07.17.08

Day 11

Posted in Summer 2008, Uncategorized tagged , , at 9:28 pm by Laurie Callsen

Tonight is the Bôitre de Chanson. In which I am singing. In French.

God have mercy.

Actually I’m not that nervous. My prof has been helping me with pronunciation and today when I sang it for her she looked surprised. But in a good way.

Today has basically been practicing for tonight and studying for my oral exam (if Rachelle reads this she is probably laughing right now….). Today we went on a field trip to a farm. Being from a farm I had seen goats and horses and chickens before, so I wasn’t really in awe. The goats were pretty cool though. Their cries will probably haunt my dreams tonight. It sounded like they were screaming “Mom! Mom!” Freaky.

So yeah…. another short entry and I’m sorry, but I’ve been busy. And the more I’m in touch with “the outside world” the more homesick I get, so I try to avoid it.

Love you all!!

07.13.08

je ne suis pas mal du pays

Posted in Summer 2008, Uncategorized tagged , , at 6:34 pm by Laurie Callsen

I’m not homesick anymore. With my cell phone not being able to text I focused on being here and getting out there….. I told my friend Neha how I was feeling and she cheered me up. Me and her and Steven (Stephan?? I don`t know…) went for a walk and I felt much better.  I just had to get out of my jail cell-like room. And now that my phone is working I’m not gonna use it a lot… although it is nice to hear how the Jamboree is going. Apparently some people got a little rowdy and were smack-talking and had to be kicked out. Trés drôle! (er… very funny).

I’m starting to think in Franglish (a French-English combo) and every day I know more and more French, although my pronunciation sucks. The biggest thing with French is that they don’t  pronounce the consonants at the end of their words, and there are tons of liaisons (where one word mushes into another, especially if the 2nd word starts with a vowel). That was a shitty explanation but it’s very hard to explain.

Ok, today I am going to go mail some postcards, and meet up with my friends again to supper and a movie.

Love you everyone and miss you like crazy!!!

07.12.08

Je suis mal du pays

Posted in Summer 2008, Uncategorized tagged , at 6:38 pm by Laurie Callsen

I’m so homesick!!! It really sucks. Like mom said, I knew it was going to be hard this weekend. But knowing it was going to happen doesn’t make anything more painful.

Yesterday we went on a bus ride to the ocean and walked some paths. It was sunny out – so nice to finally see the sun. The walk was very long and very hot but I enjoyed it. When we got back I went to supper and then back to my room. That was when I got very very very very very homesick for the Jamboree and my family in general. I went to the toga party but was too bummed out to enjoy myself. I left after a half-hour and read and texted Thayne and called Donna. I missed everyone so much… it’s so weird not being there.

Today is kind of just a lazy day, which means I have time to think, which means all I’m gonna think about it how much I miss everyone. I did play bullshit with some people and that was fun. I just need to keep busy to keep my mind off of things.

I can’t wait for class on Monday, believe it or not.