So, a lot has happened. And Sophie has pictures that I planned on posting on here, so those will come later. Writing about all that has happened seems very overwhelming at the moment, so I will only write about a few things at a time until I catch up. And I promise I will try really hard to be better and post in my blog more.
Toulouse. I went to Toulouse in the beginning of December. I went with PSP (Pierre, Sophie, Piha) on a saturday afternoon, we spent the night at their friend's house and then came back Sunday late afternoon. We went to Toulouse because P&S's friend was expecting a new baby! Her husband had an accident at work, so he wasn't able to work for a while, and their 4 year old is one of those kids that always needs attention, so Marie was begging for us to come visit. We didn't do anything too special. We discussed baby names, visited Toulouse for a little, and watched the Miss France pageant. Lilly kept talking and talking to me, and wanting to play, but at that point, I still could barely understand French. She is a very cute girl though.
I just would like to congratulate myself with my French. Granted it is still terrible, but I am beginning to see how far I have come! December was a month of much progress. I believe it was because of my friends. I spent a lot of time with them in December. And because I can actually make very small conversation, Sarah and I talk more! Sarah discovered that I can understand, and actually say something back, and ever since, she just chats away. Some of the time I have no idea what she is saying, but I just say, oui, ouais, mhmm, etc. She is my best teacher. I love it. And my French class is easier than before. I still don't understand what they are saying usually, but I can speak more. I still have a long way to go, but it is nice being at a point where I can see how much progress I have actually made. If only I could just stop being afraid to speak...
I spent Christmas with PSSP (Pierre, Sophie, Sarah, Piha), but for New Year's Eve, I went to a church party. I was very sad that my friends Maruata and Christophe weren't there. They are my Tahitian friends, and they are married. They were off traveling and visiting the happiest place on earth, Disneyland Paris. Unfortunately for me, I got very homesick after Christmas. I was completely fine all throughout the holidays, until I FaceTimed my family. Seeing everyone open presents and being together made me feel so lonely! I missed the American Christmas time. But I will talk about that more later. So for New Year's I was feeling very homesick. Like I mentioned earlier, I went to a church party. It was mostly youth from church, and we played music all night and danced. Because I wasn't in the best of moods, I didn't feel like dancing. Plus, I wasn't wearing the best dancing outfit...
There was food, so I ate. And I was doing fine until I tried talking to one of my friends and realized he was in a bad mood. It reminded me that I wasn't the happiest either. So after that I just cried. I couldn't help it. And after crying I really didn't feel like doing anything except laying in bed and going to sleep. But because I didn't drive myself, I had to stay. The new year came, and I couldn't wait to get to my bed.
Don't worry I have so much more to write and tell you about, but I think the best way for me to get it all done, is by posting a little bit at a time... So there is more to come! Hopefully more tomorrow! But I am not making any promises.
