Mall Love

It's probably been a while since my last post, but the only highlights are that I am doing well in school, that I went to see cirque du soleil, and that I found a super awesome mall. This is no regular mall... of course it has tons of great stores (fell in love with a watch, a pair of shoes, and tons of clothes), but it also has: a Ferris wheel, a carousel, bumper cars, a roller coaster, mini-put, a two story arcade, lots of rides for kiddies, a rock climbing wall.... and separate TWO movie theaters! Did i mention some of my new favorite french stores! lol. There is only one problem.... it takes quite a while to get there. Meh... anyways, I'm totally in love. It's like the coolest place ever!

Well, here starts another week of school. I hope everything goes well.

J'étudie Icitte

I thought this was going to be easier than it is. I didn't plan on doing any serious studying this summer! Nevertheless, I do what is necessary, so today I confined myself to my room to make some pretty pink study notes for my upcoming exam... then I started working on my oral presentation. Both I'm totally freaked about cuz I don't know what is expected. I feel like maybe I am working too hard for summer school after a day spent like today, but on the other hand perhaps this is totally normal. All I know is that I'll probably ruin tomorrow with more homework and studying again... this shouldn't be how my summer is going! Oh well, there is always next weekend pour s'amuser.

Gothic?

Quiet night alone tonight. Spent most of my day doing homework, and now pretty much want to die of boredom (homework required me to read sports newspaper articles in French... really not up my ally!).

So tonight I decided to give myself a little mini makeover. I didn't mean to go so gothic looking, it just kind of turned out that way (I blame the lighting). And just think, this is a picture after I took most of the makeup off. lol. creepy? I just have to say that if my skin ever got the white I hope somebody drags me into the sunlight.

Concert

Last night Tacky, Souki and I went to see an Alexisonfire and Billy Talent concert. We were all having a great time until about half way through Billy Talent's act it started to rain. It was already kind of cold and windy, so the rain just made it worse. We sat there huddled under Tacky's umbrella for a while but when we started to go numb and get really wet we decided to head back home. It's a shame we had to miss the finale... but at least we didn't get sick. Meh, anyways, aujourd'hui on espère d'aller magasiner parce qu'on a entendu qu'il va pleuvoir encore. dommage!

Dans Mes Rêves

wow. I have already been in Québec for a full week. At first I was really afraid of getting caught speaking en anglais, mais I think I have calmed down a bit. However, a strange thing has happened, I have started to dream in french again. *curses*. The whole dream wasn't in french, but I definitely had a long speaking role where french came out of my mouth perfectly. This either means that I actually can speak french but psychologically I don't want it to come out, or that I dream of one day being able to speak french fluently. mmm.... dunno which one that could be. If only I could remember the exact words I said in my dream, so that I could see if they made any sense (they did in the dream, but that doesn't mean they would make sense in real life). En tout cas, je commence à croire que j'étais en fait placé dans le niveau approprié après avoir rencontrer quelques camarades de classe. Laisse moi y penser.

La Vie En Français

La vie est assez belle ici. C'est ma 5e jour au Québec (j'étudie ici pour l'été), et j'adore la vie dans la résidence. J'ai peur qu'ils vont m'attraper en parlant en anglais, mais je suis aussi fière de mon niveau de français - même si je ne suis pas certaine si je le mérite. Mes deux amis de l'école secondaire sont ici avec moi, et on s'amuse bien. Hier on a cuisiné ensemble, puis c'était là quand je me suis rendu compte qu'ils peuvent cuisiner! En fait, c'est toujours moi qui ne sait pas comment le faire! ha ha.
Bon, il faut que j'aille! A bientôt!

Hard Words To Say

I have said too many goodbyes lately. I feel like something is trying to eat at my heart. I'm leaving lots of friends behind at work, and although some of those goodbyes were quite challenging, nothing compares to the funeral yesterday. Nothing hurts more than to see your family members is such a state of total wreckage. My uncle died over a week ago, and I felt sick about it all, but I was totally dealing with everything quite well until yesterday when I saw the pain my family was in... I don't even know how I was holding myself together then. Saturday is going to be quite hellish too, but if I can stay strong just a little longer than the rest of my summer should be back to normal.

I have never said so many goodbyes in such a short period of time. Life is real hard right now.