Another week down....

Currently, It is Friday at lunch (just finished working on my online English course) and I am so glad it is the weekend !
Wednesday night I went to the gym, and I got home and the power was out in my suburb! It was really bizarre to drive in, and all the streets were pitch black. I guess the wind had knocked down some power lines, but it wasn’t long before it came back. It was so hard to sleep that night though, the wind was so strong it sounded and felt like the house was going to blow over!
Thursday morning started out with gym first period. We went to the training center and did weights, but it was so boring. I did have a really good conversation with another exchange student. She got here one month before me, so she will be leaving at the end of this month. She is so excited to go home, because like me, she said she was bored here compared to at home. I heard so much about the crazy parties in Quebec, but I am glad I am not the only one who finds the party life…. Rather dull.
After that I had math, which was rather uneventful. The class got their exam marks back, and one of my friends was really disappointed with her grade. She looked like she was going to cry, so I wrote her a cute note that said `smile, you are magnificent`` ! It felt good to see her smile, and it is important to me that I am able to give back.
After lunch I had technical drawing, in which we were in the science lab, and we did an experiment about how your taste and smell senses were related. It was really funny, because often I would know the answer, but wouldn’t know the name in French, so there was a lot of miming involved!!
Last class I had French, and it was really interesting. We started studying poetry techniques. It is really really difficult to understand in French. Everything about their poetry is more complicated. Rhymes have to masculine or feminine, and all the techniques are so hard to identify! I really enjoy it though, because I feel like that is the purpose of the exchange, to learn about the culture and the language, and that is what studying poetry does!

Last night was very mixed. I walked home from school by myself for the first time. I looked like such a nerd with my little map pressed to my nose the entire time, but the suburb is like a maze!! I would have been dead without my map! When I got home, Before I went to the gym, I was forced to waste 1 hour of my life shining my army boots and ironing my army pants. Nothing about this was appealing to me. Nothing. It was cute though, because Rachel (Julies younger sister) walked me through the process step- by- step, and she was so patient and kind. Not many people I know would be content to sit there and teach someone how to shine army boots.

Today so far has been rather uneventful, but relaxing. I am just so ready for the weekend! I have cadets tonight and I plan to go for a good long run tomorrow! If I’m lucky, I might even have some time to use the computer at Julies house (why did I waste 1000 dollars on a beautiful Mac if it cant even get internet!!!??) and write a good blog and work on my online English!

It’s a beautiful Day,
Carly.