Monday Monday.

Today was a really good day! I got my new timetable, but it is pretty much the same. Instead of esl classes, I am now taking another art course! Tomorrow is my first day and I hope it will be fun. This is also the first class I don't think I'll know any people in, so that will be a challenge. Today it seemed like everyone was just in a goofy mood. In Volleyball at Lunch, I had a a lot of fun. I laughed and talked to people, and besides the fact I got hit in the face with a ball, I am getting pretty good! In Economics, we were talking about housing prices, and my teacher asked me how much my house was worth. Unfortunately, I had absolutely no idea! Later in that class, we got into groups to work. Everyone in my group was just laughing and being silly. I have no idea what they were laughing at, but it was nice to laugh along with them.

Tonight, I went to the gym and got that whole fiasco sorted out, so i am now a member of energiecardio gym. So exciting.... haha, it is something to look forward to and pass the time. I was in such a good mood after that It was just the icing on my cake when I received an early birthday present from home: A chocolate kiss for everyday I am away from home! It really puts in perspective how little time I am here for. Tonight I also practiced the guitar a lot, and I am finally starting to get the hang of it! If only my french would improve as quickly!! I feel like I was improving so fast, but have now come to a halt! I am hoping that one morning, in a week or two, I will wake up and everything will just click! I was encouraged today when I talked to a girl who went on a 3 month exchange to germany not knowing how to speak german! She said by the end of three months though, she was almost fluent! I know with time it will come, but to help my french progress, I have thought of some ideas to achieve my goal of becoming bilingual.

** I will have reached this goal when I can carry a conversation about anything with anyone in french.
== I can reach this goal by: Reviewing and mastering one verb in all its tenses every night.
Tell one story about my home or family every night.
Tell one story about my day every night.
Introduce myself to one new person everyday (This will also help me make friends!)
Summarize my week in a french journal on the weekends

I am a very goal oriented person, and I hope the french will click in soon! Until then, I have lots of other things to keep me busy. As I have said before, I have so much to take away from this experience, even if I don't learn any french. That is what I will focus on! The culture and the people are so different here, I want to absorb as much as I can! Speaking of absorbing culture.... The next time you are watching TV, make a mental note of how many commercials that actors do not actually say anything, it is just a narrating voice. I can guarantee any Canadian ads will have this. I know this because, they use the exact same ad, just use a french narrator in Quebec. Something so simple and clever I've never noticed before.

I have a feeling tomorrow will be a good day ( and tuesday is Taylor Swift's favorite day of the week....!)
Keeping my head up,
Carly