Sleepy Sunday

It was so nice to have a break from the hectic, but fun, weekend. I had been planning on going to the pool, but I woke up to a Facebook (which the French call "fehz-boook") message from Gloria telling me that she'd just found out the pool was way outside the city. As I had no way to get there, I couldn't go. I guess I'll just swim another day. But I did get a chance to take a shower, have some breakfast, and finally meet Enzo, Corine's grandson who's staying with her for awhile. He's six and a half and was a little shy with me at first, and still can't seem to quite figure me out, but he's very talkative--over breakfast he excitedly showed me his new soccer ball. The thing is, though, he doesn't enunciate very well, which is apparently the same problem his father (Corine's son) had when he was young. So sometimes he's a little tough to understand.

Anyhow, while they went to see How to Train Your Dragon (3D!), I had the house to myself all day. I got my Phonetics homework done, then tried to read my assignments in my history book. In the process I fell asleep several times. Just can't seem to get interested in the manifold party shifts and political policies of various French presidents. Right now I'm up to Mitterrand. Still working on it.

But I did finish reading Ender's Game--fantastic read! I would recommend it to anybody. I see why Orson Scott Card has such a huge following. So that's what I spent most of my day doing: reading and sweating. This whole no air-conditioning thing is starting to get to me...not so much because of the heat but because we have to shut all the windows from noon until sundown, so there's no air moving. I think I'm going to break down and buy a little fan. That can be my gift to the next student that comes to stay!

Anyhow, it's back to work with me. More tomorrow!

Love and miss you all,
Natalie