This past week has been very busy. I had 2 1/2 days of school this week since Thursday was a national holiday, and they decided to give us Friday off too. On Wednesday night I went with Michelle and Jordann to Jacob's house for a last celebration- he left for England yesterday, and will be returning to Australia in about a month. It was really hard to say goodbye to him- I feel like I just made such a good friend and now he has to leave! But at least we had an amazing time in Paris and we will all four always have that memory. Thursday I went to the Zoo in Anvers (Antwerp) with my host family, and while zoo's have never exactly been something that I love, it was really great spending the day with them.
Friday night I was invited by the group of friends that all of my host sisters are in to a girl's night sleepover. I think this is a fairly regular thing, and I really hope so, because it was super fun! Everyone gets dressed up and goes to Camille's house (the cousin of my second host family). We eat, talk, dance, play games, all of the good things like that. We also watched a movie called "Mes Copines" (My Friends), and for once it wasn't an English movie dubbed in French! I really liked the movie, but I think that the fact the I could understood a lot of it increased my fondness for it :). There was also the traditional 1 AM teenage girl fight, and while I felt sorry for the two girls I couldn't help but be happy because I understood the fight!
It was a really good weekend (except for the insane amount of homework that I've had!!!), and I know that it will finish off well because in a few hours my two other host families, Camille's family, and Lucas (the exchange student from Brazil who's currently with Camille's family) are coming over for a big goodbye lunch. Lucas came in April (there was a problem with his visa so he arrived 4 months late), but because of the school year and some other things he has to return to Brazil in only a couple of weeks. So while the afternoon should be great, it will be sad saying goodbye to him.
And... I've been in Belgium for 3 months!