I couldn't go to band bc I would have been really late. A family friend lost his vision in one eye too, so my host parents were kind of stressed out about that. Amoury and Matthieu, my oh-so-eager-to-be-there 7th graders were already on vacation in their minds, so my english class was kind of all over the place. It's tough on Fridays, plus this class was their mother's idea, not their's. But I thought I should update a little before I go to Nice for a week. We are staying with some friends, the ones that visited 3 weeks ago. None fo their kids will be there, so hopefully I will be good. This week I got an awesome package from my mom, halloween candy, a halloween beanie baby and keychain, halloween stickers and hair clips too. I gave canday at school yesterday and that was fun. She also sent me a little kit for carving a pumpkin, and Nadine bought and nice and big pumpkin to carve and take with us to Nice. I also attempted to make an apple pie on Wednesday, it tasted good, but didn't really resemble an american apple pie, more just like baked apples with tons of sugar and cinnamon on a crust. Tomorrow I am helping with the marathon, unfortunately I can't run b/c you have to be 19 (STUPID), but all the rotary clubs are supplying volunteers for the aid stations and handing out water etc. We are driving to Nice tomorrow afternoon and staying the whole week. Then school starts the following Thursday.
No picture highlights this week, it's all getting normal. Except my brain is switching to French, I think, because now everything is half and half. Some things that I want to say I can't think in either French or English. Or when I want to speak french I speak english and vice versa. No speaking english this whole week haha, I won't see Liza and Sarah everyday :( . Today we dropped off U2 at a doggie hotel, it was so cute.
Later,
Liz