Settling In...

Why hello everyone!! As I sit here, I can not decide if I am too hot or too cold.. I just can't get it right! The weather here is so bizzare I can not even convey to you! Sunday and Monday it was like 80-85 and sunny and today it is like 60 and overcast... wierd I tell you! Well this week has been pretty good so far! Monday night was nothing special, just the regular school and after I came home and took a nap (well I tried to but the girls here were fighting and screaming at each other the whole time)! And, I did some laundry (which still is not dry today). Oh yes, and I must not forget, on the way home on the bus, a boy about my age was standing up and just fainted because of the heat! I felt so bad for him and no one helped him and everyone just stared! I said "ca va" and he replied something I did not understand in French and I felt really bad.. well I did understand "chaud" which is "heat", but I felt bad beacause I did not have any water or anything for him! And then yesterday, after school myself and a couple other girls and two instructors particpated in an aerobics course, and it was much easier this time around! After that I came home and did my homework and ate dinner here. We had chicken and green beans and bread (of course!) and a couple other things... I ate a lot! Just when the girls started to heat up the first crepe that Laurent's mom had made us, the phone rang and Armelle realized she forgot about the dinner arrangements with the young couple who just moved out of the apartment here at the house and into their own home in a small village on the outskirts of town.. And she could not tell them we had already eaten because they had already prepared dinner for us, SO we loaded up in the car and headed to their home and ate dinner a SECOND time! Haha be careful what you wish for because I love the food here, but trying to be polite and eat dinner a second time was VERY difficut...even for me who loves to eat! So needless to say, for breakfast this morning, I really did not eat that much! After school today, myself and a couple other people went to "The Nelson" for milkshakes.. Not just any milkshakes, NUTELLA milkshakes... I love Nutella, but just not in the milkshake form, so I got Strawberry, and they were really good! After that, I headed over to the H&M right around the corner! Here in Europe almost every store has a big "Solides" most of June and July! Some places things are as much as 70 percent off! So, I purchased a couple things at H&M this afternoon, but I have a hard time spending money here because of the exchange rate.. so I just buy things that I could not find in the US.. Anywhoo, the family here was supposed to go play golf this afternoon but they were too tired, so right now the girls are trying to convince their parents they need a new phone (it does not help that I told them Annie has an iPhone)! Alright well I think I have written enough for the day! Thank you so much for your prayers and thoughts they mean the world to me! Some days are harder than others for me, but I think that is just all part of it! Sometimes I just want to scream and speak English because I can not get my point accross in French, but I think that is part of it as well! My French is coming along a lot better, and I am even starting to understand the natives, which is very difficult! Alrighty well I will update you again this weekend, we are going on an excursion Friday and there is a picnic Sunday for the students for the fourth of July at the beach.. Apparently there is even an American Football match.. I am anxious to see it!! Oh and yes, Saturday night we are going to a cousin of Armelle's for dinner, and she is an English teacher, so that should be interesting!! Everyone is in my prayers and thoughts everday!! Time is flying by and I can not believe it!