Botchy Ball!!

As I sit here to write this, I am nursing a sunburn as well... YES! Say it ain't so! This weekend was gorgeous here! Today the high was 35 degrees celcius, and not a cloud in the sky to be found, I am so greatful! Today was the big day... the tournament du bal! Haha it took me my friend Alice to realize that it is acutally botchy ball in the United States! My family here had a huge party that started at 11 this morning and is still going as I write this! There were five teams with three people each, and the tourney was a round robin! And yes, I actually did quite well, I know what most of you are thinking right now.... Alix??? Sports?? But my team came in second, and my last throw was the won that allowed us to win the match! My friend from the program, Alice joined the party because her parents work on the weekends! Around lunch time, everyone brought their own picnic, and when I say picnic, everyone actually brought like a four course meal in their coolers.... the baguettes as well!!! Oh and yes, I musn't forget the Ricard (wiskey) that went like crazy! I thought Armell was crazy when I saw that she bought wine in a box yesterday... the only thing I could think of was Franzia... Then I looked at the box and realized it was Bordeaux wine!!!! haha gotta love it! And then for dinner, we had mini chipole sausages... which were so good, and a myriad of other things!!! Oh and yes, the lots of deserts we and everyone else made!! As I sit here, I had to undo my belt because I ate too much today.. I think I am going to attempt the 15 minute walk to school in the morning because I can't stand to take the bus and accept hopw much I have eaten this wekend! Okay well I am going to go brush my teeth and maybe do my homework... I have not decided yet.. we will see how that goes!! Thank you so much everyone for the prayers!! Oh and speaking of prayers.. at Mass last night, the priest came up to me and said "une jeunesse" haha because I was the only one under the age of 40 in the congregation... You gotta laugh! Thank you again and you know I am praying for each and every one of you during the night!! Haha the girls here love to read over my shoulder and figure out what I am writing in English... I keep having to tell myself "patience, Alix patience, take a deep breathe" haha but good night and I will update midweek =)