SOOOOO close to the end...

I have officially taken all 3 exams and handed in two papers. I have one more paper to hand in tommorrow morning to M Zonza and then after that...I'm FREE! but technically, I've finished the paper, so in a way I'm already free =D this past week and a half has been utterly exhausting. and I realized that in the past 3 weeks I have written 23 pages en français. Four different topics, mind you, but still. that's the equivalent of the junior IS I'll have to write next semester. no wonder I'm so burnt out...

so. time for some funny anectdotes of my life (please forgive my spelling errors, I can no longer write/speak/think properly in english!):


I seem to have caught the Cinderella Syndrome...I have a pair of shoes that used to have straps on them (notice the used to...) and while they are still wearable, they're sometimes difficult to keep on my feet. Case and point? I was sitting on the big steps at the fac waiting for class...well, when I got up to go, I started walking down the stairs - and walked right out of my shoe, leaving it two steps above me! hence...the cinderella syndrome (especially since I was in a dress when it happened!!)

Over the weekend there was a Christmas parade..."pour les enfants" (for the children) but goodness knows everyone went!! once the parade was over, there was a pretty fabulous mad rush of people trying to find their ways to whereever they were going...and lots of strollers. Lots and LOTS of strollers. In my attempt to avoid getting trampled by said strollers, I stepped quickly to the left - not realizing there was this random...thing sticking out of the ground. It's like a road block thing that retracts into the ground...at any rate, I defintely fell flat on my face, got the wind knocked out of me, and because of the inability to breathe, I couldn't respond when all the concerned french people were asking me "ça va?" (it goes? you okay?) oh, and I'm sporting a pretty fantastic bruise on my hip bone, too =D

and the adorableness of the weekend...Sunday was Christmas Pagent Sunday at my church!! All the little gamins (kids) led worship...they'd act out the bible stories (the one where God tells abram and sarai that their ancestors will number greater than the stars) and they all had stars around their necks...and the music. oh wow...the music. We sang Christmas carols - including the French versions of "Oh come all ye faithful," "silent night," "when the saints go marching in" and a jewish song (that one was fun!!) as well as a couple of hymns that were verbal gymnastics for us foreigners...and all of this music was accompagnied by an accordian and a tuba and a saxaphonish type thing...traditional french accompagniement!! it was so cool...all of us IES students were freaking out it was so cute and so fun...we kept squealing and cooing and laughing. at one point the lady in front of us turned and sort of chuckled...Derek said "pardonnez-nous" to which she replied "non...non c'est parfait!" it made me really happy. ("excuse us...no, no it's perfect).

okay. time to go to IES to print off my Fables paper so that I can be officially practically done!!
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(T-3 DAYS!!)