As I am getting settled in to a regular routine, I don't have much to report! School is getting harder because the teachers can see that we (us four exchange students) are progressing in French, so I have an oral report on a denunciation text on Friday, ughhh. The good news is that I have a two week break coming up right after that! Next Saturday I plan to go to Bordeaux to visit my German friend who is also with AFS. It should be a boat load of fun because there is a fair going on downtown, I will let you all know how it goes in my next post. Since nothing out of the ordinary has been going on, I'll break down what my new ordinary is.
Everyday, I wake up at 5:30. This is terrible, I am NOT a morning person. I have to leave the house at 6:30 to catch the bus, and the bus ride is an hour long. Though school officially starts at 8 o'clock, for some reason my first class typically starts at 9. I really don't like how I have to wake up 3 and a half hours before I even start class, but c'est la vie. I'm in France!
On monday, I have approfondissement (English speaking practice class...which is my favorite because it's in English and the teacher is awesome), maths (haha, I havent actually gone to math yet, but I want to soon), Anglais (this teacher doesn't really speak English!), Espangol (I don't do anything for this class, I don't get credit for it and it's way above my Spanish speaking abilities), then one hour for lunchin' in the cantine blech, sciences (physique/chimie one week and biology the next), Francais (this teacher is also the drama teacher, soo she's very dramatic to say the least), and last TPE (I honestly am not sure what this class is about, some sort of French speech thing?). Then yay, I'm done at 5! But wait, the bus doesn't come until 6 and I don't get home until 7! My school days are long.
Tuesdays I commence at 9, but while I wait, I have to sit in a room for kids who don't have class called Permanence. Then I have approfondissement, litterature Francais, approfondissement (weird gap, I know), one and a half hours for lunch, two hours of Histoire (most boring class ever, I try to follow along but usually just end up daydreaming), and Anglais then I'm done at 4:30, but as normal must wait for the bus until 6, so I usually sit in Café Miss Deliss or Café El Fuego with friends.
Wednesdays are great, I start at 9 with Aide-Perso Histoire (I think this class helps the students study for the BAC, their version of SAT/ACT testing for Universities), then two hours of sport and then school's out! I could take the bus home at noon, but I usually stay, eat lunch in the city, and go to that AFS French class from 2-4.
On the other hand, Thursdays suck! I start at 8 every other week ( we have week A's and week B's) with lit-Anglais, then go to 2 hours of Francais, after Espangol, then I have 2 and a half hours for lunch which seems nice but there's not much to do, then two hours of Histoire, and every other week I also have ECJS (civil justice studies, I'm making a presentation on the US gov) and on those weeks I don't get out until 5:30! oof.
On Friday, I start at nine since I don't go to maths. I go to French Litterature, English Litterature, Anglais, 1.5 hrs for lunch, Francais, and every other week aide-perso Francais. I get out at either 2:30 or 3:30 on Fridays :)
The weekends here are usually pretty chill, sometimes we go to social events on Saturdays with the whole family, but we never do anything Sundays. I get a chance to catch up on that sleep I don't get all week, we don't eat until after 9 so I can't even go to bed early! I wrote up a storm this time since I have yet to take any new interesting pictures, but maybe next week I'll post some pictures of all the furry animals and my host family!
Moumoune! Elle a atrappé une souris, blech! (She caught a mouse)
Got together with AFSers last weekend :) foreign kids!
Moumoune! Elle a atrappé une souris, blech! (She caught a mouse) 
Got together with AFSers last weekend :) foreign kids! 
