Snoooooooooooooooooooow!

Well that's pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

First of all, they have tests for sport here. Like, volleyball tests. We had a volleyball test.

We had English today and it was bizarre. Before the class, one of Juliette's friends was doing her homework, and I tried to help, but I had NO IDEA. Sample question (N.B. There is no list of words supplied): Fill in the blanks. Charles Someone _____________ was the first Irish Prime Minister. __________ his goal was to liberate Ireland.

Huh??

And why would you want to learn about Irish politicians anyway?

The English teacher has the strangest accent I've ever heard. When we were standing up (you stand up when the teacher comes in, like they're Dr. Schnagl, or Jesus) she scanned everyone's faces, settled on me, and said with a really weird look on her face "Hell-oooooOOOOOO". She then spent about 5 minutes telling Juliette off ("I AM NOT PLEASED" over and over and over while me and her kept catching each other's eye and trying so hard not to laugh) for not telling the teacher that I was coming (she did, by the way) because now of course Madame had to start the unit on Australia and she didn't have the notes. Cue Emma-standing-up-the-front-answering-questions-for-the-entire-lesson time. I almost lost it when the teacher asked me to "say a few words on Midnight Oil." She was so cut when I told her that they weren't a band anymore. I demonstrated Peter Garret dancing and I think I gave them the wrong date for the apology. And now they have to write an essay about me.

Afterwards, Juliette was like "You can take the bus home while I have evaluations" and I'm all like "k thanks bye" and then halfway down the street I realise she forgot to give me both the key to the house AND the code to the elevator. Luckily after about 10 mins I found her bestie Lucille, who found me Juliette's twin Mathilde, who stayed me with until Juliette got out. THEN Juliette gave me the key and the code and I took the bus to the Rue Alleray stop like she told me to BUT Rue Alleray didn't start for another 100m which confused me for another 10 mins and THEN I couldn't open the elevator (how was I to know you have to take off your gloves?) but the bin man told me how. And THEN, best of all, after all that time of going "crap crap crap crap crap" I set the alarm off. Three times. And when you set the alarm off some guy calls you to make sure it wasn't a mistake, and he was asking me ALL these things I didn't understand, or didn't know, like the dad's mobile number and what the password was and I couldn't say anything because I was crying and laughing soooo hard at the same time and also YOU try saying in french that you set off the alarm by accident when you tried to get the key out of the door. Luckily the mum came home during the third time.

Oh, fun times.

--Emma
Contrary to popular belief, the all-caps words in this post do NOT make a secret message. They are just there for emphasis. ELEPHANT.