bon nuit

my earlier analysis was correct: today WAS a great day.

i got all my french done this morning. i even read some econ. french class wasn't bad...as always, 80 minutes is a little much, but i'll deal.

uh oh. this internet connection is weak and prone to disconnection.

i went shopping with my nike+ ipod thing today. i walked about 3.5 miles, just shopping. that's why the french are so skinny.

mme jeanson (who i really want to call "isabelle," because i'm tired of the formality thing) is leaving tomorrow for 5 days. it's just me, christophe and paul. oooo boy. get ready for 5 days of miscommunication and language barriers.

things have been getting more lax around here, and i love it. i'm wearing my pjs around more, the jeansons pop their heads in to my room more often just to say hello, and i'm getting more comfortable walking around the house with them around. i don't dread coming home to them in the living room anymore. i know that sounds awful (and it's a dramatization), but i just didn't want to have to speak french or worry about how i should act or whatever. i feel like eap told us we had to act a certain way--always dress nice, be overly polite, conform to your family's schedule, always speak french (even if you suck at it), etc. that's hard for me. i'm a way informal person...i remember when i would do interviews, i would call the interviewee by first name unless i was told specifically otherwise. i think it makes things friendlier, like we're all on the same playing field. yeah yeah, i know calling someone "mr. blank" is more respectful. spit on that.

i'm very rambly and prone to tangents (and prone to overusing the phrase "prone to"). i think that's a sign that i should get some rest.