Already a week since my last post and it has gone by so fast! I had a great weekend of going out with friends (speaking French!! :D), it felt so wonderful.
Sunday was Florence and Perrine's birthday (yes, both of them!). They're two years apart but were born on the same day, so they almost always have a joint celebration. It was really fun and actually gave me a bit of a Thanksgiving fix. It's very cold here and actually seems like November in Massachusetts, their grandparents and family friends were here, and we had a big, delicious meal. Birthdays here are very important, and the celebrations that I've gone to here have all been great!
I received my report card today, I wasn't expecting too much, but it was actually better than I thought it would be. I still got an"échec" (fail) in science, math, and history, but so did half of the other students! My other courses ranged from acceptable to great, and my "titulaire" (homeroom teacher) said to keep up the good work! So I'm feeling pretty content. I still have a very long way to go, but I feel like I'm getting there step by step.
It's actually starting to be difficult to imagine being home. I had a dream the other night that I went home in the middle of the year, and it was so strange! All I could think in the dream was "but I'm supposed to be in Belgium until the end of June! I need to get back there! I miss it!". I've actually had a few dreams like that, and I found out that some of the other exchange students have too! Sometimes I still can't believe that I'm actually here though, there are moments where I feel like I'm in a dream. That is probably because for a year this was a dream, and now I'm actually here. It's absolutely crazy :)
Sunday was Florence and Perrine's birthday (yes, both of them!). They're two years apart but were born on the same day, so they almost always have a joint celebration. It was really fun and actually gave me a bit of a Thanksgiving fix. It's very cold here and actually seems like November in Massachusetts, their grandparents and family friends were here, and we had a big, delicious meal. Birthdays here are very important, and the celebrations that I've gone to here have all been great!
I received my report card today, I wasn't expecting too much, but it was actually better than I thought it would be. I still got an"échec" (fail) in science, math, and history, but so did half of the other students! My other courses ranged from acceptable to great, and my "titulaire" (homeroom teacher) said to keep up the good work! So I'm feeling pretty content. I still have a very long way to go, but I feel like I'm getting there step by step.
It's actually starting to be difficult to imagine being home. I had a dream the other night that I went home in the middle of the year, and it was so strange! All I could think in the dream was "but I'm supposed to be in Belgium until the end of June! I need to get back there! I miss it!". I've actually had a few dreams like that, and I found out that some of the other exchange students have too! Sometimes I still can't believe that I'm actually here though, there are moments where I feel like I'm in a dream. That is probably because for a year this was a dream, and now I'm actually here. It's absolutely crazy :)