So this is your Quad Day?!?!

This morning at 2:53 am to be exact, my phone rang. My phone hasn't rang for weeks so I really didn't know what the sound was when I first heard it. I looked at the number, not sure who it was, and just decided to answer it. It was some guy from Microsoft and he asked for Nicholas. I wasn't sure if I should reply in French or not (why, I really don't know) so I did, and I was like non, c'est Amy. And he paused and he's like I'm looking for Nicholas, is he there? Then I put two and two together and realized what he was talking about. He repeated again that he was from Microsoft and I was like yea, no Nicholas isn't here...HE'S IN AMERICA!!! and he's like oh, you're in France right? and I'm like yeah....this phone call is costing me a fortune! He's like okay, I'm sorry, I'll try to get ahold of him. I was like yeah, thanks and hung up. I was so angry. I had enough trouble falling asleep as it is...I didn't need to be woken up by that.

I had to get up a little earlier this morning because I had a meeting with this woman who handles all of the paper work for the American students to get their carte sejour (this thing that validates your visa and lets you stay in France). My meeting was at 11:20. I woke up, took a shower and ate breakfast. I made some AMAZING hot chocolate. It was NesQuick or however it's spelt and I'm usually not a big fan of that at home because it doesn't taste like chocolate, but here it's delish! Renee has an electric water heater that heats water in like 2 minutes...it's amazing. I had cereal again...I'm getting a little tried of cereal but I really don't like eggs so there's not much I can eat for breakfast. I'd really love some pancakes. I left the apartment a little later than I wanted to because I was watching "Hey Arnold" on YouTube, so I rushed through the metro but ended up being 10 minutes early for my meeting. The meeting didn't take very long. I didn't make a copy of the stamp that I got when I came into France, because I didn't get my passport stamped...none of us did. The lady was like well that's fine, just make a copy of the stamp that you got when you arrived in Switzerland. She took the papers that she needed and I left to go make a copy in the library.

By the time I got back there was another person in there so I had to wait. This guy walked in and he said hi. We started talking....he's quite the chatty cathy. He asked where I'm from and I said America. I told him that I flew to Zurich and from Zurich to Paris and then he thought I was from Switzerland or something...and I'm like no, I'm American. He asked where I was from and I told him Illinois, and he had no idea where that was. Then I told him Chicago and he goes....OHHHH....Barack Obama, your president and his wife is from there too! He was so excited..and I was just like, yep that's right. He lives in Central Africa and he's a priest and his boss (God maybe, I really don't know) sent him here to learn French and study philosophy for 3 years. He lives in this country that's right next to the country that Barack Obama's dad is from...he made sure he told me that. Then Lizzie walked in and I was so happy because this dude would not shut up. He then figured out that we knew each other and were in the same program. I'd tell you his name but I don't remember it. It started with an N though, that's all I remember. I handed the lady my copy and told the guy goodbye and left.

I hung out in the court yard working on my homework for my cinema class when this lady came up to me and gave me a flyer. There was a free picnic at 1 and of course I was down because it was free. Lizzie and this other girl in the program named Amira came over and we talked for a while about plans for fall break. They're going to Berlin. They've already made plans and have someone to stay with so I don't want to crash their plans. Plus their flight was kind of expensive. I'm still trying to decide if I want to spend the money and go to Dublin for a few days or save it for my longer breaks so I can go to Italy and Greece. It's a tough decision and I'm not very good at making tough decisions, I like other people to make them for me.

We went to this picnic and they had a bunch of booths set up of the 8 (seriously, 8) clubs that are at school. There were a bunch of religious clubs...but it is a Catholic school so I guess that's to be expected. There were a bunch of people crammed into this tiny courtyard waiting for free food. This guy, who didn't introduce himself, started talking and it was really philosophical...like who are you in the world and what will you become, and just be happy or some crazy shiz like that. I was just there for the free food. I finally got my bag and it was a tuna sub sandwich, chips, a water and an apple. The chicken sandwiches had a brownie in them. Amira let me have half of her brownie...it was delish. And the chips were really good too. I haven't had potato chips in a long time...so I finished the bag in like 3 seconds. The whole thing reminded me of Quad Day at U of I...except like much, much, much smaller. It was funny.

Class today was alright. No one seemed to have prepared the two paintings that we were told to prepare except me so I got some major points.....go me. Nothing too exciting happened in class today...just the same old same old. Just note taking and trying to understand what the professor was saying. After class I came back to the apartment and started working on homework for cinema class. I was signed on Skype and someone IM'd me and it was some guy and he's like Hi i want to practice my English. I really hate when people do that...it's so annoying. I told him I'm only friends with people I know, and he's like oh that's okay you don't have to add me you can just help me right now. And I'm like, yea no dude I've got homework to do. And he's like well I could help you with your homework. And I was like well, it's in French so I really don't think that's going to help you with your English. And he's like I'm really smart. I was like yea, thanks but no thanks.....sooo annoying. Why does that always happen to me?!?! Whatevs. I should probably figure out what I'm going to do about fall break.

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